Medical Science
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September 30, 2011 | General News
UGA study finds that less is more for common cancer drug
University of Georgia scientists have found that smaller, less toxic amounts of chemotherapy medicine given frequently to mice with human prostate cancer noticeably slowed tumor growth.
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September 27, 2011 | General News
College of Public Health to offer Ph.D. In epidemiology
The University of Georgia will become the first institution of higher education in the University System of Georgia to offer a doctoral degree in epidemiology after a move approved by the Board of Regents during its September meeting. The university's College of Public Health will start classes in fall 2012.
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September 22, 2011 | Research News
Kennedy receives $570,600 NCI award for cancer research
Athens, Ga. - Eileen Kennedy, assistant professor of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences in the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, received a National Cancer Institute Transition Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health for more than $570,600 over the next three years. Her project will look at specific mechanisms related to breast cancer.
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September 19, 2011 | General News
Miles named head of Institute of Gerontology in UGA’s College of Public Health
Dr. Toni Miles has been named the director of the University of Georgia's Institute of Gerontology in the College of Public Health, effective Aug. 1. Miles replaced Leonard Poon, who recently retired after serving as the Institute's director for 26 years.
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September 19, 2011 | General News
UGA College of Public Health to hold open house
The University of Georgia College of Public Health will hold an information day open house Sept. 23 at 2:30 p.m. in the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences. Faculty, staff, students, potential students and the general public are invited to attend.
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September 14, 2011 | General News
UGA welcomes 102 incoming veterinary students in White Coat Ceremony
The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine welcomed the class of 2015 during its annual White Coat Ceremony held last month. Sponsored by the Georgia Veterinary Medical Association, this event officially recognized 102 members of the incoming class by donning them in lab coats to be worn during their veterinary education
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September 14, 2011 | General News
UGA research team receives $500K NIH grant to develop interactive learning tools
A team of University of Georgia researchers has been awarded a $500,000 small business grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop interactive educational software aimed at teaching high school students how the five senses work in the context of the brain and how neurons work.
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September 14, 2011 | General News
Dairy expert to give Food Animal Lecture in UGA College of Veterinary Medicine
An alumnus from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine will return to the college in November to share his 34 years of expertise in the dairy industry.
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August 23, 2011 | General News
Symposium to address health care concerns – U.S. And Israel
Health care reform, emergency preparedness, traffic safety and obesity are just a few of the common global health issues to be tackled by researchers, health care providers and policymakers from the U.S. and Israel at the fourth annual Global Health Symposium to be held Sept. 7 - 8 at the University of Georgia.
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August 17, 2011 | General News
UGA dean appointed to board of newly created state Department of Public Health
Phillip L. Williams, dean of the University of Georgia College of Public Health, has been appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal to serve on the state Board of Public Health, which will oversee the newly created Department of Public Health.
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August 6, 2011 | Research News
UGA researchers use gold nanoparticles to diagnose flu in minutes
Arriving at a rapid and accurate diagnosis is critical during flu outbreaks, but until now, physicians and public health officials have had to choose between a highly accurate yet time-consuming test or a rapid but error-prone test.
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August 5, 2011 | General News
Roman receives NIH MERIT award
Paul Roman, a University of Georgia scholar in the field of substance abuse treatment, has received a MERIT award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, to extend his research on adoption of innovations in private alcohol and drug treatment centers.
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August 3, 2011 | General News
Researchers use gold nanoparticles to diagnose flu in minutes
Arriving at a rapid and accurate diagnosis is critical during flu outbreaks, but until now, physicians and public health officials have had to choose between a highly accurate yet time-consuming test or a rapid but error-prone test.
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July 29, 2011 | Research News
UGA study links land use with spread of West Nile virus
Researchers at the University of Georgia have developed a mathematical model showing a link between land cover pattern and the spatial spread of West Nile virus in New York City. The team's findings, recently published in the journal PLoS Computational Biology, show a pattern of deceleration that has not been described before and could help public health officials more efficiently target disease control efforts.
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July 22, 2011 | General News
College of Veterinary Medicine to receive grant to study interventional vaccine for Rabies Virus
Dr. Zhen Fang Fu, a rabies researcher in the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, will collaborate with Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson Medical College and several other institutions to test a curative vaccine for Rabies Virus, or RV, that could be administered late in the disease process. Fu’s work will be funded by a $1.4 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a division of the National Institutes of Health.