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Nick GarrettJennifer Smith, assistant vice president of Planning, Design and Construction, has been named assistant vice president of Health System Strategic Planning and Business Development. The transition will go into effect on Dec. 19. In her new role...
Christen EngelDr. David Hess has been named interim dean for Augusta University’s Medical College of Georgia and executive vice president of Medical Affairs and Integration. Both appointments are effective Jan. 17, upon the departure of Dr. Peter F. Buckley, who...
Kelly JasperMedia advisory for Dec. 16, 2016 WHAT: If it’s cancer, see us first. That’s the theme of a new advertising campaign for the clinical service lines of the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University. The campaign – including new videos, billboards...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottApplications are being accepted for two pipeline programs designed to help high school and college students find their way to health professions education. The annual Igniting the Dream of Medicine Conference, sponsored by the Medical College of...
StaffThe following email was distributed to Augusta University staff on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016: Augusta University recently conducted two assessments of our susceptibility to phishing. The fake message in the image below was sent to faculty, staff and...
Danielle HarrisThe Literacy Center at Augusta University has been named a National Exemplary Model by the National Reading Styles Institute, one of the nation’s leading research-based educational organizations dedicated to improving literacy. This is the first...
Toni BakerOur hearts use fat for fuel but as with the rest of our bodies, it’s all about balance. Both too few and too many of the small lipid droplets that our heart cells burn for energy can cause heart failure, said Dr. Weiqin Chen, molecular biologist in...
Augusta University’s Student Wellness Program has received an $8,775.01 grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. The grant, which will continue through September of 2017, will help finance informational booths and...
Augusta University Health is pleased to announce a partnership with Lori’s Gifts, a nationwide company specializing in hospital gift shop management, to operate the Ferns & Fossils gift shop in the Children’s Hospital of Georgia. Lori’s operates...
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Denise ParrishDr. Satish Rao talks to Women’s Health Magazine about the relationship between the brain and the gut and how this connection can affect the GI tract. “The brain and the gut are intimately connected by a network of nerves and...
Do we really learn better by doing? Dr. Kimberly Gray, director of the Office of Experiential Learning, thinks so. Gray joined the university in April of 2016 to help implement the university’s new Quality Enhancement Plan, “Learning by...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Deck the halls with boughs of holly, but don’t eat the bright red berries. It may sound silly, but it can certainly happen. “One of the greatest dangers for babies and small children is accidental ingestions, and this is true any time...
The following announcement was posted by Student Health Services on Dec. 6, 2016. Attention students, Student Health Services will be closed from Dec. 15 to Dec. 30. SHS will resume normal operations on Jan. 3, 2017. If you have a medical emergency...
Much like motors power our cars, they also ensure that proteins get to the right place in our cells, and a wide variety of diseases – from cancer to heart problems – can result when they don’t. Now scientists have evidence of more flexibility and a...
At the annual meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 6, Augusta University’s accreditation was reaffirmed. This is the first accreditation for the consolidated university...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses the dynamics between a gene called BSCL2 and a protein called ATGL, and what...