The Georgia Health Policy Center will lead a national initiative to share guidance about ways to coordinate health care, public health and social services.
Psychologists at Georgia State University have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study Alzheimer’s disease across ethnic groups.
An increasing number of American adults believe e-cigarettes are as or more harmful to health than cigarettes, according to a study by researchers at Georgia State University’s School of Public Health.
An aquatics specialist and recreation therapist at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Yvette Tisdale (B.A. ’04) works with her patients — victims of spinal cord injuries, brain injuries and neuromuscular challenges, — in a space that’s always felt like a second home. The pool is her office.
Exposure to microbiota, or microorganisms such as bacteria, in the early stages of life plays a crucial role in establishing optimal conditions in the intestine that inhibit the development of colon cancer in adulthood, according to a study led by Georgia State University.
Youth living in the slums of Uganda who are infected with both HIV and sexually transmitted infections are more likely to engage in problem drinking, according to a study led by Georgia State University.
Dr. Richard Plemper, a professor in Georgia State University’s Institute for Biomedical Sciences (IBMS), has received a five-year, $5 million federal grant to develop an antiviral drug to treat influenza virus infections.
Dr. Rafaela G. Feresin, assistant professor of nutrition at Georgia State University, has received a $500,000 grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the U.S. Department of Agriculture to examine how berries improve cardiovascular function and gut health.
Dr. Baozhong Wang, associate professor in Georgia State University’s Institute for Biomedical Sciences, has received a five-year, $3.86 million federal grant to develop a universal flu vaccine using a microneedle patch that will protect against any strain of the influenza virus.
New HIV infections in the United States could be substantially reduced by up to 67 percent by 2030 if ambitious goals for HIV care and treatment are met and targeted prevention interventions for people at risk for HIV are rapidly scaled up, according to a study by Georgia State University and the University at Albany-SUNY.
