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DiscoveryHealth & MedicineNews Releases

Psoriasis treatment reduces infections, death in patients on dialysis with the skin condition

June 30, 2021Toni Baker

Psoriasis treatment, which likely helps restore the natural frontline barrier protection of the skin, reduces infection rates and improves survival for people on dialysis, indicating its potentially important role in better managing kidney failure

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Campus NewsCommunityStudent Success

Civic Engagement hosts school supply drive for local elementary students

June 30, 2021Paige Boeke

Donations will be distributed to local Title I elementary schools in Richmond County, ensuring all supplies benefit students from low-income families.

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DiscoveryHealth & MedicineNews Releases

McIndoe to lead $6.2 million innovative research initiative

June 29, 2021Toni Baker

Dr. Richard A. McIndoe, bioinformatics expert and associate director of the Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia, is leading a $6.2 million federally funded initiative to support highly innovative research...

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Campus News

McDonald’s at Children’s set to close

June 28, 2021Raysean Ricks

McDonald's inside the lobby of the Children’s Hospital of Georgia will close permanently Saturday, July 10.

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Campus NewsNews Releases

Ledford named Hames Distinguished Chair

June 28, 2021Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

Dr. Christy Ledford has been named Curtis G. Hames, MD, Distinguished Chair in Family Medicine.

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Augusta University’s golf teams excited for new chapter with Southland Conference

June 25, 2021man smilingMiguelangelo Hernandez

The men's golf program, which had been a part of the MEAC for the past six years, will be joining the Southland Conference along with the women's program.

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Athletics

Augusta University’s golf teams join Division I Southland Conference

June 24, 2021Avatar photoStaff

The Southland Conference has added multiple affiliate members in men’s and women’s golf effective for the 2021-22 academic year, the league announced Thursday, including Augusta University’s men’s and women’s teams.

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Campus NewsCommunityStudent Success

LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association starts at Augusta University

June 24, 2021Avatar photoStacey Eidson

Welcome, Augusta University's new LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association! Affinity groups like these are organizations formed around a shared identity or common goal to build community among members of non-dominant identities and to foster inclusion...

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DiscoveryHealth & MedicineNews Releases

With age, insufficient tryptophan in the diet alters the gut microbiota, increases inflammation

June 24, 2021Toni Baker

In a normally reciprocal relationship that appears to go awry with age, sufficient tryptophan, which we consume in foods like milk, turkey, chicken and oats, helps keep our microbiota healthy. A healthy microbiota in turn helps ensure that...

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Campus NewsHealth

Help save lives with on-campus blood drive next week

June 22, 2021Avatar photoStaff

Shepeard Community Blood Center is coming back to the Augusta University campus Tuesday, June 29 for a blood drive.

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Campus NewsHealthNews Releases

AU Health System Board of Directors meeting to be held June 24

June 22, 2021Lisa Kaylor

The Augusta University Health System Board of Directors will be held from 1-3 p.m. Thursday, June 24.

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Kiwanis Club makes $100,000 commitment to Augusta University

June 22, 2021Avatar photoDenise Parrish

Kiwanis $100,000 pledge given in celebration of club's 100 years of service in Augusta.

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Campus NewsCommunityStudent Success

Augusta University’s College of Education receives a ‘perfect’ accreditation review

June 21, 2021Avatar photoStacey Eidson

Every seven years, educator preparation programs in the state of Georgia go through re-accreditation by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission. This year, the College of Education at Augusta University received a flawless accreditation review...

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Campus News

Plenty of parking projects popping up around campus

June 21, 2021Avatar photoStaff

Beginning in July, the visitor lot at the Health Science Campus Student Center will provide 30 minutes of free parking between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

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Campus NewsCommunityHealthStudent Success

Racial disparities in health care: The impact of HIV on minority communities

June 21, 2021Avatar photoStaff

Although African Americans make up 13% of the nation’s population, they account for 42% of the new HIV cases in the United States. The Ryan White Program at Augusta University is working to ensure everyone has proper access to health care to help...

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EmployeesHealthNews Releases

Mian named chief of MCG Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

June 16, 2021Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

Dr. Amir Mian, former interim medical director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Program at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, is the new chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical...

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HealthStudent Success

College of Nursing student awarded Our Race to Health Equity Diversity Nursing Scholarship

June 15, 2021Avatar photoLaura Evans

Augusta University College of Nursing student Janelle Adae-Mensah is one of this year's recipients of the Our Race to Health Equity Diversity Nursing Scholarship.

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Campus NewsHealth

Gold Foundation honors six from Augusta University as Champions of Humanistic Care

June 15, 2021Avatar photoStaff

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, which is dedicated to keeping health care human, recently honored several members of the Augusta University and AU Health community for their excellence in patient care during the pandemic.

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DiscoveryHealth & MedicineNews Releases

Plant-based diet protects from hypertension, preeclampsia

June 14, 2021Toni Baker

A plant-based diet appears to afford significant protection to rats bred to become hypertensive on a high-salt diet, scientists report. When the rats become pregnant, the whole grain diet also protects the mothers and their offspring from deadly...

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Campus News

Road closure to affect shuttle routes near 15th street parking lot

June 10, 2021Avatar photoStaff

The road closure impacts the Green Route and Lot 55 Express shuttle service to Lot 55.

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