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Global experts convene to explore the cutting-edge science of microbiomes
Experts from around the world recently gathered at Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Health to talk about advances in the science of microbiomes.
March 28, 2025Research and Innovation
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV student gets to the heart of obesity
One in three Americans are overweight, which has created a crisis of life-threatening complications from obesity, such as high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes and cardiac disease.
March 24, 2025Research and Innovation
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV researcher explores link between illness in pregnancy and cognitive development of newborns
Respiratory viruses are a major cause of early childhood illness, hospitalization and death around the world. Work by a team that includes a researcher at Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s College of Public Health (COPH) could lead to countless lives saved.
March 7, 2025Research and Innovation
Cannabis research board gets new member from COPH
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV has joined the Consortium for Medical Marijuana Clinical Outcomes Research as its 11th member. As part of this development, President Rhea Law nominated the College of Public Health’s (COPH) professor Dr. Troy Quast to be the university’s representative on the Consortium Board.
March 7, 2025Research and Innovation
COPH participates in record-breaking research day
More than 500 students, residents, trainees, faculty and leaders came together for the 35th annual Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Health Research Day, the largest research-focused event at the Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV and the keynote celebration of health sciences research at the four Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Health colleges.
March 7, 2025Awards and Honors, Research and Innovation, Student Life
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV student aims to protect emergency responders
Most of us keep our distance from people with a cold, flu, COVID-19 or other nasty conditions, but what about those who meet them up close, often under stressful circumstances? How do first responders stay healthy in otherwise unhealthy places?
February 24, 2025Research and Innovation, Student Life
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV researchers publish new genetic map of essential targets to defeat malaria
Malaria is an insidious disease, often slipping past our best defenses and killing an estimated 600,000 people a year around the world − 75 percent of whom are children barely five years old.
February 7, 2025Research and Innovation
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV study brainstorms the good and bad of AI in curriculum design
It seems you can’t get through a day without seeing or reading something about artificial intelligence (AI), which tackles an ever-increasing variety of functions, from simple search engines to complex theoretical forecasts.
January 24, 2025Research and Innovation
H5N1: How worried should we be?
Experts from Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Health and the Global Virus Network discuss the current avian influenza outbreak in poultry, dairy cattle and wild birds.
January 22, 2025Research and Innovation
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV professor shines light on men’s often misunderstood roles in maternal support in Senegal
How do women and men in poor countries educate themselves about pregnancy and childbirth? Do health care organizations give them enough accurate information to bring a baby safely into the world? Just as important, what are the “roles’’ of the mother and father in the delivery of a newborn?
January 10, 2025Research and Innovation
How to stick to your New Year’s resolutions according to Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Health experts
As the new year begins, many of us turn to resolutions aimed at improving our health and well-being. While getting more sleep, exercise and better nutrition are some of the most common goals, they can also be challenging to maintain. Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Health researchers are sharing ways to hold yourself accountable and not give up on your resolutions this year.
January 10, 2025Research and Innovation
COPH student presents study on hazards of artificial turf
Athletes might worry about their safety when they set foot on a field, but not because of the surface itself. After all, it’s just a bunch of sod, right?
December 11, 2024Research and Innovation