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Danielle HarrisThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Augusta University graduate student Amy Paschall with the Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award to fund her research on cancer immunotherapy. She is the only student at the...
Denise ParrishAUGUSTA, Ga. – Rite Aid is asking customers to help strengthen the care provided by Children’s Hospital of Georgia by purchasing $1 Miracle Balloons or making other monetary donations for the not-for-profit hospital through April 30. Rite Aid has...
Christopher M. Brown recently joined Augusta University’s health system as the director of security. Previously, he served as director of security and parking for Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Michigan. Prior to that, he held positions as...
The speakers for Augusta University’s 2016 Alumni Weekend have been announced. Cardiovascular expert and HLN health contributor Kevin Campbell will be the keynote speaker for the university’s Drs. Robert and Lois Ellison Lectureship Program. This...
Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. – When mutated, a gene known for its ability to repair DNA, appears to instead cause breast cancer, scientists report. The gene GT198, whether mutated by genetics and/or environmental factors, has strong potential as both as a way to...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Children in the CSRA are breathing a little easier thanks to an informative week at camp. Augusta University is sponsoring the fifth annual Augusta Area Asthma Day Camp July 11-15 at Camp Tanglewood in Columbia County. This event...
Arthur TakahashiAUGUSTA, Ga. – Students from local middle schools will engage in world politics as they attend the second annual middle school Model United Nations Conference on Wednesday, March 16, at Augusta University. “We want to expose young Americans to the...
Kelly JasperAUGUSTA, Ga. – Renowned neuroscientist Dr. Dora Angelaki is the keynote speaker for Augusta University’s 32nd Graduate Research Day, an annual event to showcase the research accomplishments of students and postdoctoral fellows throughout The...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Fatness is clearly linked to cardiovascular disease, but scientists want to find why the unhealthy pair tend to go hand-in-hand and how to break up their relationship. “The obesity epidemic means many people have high levels of the...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottAUGUSTA, Ga. – Fourth-year Medical College of Georgia students in Augusta and at the Augusta University/UGA Medical Partnership in Athens will participate in Match Day 2016 at noon on Friday, March 18. Match Day for the Augusta campus will be held...
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Susan Barcus, senior vice president for advancement and chief development officer at Augusta University, has announced her resignation, effective March 31. She has served as the chief fundraiser for both the university and the health...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – You can help mend tiny hearts at Children’s Hospital of Georgia by eating pancakes at IHOP on Tuesday. IHOP restaurants will serve free short stacks of their famous buttermilk pancakes in recognition of National Pancake Day on...
Augusta, Ga. — Students from Episcopal Day School spent the morning of Wednesday, March 2, touring the Cancer Center at Augusta University. Approximately 40 8th grade students visited clinical and research facilities and met with physicians...
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Suzanne Tatum, former assistant vice president for external affairs and chief protocol officer at Georgia Southern University, has been named Augusta University’s assistant vice president of protocol and special events. Created as part...
Haley HughesAUGUSTA, Ga. – The Forest Hills Campus is the hub of Augusta University’s athletics programs, and with the addition of a new building as proposed in the Campus Master Plan, more space will be available for academic and sport expansion. The plan...
StaffDr. Jonathan Murrow named campus associate dean for research Athens, GA – Dr. Michelle “Shelley” Nuss, an administrator at the Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership who has played a key role in expanding residency options in...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A low-salt diet does not necessarily translate to stronger bones in postmenopausal women, physician-scientists report. “When we started the study, we thought we were going to be telling everyone again that a low-salt diet is good for...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A recent study of a handful of patients supports mounting evidence that targeted suppression of inflammation packaged with standard therapy can improve the cognitive ability of patients with schizophrenia, physician-scientists report...
AUGUSTA, Ga. — University of Georgia wide receiver and children’s book author Malcolm Mitchell will be the opening speaker for Augusta University’s 18th Annual Impacting Student Learning (ISL) Conference. This one-day event will be held Saturday...
AUGUSTA, Ga. — National Football League icon Archie Manning will be the featured speaker for Augusta University’s Alumni Weekend Signature Event. The program will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 30, in the Maxwell Theatre on the university’s...