Regents’ Professor Binghe Wang is developing drugs that take advantage of the healing properties of carbon monoxide, a gas that is typically misunderstood. He’s studying how the gas can be used as a therapeutic agent to treat diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and cancers.
The Center for the Advancement of Students and Alumni (CASA) helps to encourage and support students from underrepresented populations to enter advanced degree programs that can lead to academic and professional careers.
College of Education & Human Development assistant professor Brett Wong has received a four-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to better understand health disparities in the black population in the United States.
A method to activate targeted drugs, or smart drugs, only at the selected site of action, an approach that improves the drug’s therapeutic effect and minimizes side effects, has been developed in a study led by Georgia State University.
Three Georgia State University TV programs have nabbed nominations for this year’s Southeast Emmy Awards. The awards, which recognize television professionals from all parts of the industry and from markets in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and North Carolina, will air live from the Grand Hyatt Buckhead-Atlanta on June 16.
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a grant of more than $100,000 to the Center for State and Local Finance (CSLF) at Georgia State University to evaluate the impact of college degrees received at a later age on wages, employment stability, and retirement income.
In their new book, “Gendered Vulnerability: How Women Work Harder to Stay In Office” (University of Michigan Press), political science faculty members Amy Steigerwalt and Jeffrey Lazarus analyze the unique pressures faced by female politicians and how those pressures affect not only their campaigns but their time in office.
Prevent Child Abuse Georgia has developed an interactive map of resources available to support Georgia’s families, featuring information about more than 3,000 organizations and agencies that serve children and families across the state, and allowing users to search by location to make it easier to find the resources closest to them.
Chandon Sullivan signed with the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles April 28 as a free agent. In Philadelphia, he'll be reunited with former Georgia State Head Coach Trent Miles, who is an assistant coach with the Eagles.
Georgia State University will offer a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) program to meet the growing need for public health professionals with advanced training and preparation for positions in leadership, applied research and other practice-based roles.
