Augusta University
Arthur TakahashiAUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta University has been recognized as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. “Joining this elite group of four-year colleges and...
Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. – While considerable advances have been made in understanding the biology and treatment of schizophrenia, patients and physicians continue to face tough challenges, says the 2015-16 winner of the University of Pennsylvania Edward A...
Danielle Harris“Optimistic,” “dedicated” and “nurturing” are a few of the sentiments used to describe Physician Assistant Program graduate Joshua Pumroy, this year’s winner of the John F. Beard Award for Compassionate Care at Augusta University...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Sylvia B. Smith, vision scientist and chair of the Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has been appointed to the National Advisory Eye Council. Smith will serve...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Nita J. Maihle, a tumor virologist/biologist and educator, is leading the U.S. Department of Defense’s national initiative to enable early career ovarian cancer investigators to stay focused and successful in their fight against...
More than 1,200 students are expected to participate in Augusta University’s commencement exercises at 2 p.m. on May 13 in the James Brown Arena. As part of the ceremony, the university will commission a graduating ROTC cadet into the United States...
Denise ParrishNumber of babies saved through artificial heart-lung bypass technology exceeds national benchmarks Babies placed on an ECMO machine at Children’s Hospital of Georgia have a greater chance of survival at the state’s second largest children’s hospital...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. David Stepp, vascular biologist in the Vascular Biology Center at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has been appointed chair of the Vascular Cell and Molecular Biology Study Section of the National Institutes...
Theft of intellectual property from American-based entrepreneurs and large companies cost the U.S. economy $300 billion a year, according to the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property. In an effort to help businesses guard their...
Haley HughesAUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta University Medical Center has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s prestigious Energy Star designation for a third time. Augusta University Medical Center is the only hospital in Georgia that holds this...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottAUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Claire Pomeroy, president of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, will be the guest speaker at the Medical College of Georgia Hooding Ceremony. The event, which recognizes the 180th graduating class of the state’s medical...
Steven UhlesAUGUSTA, Ga. – The GRU Cancer Center will become the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University. “This new name not only reflects our status as the state of Georgia’s official cancer center, but our commitment to research, treatment and outreach in...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Two existing chemotherapy drugs appear to be a powerful pair in targeting errant stem cells that are making breast cancer and enabling its spread and recurrence, scientists report. A combination of the drugs, 5-azacytidine and...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Brian K. Stansfield, neonatologist at Children’s Hospital of Georgia and a 2004 graduate of the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has received the 2016 Clinical Science Young Investigator Award from the...
Today’s woman has a life jammed with work, family and social events. Oftentimes, women get so busy taking care of others that they fail to care for themselves, and this can be dangerous. In honor of National Women’s Health Week, May 8-14, Augusta...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A series of tests physicians routinely order to help diagnose and follow their patients with an elevated antibody level that is a marker for cancer risk, often do not benefit the patient but do increase health care costs, pathologists...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Low levels of vitamin D in black teens correlates with low activity of a major mechanism for controlling gene expression that may increase their risk of cancer and other disease, researchers report. Their study measured vitamin D...
Kelly JasperAUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta University’s Arsenal Oak was a longtime symbol of Augusta’s roots and the rich history of its university. The famed 250-year-old oak was cut down in 2004 after succumbing to disease, but not before its acorns were gathered and...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Putting just a tiny piece of the wall of detoxified E. coli into their gut make mice lose their natural sweet tooth, researchers report. Fifteen hours after one small dose is placed in the gut, levels of the satiety hormone leptin go...
Selina Smith, director of the Institute of Public and Preventive Health (IPPH) at Augusta University, has been named president of the Georgia Public Health Association, the state’s leading forum for public health researchers, practitioners and...