Tag: Great Commitments

Managing biodiversity

John Maerz studies the responses of animals to environmental changes.
The Advocate

Elizabeth Burch is fighting for a fair deal in the mass tort system.
Karen Norris studies how we get sick

To keep us healthy, Karen Norris wants to understand how the novel coronavirus attacks our…
Engineered with empathy

UGA’s Joachim Walther is teaching students how empathy can provide valuable insights and enhance problem-solving…
A healthier flock

Naola Ferguson-Noel’s work is helping poultry farmers keep their birds disease-free.
Storm season

Weather expert shows how planning is key for enduring extreme weather.
Creating a more resilient peanut

Peggy Ozias-Akins’ research on the unassuming but highly nutritious peanut plant could provide valuable insights…
A different kind of plastic problem

Jose Cordero, the Patel Distinguished Professor of Public Health, has focused on how environmental pollutants…
Smart water

As the global population grows and water becomes scarcer, researchers around the world are looking…
Markers of health

Arthur Edison’s expertise lies in metabolomics, the study of essentially all the small molecules that…
Operation optics

Mable Fok uses the science of light to make communication technologies better.
Health communications in a crisis

In a public health crisis, it’s critically important that public health recommendations come from trusted…
Bolstering Immunity

A crucial disease-fighting organ fails with age. Nancy Manley is trying to fix it.
Modeling a pandemic

UGA research predicts how COVID-19 infections will spread.
Path to a Cure

If Ted Ross can pull off his plan to make flu season a thing of…
School of Social Work faculty member shines spotlight on hidden world of human trafficking

Sometimes it happens like it does on TV. Women and children kidnapped, transported across international…
Social work, education faculty help train next generation of substance use, mental health experts

Georgia has a massive shortage of health care professionals trained to address substance use disorders.…
New Interdisciplinary Seed Grants will support UGA’s Great Commitments

The grants will facilitate research projects spanning 15 colleges, schools and units.
Initiatives are advancing UGA’s Great Commitments

UGA is committed to healthier people, more secure future, stronger communities.
Ted Ross is fighting flu

He wants to improve the odds by building a universal vaccine for influenza protection.
Economy expert

In Georgia, public officials often turn to Jeff Humphreys to help create smart economic policy.
Pulliam family honors patriarch through faculty chair position

To honor his legacy in agricultural education, Dr. Michael and Elaine Pulliam and family have…
Ecologist building warning system for new infectious diseases

Think of Jenga, the game in which two players remove wooden blocks from the lower…
Dogged determination

Like many people, University of Georgia researcher Biao He loves dogs.