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High-tech skin cancer training meets rural health care

February 10, 2026Rhea-Beth Markowitz, PhD

"Although skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the United States, it is also one of the most preventable,” says Brenda Santellano, MD.

Public Health Day students on the stairs.

AU receives grants to help prevent overdoses throughout Augusta

February 10, 2026Avatar photoStacey Eidson

“As Georgia’s only public academic health center, AU has a responsibility to educate citizens about opioid misuse and critical interventions," says President Russell T. Keen.

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Families leave lasting contribution to medical science with body donations

February 4, 2026man smilingMiguelangelo Hernandez

Augusta University receives between 70 to 80 body donations every year and provides support for educational activities and interdisciplinary research throughout its colleges.

A male scientist stands in a lab surrounded by computers and other lab equipment.

Revolutionary genome mapping tech targets childhood brain cancers

January 28, 2026Tim 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.

A group of four male neuroscientists stand in front of a backdrop with a picture of an animated brain on it and look at the camera.

MCG starts human trials on deep brain stimulation for Alzheimer’s patients

January 21, 2026Avatar photoHannah Litteer

“We want the patients to have the same clinical dementia ratings or better two years from now,” says David T. Blake, PhD.

A man stands in the hallway of a building on a college campus.

Stephen Shiver, MD, named chair of MCG’s Department of Emergency Medicine

January 8, 2026Tim Rausch

“Since he stepped in as chair, patient experience scores in the Emergency Department have dramatically improved," says David C. Hess, MD.

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