Tag: Health Sciences

UGA public health dean joins governor’s childhood obesity advisory council

Phillip L. Williams, dean of the University of Georgia College of Public Health, has accepted…
UGA Center receives $10.4 million grant renewal for glycobiology research

Researchers at the University of Georgia have received a five-year, $10.4 million grant from the…
UGA experts on aging to advise Georgia’s dementia task force

Because Alzheimer’s disease is considered a major public health priority, more than 40 states currently…
UGA College of Engineering, Clemson team up to detect cancer

While many college football fans are focused on this week’s matchup between the University of…
Jia-Sheng Wang named UGA Athletic Association Professor in Public Health

Dr. Jia-Sheng Wang, a professor and head of the department of environmental health sciences in…
Study to help patients with peripheral artery disease

For millions of Americans, simply walking to the mailbox can cause unbearable leg pain as…
UGA researchers use nanoparticles to fight cancer

Researchers at the University of Georgia are developing a new treatment technique that uses nanoparticles…
UGA College of Pharmacy welcomes 145 new students

The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy welcomed 145 new students with its annual White…
Nobel laureate Peter C. Doherty to speak at UGA

Nobel laureate Peter C. Doherty will discuss his two latest books on the University of…
WUGA-TV to broadcast documentary on Athens medical students

A new documentary by University of Georgia graduate students following the first class of medical…
UGA researchers synthesize asymmetrical glycans

A team of investigators from the University of Georgia recently demonstrated the first method for…
As climate, disease links become clearer, study highlights need to forecast future shifts

Climate change is affecting the spread of infectious diseases worldwide, according to an international team…
UGA to host international music and medicine conference

The University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music will host the 2013 conference of…
UGA receives $3.4 million Gates Foundation grant to fight infectious disease

The University of Georgia Research Foundation received a $3.4 million grant from the Bill and…
Inflammation may be key to obesity-related disease

If current trends continue, roughly 42 percent of the people in the U.S. will be…
UGA professor’s book critiques genetics as disease predictor

Actress and director Angelina Jolie made headlines recently when she announced in a New York…
Adolescent obesity influenced by both community, genetics

Genetic sensitivity and community adversity combine to increase the risk of obesity among adolescents, according…
UGA cancer researchers showcase work for NIH director

University of Georgia cancer research was one of several human health projects that took the…
Research unveils insight into a debilitating brain disease

From the neurons that enable thought to the keratinocytes that make toenails grow-a complex canopy…
UGA research uncovers cost of resiliency in kids

Children living in poverty who appear to succeed socially may be failing biologically. Students able…
Stroke patients respond similarly to after-stroke care, despite age difference

Age has little to do with how patients should be treated after suffering a stroke,…
UGA researchers develop synthetic HDL cholesterol nanoparticles

Atherosclerosis, a buildup of cellular plaque in the arteries, remains one of the leading causes…
Fagan named founding director for MCG Center for Pharmacy and Experimental Therapeutics

Susan C. Fagan, assistant dean for the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy campus at…
Pigment in the eye found to be key between obesity, vision loss

“Eat your veggies” has been an admonition of parents through the ages, but newly published…