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Registration for Converge 2023 open to health professionals and students

Avatar photoKevin Faigle

Augusta University is once again part of the third annual Converge International Rural Health Symposium. The virtual symposium is hosted by the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy and is in partnership with the University of Aberdeen and...

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Augusta University researcher awarded Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant for disease detection research

Man's head shotSidhartha Wakade

Guido Verbeck, PhD, the new chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Science and Mathematics, has been awarded a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for his research on improving disease detection.

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Augusta University’s Medical College of Georgia enlists national experts to foster growth through Scientific Advisory Board

Woman's head shotHeather Henley

Klaus Ley, MD, and Catherine “Lynn” Hedrick, PhD, Georgia Research Alliance eminent scholars and co-directors of Immunology Center of Georgia, formed the Scientific Advisory Board with an eye toward the future.

Fourth-floor research labs officially open in the College of Science and Mathematics

Man's head shotSidhartha Wakade

Augusta University leadership, faculty, staff and students gather for the ribbon-cutting of the College of Science and Mathematics Building's fourth floor, a space open to all colleges and dedicated to interdisciplinary research.

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Synthetic peptide could reduce vascular problems associated with COVID-ARDS

Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

The TIP peptide has already shown promise in protecting kidneys from nephritis and preventing severe pneumonia.

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Medical College of Georgia researcher uses $2M NIH grant to explore cancer suppressor found in high-fiber diets

man with glasses standing in front of blue backgroundMilledge Austin

Muthusamy Thangaraju, PhD, an associate professor at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and researcher at the Georgia Cancer Center, was recently awarded over $2.2 million in research grants.

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MCG Anesthesiology Externship Program helps grow profession

Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

The program was originally designed to get medical students to fill the demand for additional anesthesia techs and personnel.

OB/Gyn residency programs should offer more menopause training

Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

By 2060, there will be around 90 million women in the U.S. alone who will be in the post-menopausal range.

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Refresh to population replacement: MCG researcher calls for modernizing the UN’s traditional approach

man with glasses standing in front of blue backgroundMilledge Austin

Arni S.R. Srinivasa Rao, PhD, has published extensive research around the United Nation’s Human Development Index. His most recent research was published in the scientific journal Mathematical Biosciences.

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Why do I get constipated when I travel?

Heather Hopkins

Our bowels don’t love vacation as much as we do. But there are ways to keep a blockage from slowing down your trip.

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Paceline awards nine research grants at Georgia Cancer Center from 2022 fundraising

Chris Curry

"The work our scientists do in their labs relies on the passion, determination and generosity of each team and individual who took part in PaceDay Weekend 2022,” said Jorge C. Cortes, MD, director of the Georgia Cancer Center.

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Paceline funding fuels liver cancer research at the Georgia Cancer Center

Chris Curry

Thanks to community partnerships and hundreds of cyclists, a laboratory scientist at the Georgia Cancer Center is making a difference in the fight against liver cancer.

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Augusta University provost explores health disparities across 11 nations, revealing rural-urban dynamics

man with glasses standing in front of blue backgroundMilledge Austin

A research team led by Augusta University Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Neil J. MacKinnon, PhD, has authored a new study that looks at geographic health disparities in 11 high-income countries.

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Georgia Cancer Center researcher studies dangers of living in a food swamp

Isabella Moody

It is a key to life, but not every person living in Augusta has the same access to healthy food as their neighbors across the region.

CureSearch awards $1.2 million for pediatric cancer research at Georgia Cancer Center, Children’s Hospital of Georgia

Avatar photoDenise Parrish

The funding will help support a Phase 1 trial that, if successful, could improve the quality of life for patients at Children’s Hospital of Georgia and beyond.

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Digital divide heightens impact on health care in rural Georgia and South, reveals new study co-authored by Augusta University provost

man with glasses standing in front of blue backgroundMilledge Austin

Telehealth has seen a surge in popularity in recent years, but the challenge comes when patients don't have access to high-speed internet. A new study co-authored by Neil J. MacKinnon, PhD, looks at the digital divide and how it intersects with...

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MCG professor presents findings on UN’s Human Development Index research to international audience

man with glasses standing in front of blue backgroundMilledge Austin

On June 9, Arni S.R. Srinivasa Rao, PhD, delivered a presentation hosted by the Department of Education in Science and Mathematics within the National Council of Educational Research and Training of India.

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Inhalant CBD offers hope in fight against lung cancer, Augusta University study finds

man with glasses standing in front of blue backgroundMilledge Austin

A study conducted by a team of researchers from the Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University tested inhalant CBD in the treatment of lung cancer and whether it could inhibit tumors from growing or spreading.

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Bile acid receptor could be innovative target in protecting the vision of premature newborns

Toni Baker

Targeting that receptor could provide earlier, more impactful treatments for retinopathy of prematurity.

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MCG researcher secures prestigious grant for research to prevent blindness in premature infants

man with glasses standing in front of blue backgroundMilledge Austin

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is among the most common illnesses that affect premature or low birth-weight infants and is a major cause of long-term vision impairment and blindness.

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