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Toni BakerDr. David C. Hess, stroke specialist, honored educator, biotech entrepreneur, and longtime leader at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has been named dean of Georgia’s public medical school and executive vice president for...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottThe newest endowed chair at the state’s public medical school honors Dr. Virendra Mahesh, a trailblazer in the study of the biochemistry of steroids and reproductive biology, who founded the PhD program in the Department of Endocrinology at the...
Arthur TakahashiLocal researchers launch biotech startup to develop novel medical uses of tiny glass microspheres
Danielle HarrisThe Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Augusta University has a new dean. After a national search for Pamplin Dean Charles Clark’s successor upon his retirement in June, the institution selected Dr. Elna C. Green...
Denise ParrishCarlos and Marguerite Mason Solid Organ Transplant Center will provide multidisciplinary transplant care in a single setting
Dr. Kapil Sethi, a neurologist and former director of the Movement Disorders Program at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, is the 2017 recipient of the Association of Indian Neurologists in America’s Lifetime Achievement Award...
Brennan MeagherPresident Donald Trump will celebrate 100 days in office Saturday. But one day shy of that milestone, he may see Washington and the rest of America’s government grind to a halt. Politics is seldom simple and almost always confusing. That’s where the...
Physician scientists want to know if a new therapeutic vaccine can prevent or reduce recurrence of cervical cancer in women at high risk for its return.
The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University is establishing the state of Georgia’s first gynecologic oncology fellowship program to train physicians who diagnose and treat the cancers that affect 91,000 and kill 30,000 women each year in...
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AU Health is good medicine for Georgia’s economy. The health system associated with Augusta University injected a combined $1.4 billion in economic impact through the not-for-profit AU Medical Center, and Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation and...
In the war on cancer, powerful chemotherapy agents are increasingly packaged with immunotherapy that primes a patient’s immune system to better battle the disease. To strengthen their synergy, scientists are now focusing on immune cells that...
A new interdisciplinary bachelor’s degree program at Augusta University is giving students the opportunity to customize a degree path based on their unique interests and career goals. The Bachelors of Arts in Integrated Studies is a degree program...
The fate of a cardiologist, a surgeon and a pediatrician is in the hands of students at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. All three are aboard a sinking ship, and their only escape is a one-person raft. Who should be saved...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Too much of a protein already associated with prostate cancer appears to also diminish the energy burning power of brown fat, scientists report. Their studies of the protein Id1 also show high levels reduce conversion of unhealthy...
Dr. Paul Wallach, vice dean for academic affairs at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has been elected vice chair of the National Board of Medical Examiners Executive Board. The NBME sets state recognized exams for medical...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – More typically, these immature immune cells might help us fight cancer, but scientists have now shown cancer can commandeer the cells to help it spread. Cancer uses myeloid-derived suppressive cells, or MDSCs, that come from the bone...
Dr. Roni Bollag, associate professor of pathology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and director of the Georgia Cancer Center’s Biorepository, has been named Distinguished Chair for Oncologic Pathology.
Expect more terrorist attacks in Russia, political expert says
The Compensation Committees for the boards of AU Medical Center and AU Health System will have a joint meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 in conference room FG-2201, Human Resources offices located at 1515 Pope Avenue. For more information, call...