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Danielle HarrisThe National Science Foundation has awarded Augusta University computer science professor Harley Eades III with a grant to fund his research on attack trees, a visual representation of computer systems used to identify and assess possible threats...
Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. – Scientists want to know whether taking antibiotics early in life can disrupt your immune system function lifelong. Regardless of our age, antibiotics at least temporarily wipe out many of the good gut bacteria, or microbiota, that...
Arthur TakahashiDr. Catherine Davis, professor of pediatrics, physiology and graduate studies at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, and Dr. Martha Tingen, professor and Charles W. Linder Endowed Chair in Pediatrics at the Georgia Prevention...
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Augusta University College of Education Professor Richard Deaner has been named the recipient of the Board of Regents’ 2016 Teaching Excellence Award, the University System of Georgia’s highest honor for faculty. He will be formally...
StaffIn this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, talks about a new treatment, currently in clinical trials, that may be a solution for some women...
Nick Garrett“Hyperthyroidism: Not As Grave As It Seems,” a short film by Augusta University Senior Jennie Wiggins and recent graduate Emilee Friedman, received first place in the American Physiological Society’s Phantastic Physiology Vioyage “Function Follows...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, talks about a gene that can repair our DNA and cause breast cancer. The Medical Minute airs at...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A study of patients from across the nation with myasthenia gravis is helping determine the incidence of two new antibodies believed to cause the disease, and whether these patients need different treatment strategies. Researchers are...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Some of the simplest, safest lessons to help adolescents combat obesity may be raising their awareness of what they are eating and whether they are even hungry, researchers say. A pilot study of 40 adolescents in Richmond County...
Denise ParrishAUGUSTA, Ga. – From developing some of the first oral contraceptives to pioneering telemedicine technologies for faster stroke intervention, doctors at Augusta University and its historic Medical College of Georgia have long been recognized as...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, talks about what scientists are learning about managing the rejection of transplanted organs from...
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Augusta University’s health system has generated more than $1.2 billion in revenue for the local and state economy, according to a recent report by the Georgia Hospital Association, the state’s largest hospital trade association. In...
Every year, physicians in the U.S. see more than 320 million patients. Most put in 40- to 60-hour workweeks. One in four puts in even more. In Augusta University’s own hospitals and clinics, doctors take care of more than 19,000...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, talks about the effect dysfunction in our molecular clocks can have on blood pressure. The...
Brennan MeagherDr. Cheryl Hopson has been an avid reader for as long as she can remember. Her love of reading has translated into a career as an assistant professor of African-American literature at Augusta University and it is evident in her scholarship. In...
AUGUSTA, 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...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, talks about the relationship between growth hormones and insulin resistance in people with...
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...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, talks about the connection between estrogen and cardiovascular risk in women who are obese. The...