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Biomedical Sciences Researcher Gets $2.3 Million Federal Grant To Study Inflammation in Infectious Diseases

Dr. Jian-Dong Li, professor and director of the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a five-year, $2.3 million federal grant to study how overactive inflammatory response is caused in infectious diseases and to further develop novel anti-inflammatory therapeutics.

April 20, 2021

Georgia State Research Magazine, Health & Wellness

Going Viral

Viruses have an amazing capacity to mutate. But what if we could turn that against them? Richard Plemper, professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences, is working to exploit this rapid evolution.

April 20, 2021

Georgia State Magazine, Health & Wellness

Earning Trust

A new Georgia State project aims to understand why some Black Atlantans are hesitant to participate in COVID-19 research.

April 15, 2021

Health & Wellness

Researchers Receive $2.7 Million to Study Sex Differences in Social Reward

The project could provide new mechanisms for understanding well-known sex differences in the incidence of neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders.

April 14, 2021

Academic Unit News, Health & Wellness, Science & Technology

Researchers Awarded $3 Million to Study Neural Dynamics of Mental Disorders Using Brain Mapping

The researchers will use the approaches they develop to identify new clues about how mental illness presents in the brain.

April 12, 2021

Health & Wellness

School-Based Mental Health Programs Improve School Climate, Georgia State Study Finds

School-based mental health programs have a positive impact on overall school climate, including decreases in discipline incidents, according to a new study.

March 17, 2021

Health & Wellness

Biomedical Sciences Researcher Receives $2 Million Federal Grant To Study How Inflammation, Altered Gut Microbiota Promote Metabolic Syndrome

Dr. Andrew Gewirtz, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a four-year federal grant just over $2 million to study how inflammation and altered gut microbiota, the microorganisms living in the intestine, influence the development of a group of diseases referred to as metabolic syndrome.

March 17, 2021

Business & Economy, Health & Wellness

The Smart Virus

Gerardo Chowell, a professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health at Georgia State, reflects on his work, what experts have learned about COVID-19 in the past year and what to expect for the future.

March 16, 2021

Health & Wellness

States and Rural Communities Can Improve COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts, Research Shows

New research finds that rural communities across the nation are undertaking innovative strategies to address challenges to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

March 9, 2021

Health & Wellness

Public Health Team Awarded $3.5 Million Federal Grant To Eliminate Child Smoke Exposure, Reduce Cancer Disparities in High-Risk Families

The National Cancer Institute has awarded Georgia State University’s School of Public Health a $3.5 million grant to help eliminate child secondhand smoke exposure and reduce cancer disparities.

March 8, 2021

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Biomedical Sciences Researcher Gets $2.3 Million Federal Grant To Study Inflammation in Infectious Diseases

Going Viral

Earning Trust

Researchers Receive $2.7 Million to Study Sex Differences in Social Reward

Researchers Awarded $3 Million to Study Neural Dynamics of Mental Disorders Using Brain Mapping

School-Based Mental Health Programs Improve School Climate, Georgia State Study Finds

Biomedical Sciences Researcher Receives $2 Million Federal Grant To Study How Inflammation, Altered Gut Microbiota Promote Metabolic Syndrome

The Smart Virus

States and Rural Communities Can Improve COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts, Research Shows

Public Health Team Awarded $3.5 Million Federal Grant To Eliminate Child Smoke Exposure, Reduce Cancer Disparities in High-Risk Families