Augusta University
Milledge AustinFriday, March 7, is Dress in Blue Day for Colorectal Cancer Awareness, marking the beginning of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
Cayla LongSince 2019, 26 community-funded innovative cancer research projects at the Georgia Cancer Center have been made possible through Paceline grants.
Stacey Eidson“Artificial intelligence is changing the trajectory of health care in this state and throughout the country,” says Augusta University President Russell T. Keen.
Miguelangelo HernandezLance Hunter, PhD, says data centers currently use an estimated 1% to 2% of power worldwide, and those energy demands could grow 160% by 2030.
Heather Henley“By delving into these connections, we hope to identify new ways to mitigate cardiovascular risks in cancer survivors," says Sabrina Robichaud, PhD.
Lindsey MorrisIt spans 250 topics and includes an in-depth index section of 30 pages.
Amalia Brawley, MD, is Augusta University's first fellow in the Medical College of Georgia and Wellstar MCG Health’s new three-year Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship program.
Ali Eroglu, PhD, is part of a larger team at MCG that has been studying the different aspects of the aging process.
“This would be a major benefit to Augusta University, the Medical College of Georgia and the Dental College of Georgia," says AU President Russell T. Keen.
“One of the things we have been able to do is allocate seed funding to help develop projects, including this project from SPH,” says Amado Alejandro Báez, MD, PhD.
“The Healthy Georgia Report is an important tool for benchmarking the health of Georgians and highlighting opportunities for improvement," says Teresa Waters, PhD.
“Glycan sequencing uses advanced tools like next-generation sequencing and AI to quickly and accurately map out these sugar structures,” says Wan Tien Chiang, PhD.
Hannah Litteer"It's one of the first publications as a lab we've produced, and it was kind of new because it took what we were doing in the fruit fly and combined that with computational work with Dr. Malmi-Kakkada,” says Paul Langridge, PhD.
Over the last two decades, the rate of death of new moms from pregnancy rose more steeply in Georgia than almost all other states in this country. Augusta University is trying to change that fact.
Chris Curry"World Cancer Day is a powerful reminder of the global impact of this disease and the ever-growing need for collective action," says Jorge E. Cortes, MD.
“Having a resource like this, especially locally, right here on campus, is a really important asset for our researchers,” says Meghan McGee-Lawrence, PhD.
Gov. Brian Kemp introduced a budget that includes $99.8 million in funding for a new translational research building at Augusta University.
“It allows us to explore uncharted territory in mucosal immunology and vascular biology," says Rafael Czepielewski, PhD.
"The question we raised was, ‘How is this going to impact the university and athletic department funding?'" says Wesley Meares, PhD.
"Every decision I make related to a research project or a startup company is driven by solving a problem in society," says Keith Hearon, PhD.