Augusta University
Arthur TakahashiThe cybersecurity and IT-related workforce in the Augusta metro area and Fort Gordon increased from 12,716 to 14,765. These workers contribute more than $1 billion to the local economy in salaries alone.
Denise ParrishAU Medical Center to open Augusta’s first 24/7 OB Emergency Department.
Nick GarrettCybersecurity experts from Georgia’s three Cyber Defense designated research universities are available for interviews to discuss the future of cybersecurity research and innovation.
Toni BakerScientists explore how high blood pressure hurts cognition.
Sara CarneyEvery summer, the Augusta University College of Nursing hosts an interdisciplinary student-run health fair providing free personalized and preventative health screenings, education and services to farmworkers in rural South Carolina. This outreach...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottVolunteer clinical faculty at the state’s public medical school were honored for their teaching efforts at the medical school’s annual Statewide Faculty Development Conference this month in Jekyll Island. The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta...
Oxidative stress can help tumors thrive, but one way novel cancer treatments work is by pushing levels to the point where it instead helps them die, scientists report.
Silence is golden when it comes to how our brains work
Sullivan selected for two national scientific honors.
Four Medical College of Georgia students won $25,000 in cash and services to finance their health tech startup during the 2018 Southeast Startup Challenge Summit.
When trauma spills the contents of our cell powerhouses, it can evoke a potentially deadly immune response much like a severe bacterial infection.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 6, 2018) – Immune cells that are first responders to a traumatic brain injury appear to also contribute to the secondary damage that can occur even days later, scientists say. The NETs – or neutrophil extracellular traps – these...
Roosevelt Warm Springs Foundation awards $62,000 to Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation and Specialty Hospitals to refurbish historic cottage and purchase high-tech medical equipment.
Dr. Mary Arthur, director of the anesthesiology residency program at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, is the editor of a new book designed to help new anesthesiology residents better navigate the transition from their intern...
Chris CurryA team of three Georgia Cancer Center researchers is taking the next step towards finding a future treatment option for colorectal cancer, the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths.
Danielle HarrisDr. Alex Schwarzmann has been named dean of Augusta University’s School of Computer and Cyber Sciences.
Dr. Kathryn Bollinger, ophthalmologist, glaucoma specialist and retinal cell biologist, is working on protections from glaucoma.
Dr. Daniel Albo, a surgical oncologist, physician-scientist and educator who is vice chair of the Department of Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia, has been named department chair.
Cyberbullying and suicide-related behavior are significant public health concerns with approximately 157,000 youth receive emergency room care for self-inflicted injuries each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There...
Protective protein activated by vitamin K found, inactive, abundant in African-Americans on dialysis
High levels of a protein activated by vitamin K and associated with cardiovascular disease when it isn’t, has been found in the blood of African-Americans on dialysis, investigators report.