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July 11, 2017
Results show high doses of vitamin D reduce swelling, inflammation
High doses of vitamin D taken one hour after sunburn significantly reduce skin redness, swelling, and inflammation, according to a double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial out of ϳԹ School of Med...
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June 06, 2017
Beginning July 3, the ϳԹ Institutional Review Board (ϳԹ IRB) will expand its scope to accept protocols that are biomedical in nature, in addition to social, behavioral and educational research protocols. Studies that take place at ϳԹ affiliate hospitals and/or involv...
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May 12, 2017
Michaela Cooley, a senior studying biomedical engineering, won the Student Research Award from Society for Biomaterials Drug Delivery Special Interest Group.
Cooley has conducted research in the Bio-inspired Engineering for Advanced Therapies Laboratory for 2 1/2 years under the guidance of Anirban...
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April 21, 2017
The American Cancer Society (ACS) provides a key source of funding for some ϳԹ researchers.
Honorary chair of ϳԹ’s 2017 Relay for Life Johnie Rose, assistant professor of family medicine and community health, is among ϳԹ’s American Cancer Society-fun...
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April 21, 2017
Jessica Yang, a senior majoring in biochemistry and psychology, recently had an article published in Skin Appendage Disorders.
Her article, titled “Bullying and Quality of Life in Pediatric Alopecia Areata,” detailed her research on pediatric alopecia areata (hair loss). She conducted this research...
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April 20, 2017
As an integral part of the fabric that defines ϳԹ, university-based research continues to result in groundbreaking discoveries in everything from law to management to medicine and beyond.
Each year, the university community celebrates the many scholarly pursuits of students, facul...
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April 19, 2017
ϳԹ’s annual celebration of research and scholarship will fill the Veale Convocation Center Friday, kicking off exactly 24 hours before science supporters come together on Public Square.
Organizers of the university’s Research ShowCASE and Intersections event and the March for Scie...
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April 05, 2017
The Center for Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) Research seeks novel pilot projects in human SUDEP Research that will address the goal of understanding its pathophysiology.
In collaboration with the Center for SUDEP Research (CSR), the Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CT...
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April 01, 2017
The Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) Research Ethics Symposium will be held Friday, April 7, from 2 to 5:45 p.m. in Biomedical Research Building, Room 105.
This event will explore important ethical issues that may impact biomedical science, clinical investigators and institut...
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March 22, 2017
A multi-institutional team of researchers led by ϳԹ has identified a pattern of clustered genetic changes that appear to encourage growth of colorectal cancer tumors—a finding that points to a promising potential target for drug development.
In a study published in Natu...