Augusta University
Jennifer Hilliard ScottToday we celebrate 211 of our remarkable students as they take the next step in their careers as physicians, including 170 from our home base in Augusta and 41 from the AU/UGA Medical Partnership in Athens. They have been educated in all four...
Eric JohnsonTo more effectively address the challenges of the expanding institution, the Division of Communications and Marketing has implemented an organizational change. Cathleen Caldwell will now be the Associate Vice President for Web and Creative Services...
StaffRyan Crislip, 30 years old, Physiology Graduate Program, 4th Year PhD Student Ultrasound as an alternative to invasive methods “All started because I do a lot of studies with Ischemia Reperfusion (IR), especially within kidneys, and during this...
Paul Tran, 20 years old, Genomic Medicine Graduate Program, 1st Year MD/PhD Student Genes as a potential treatment for renal cancer “Believe it or not, I changed my main research focus last week, and I went from the awesome abstract to the amazing...
Danielle HarrisDuring Graduate Research Day 2017, keynote speaker Dr. Juanita Merchant, a researcher at the University of Michigan, shared how she is looking at the pathways by which chronic infection from the bacteria helicobacter pylori causes changes in the...
Denise ParrishA health care advocate whose personal experiences helped shape the Patient- and Family-Centered Care movement at the Medical College of Georgia in the 1990s is returning to Augusta to lead the enterprise-wide patient experience initiative. Julie...
Nick GarrettIt’s happening–again. The #HugMeCoke machine is set up at the Jaguar Student Activities Center (JSAC) patio today on the Summerville Campus. As Coke-machine-hugging experts, the Jagwire team has provided a simple four-step process to...
Toni BakerTwenty minutes a day on a vibrating platform reduces body fat and insulin resistance and improves muscle and bone strength.
Rebeccah Ward, Physiology Graduate Program, 4th Year PhD Student Potential better treatments for diabetes “The main point of my research is studying diabetes and stroke. Diabetes is becoming more and more common and it increases the risk of stroke...
Andy NapierIn November, users received notification that the Novell MyFiles directory will be retired as part of the effort to move file storage to new technology. Since December, the Novell MyFiles directory has been set to a read-only state to allow users to...
Brennan MeagherApproximately 50 percent of people in the United States own a tablet, and 77 percent currently own a smartphone, a more than 50 percent increase since 2011, according to the Pew Research Center. These statistics highlight a rising technological...
Concerns about the safety of the LGBTQ community, financial health and intimate partner violence can have an effect on physical health among sexual minorities, according to researchers at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. Those...
Haley HughesA steel beam was raised in the $62.5 million expansion and renovation project that will transform the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University.
Augusta University—often praised as a leading healthcare provider—has something else to be proud of. The university’s Division of Communications and Marketing received three awards during the 38th Annual Telly Awards. The Pamplin College video...
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Browse top tweets from #AugustaJMUN or click through a photo gallery from the event, which invites more than 200 students from middle schools in South Carolina and Georgia to debate foreign policy issues.
More than 200 students from middle schools in South Carolina and Georgia, including the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, debated foreign policy issues in the third annual Junior Model United Nations Conference on March 15, 2017. Students represented...
With over 30 years of management and administrative experience, Dr. Rick Franza brings a unique perspective to the business school.
The meeting of the Medical Center Finance Committee, previously scheduled for March 22 at noon, has been moved to April 10 from 2-4 in the AU Medical Center, Room BI-2006.
For more information, contact Kelly Busbee at 706-721-9659.
Graduate Research Day, which occurred on March 9, showcases the research accomplishments of students and postdoctoral fellows throughout The Graduate School. For more information about Graduate Research Day, visit The Graduate School.
Merry Ma, 27 years old, Neuroscience Graduate Program, 3rd Year MD/PhD Student Possible treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury “Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in the world – it can happen to anyone at any time...