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Lindsey Morris“I came to appreciate and eventually love the remarkable science behind biology and medicine,” says Bangxing Hong, PhD.
Morgan Hayes“Students set their own goals, choose their teams and focus on what matters most to them. They often learn more in 48 hours than they would in two weeks in a traditional classroom.”
Miguelangelo Hernandez“I think I was excited to combine efforts with my family and three stages of Medcalfe education – undergrad, graduate and professor – into one paper,” says Rhys Medcalfe.
Tim Rausch"We will be able to make a more specific diagnosis, better classify the cancer, give a better prognosis and enable better therapy choices," says Ravindra Kolhe, MD, PhD.
Hannah Litteer“We want the patients to have the same clinical dementia ratings or better two years from now,” says David T. Blake, PhD.
Milledge Austin“Overall, Augusta and Georgia are positioned well for economic growth in 2026," says Simon Medcalfe, PhD.
Paige Tucker"My specialty area is maternal-child health, and I do a lot of work with maternal mortality prevention,” says Marlo Vernon, PhD.
Felicia Baskett“This workshop reflects our goal to build a strong foundation for AI research and education at Augusta University," says Hisham Daoud, PhD.
“Ultimately, the hope is to find other avenues to reduce the risk for depression and depression symptoms,” says Vaughn McCall, MD.
Jada Mister"Identifying these populations may allow us to unveil populations that correlate with disease stage, tumor burden and therapy potential," says Austin Lowery.
Haley Crain"Getting students in early with research is the best way for them to understand what life in a research lab and an academic institution means,” says Evan Goldstein, PhD.
“A good thing about this is, because this is an FDA-approved drug, it's ready to be tested in Alzheimer’s patients,” says Qin Wang, MD, PhD.
Heather Henley"These discoveries place Augusta University and the Immunology Center of Georgia at the forefront of modern immunology," says Klaus Ley, MD.
“This award is exactly what we envisioned when we launched Ignite, with trainees and faculty working side by side on transformative science,” says Klaus Ley, MD.
"If there's some sort of disorder in the body, you will see it in the fat metabolism,” says Guido Verbeck, PhD.
Katy Hennig“Back injuries that end up in the ER translate into approximately 25% of people getting an opioid prescription," says Amy Baxter, MD.
“This is a newer treatment approach, but the initial results have been promising,” says Shilpa Sharma, PhD.
Stacey Eidson“We all want the same thing in health care: accessibility, affordability and quality. Telehealth gives us the opportunity to have all three," said U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter.
Afua Agyapong, PhD, conceived the idea of a baby lab, which was designed to give students early childhood observation opportunities that are often difficult to access.
This research, which has been in development for nearly 15 years, was published in "JCI Insight" and is now in its third cycle of a program project grant.