Category: Academic News
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Scientist hopes to cure Type 1 diabetes by disguising stem cells
Dr. Hannah Pizzato, a scientist at the U of A Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies, is working on a stem cell-based therapy for Type 1 diabetes. People have been waiting a long time for a cure for Type 1 diabetes. Hannah Pizzato, PhD, is one of them. “My whole life I was…
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HonorHealth named primary clinical affiliate for new ASU School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering
Arizona State University and HonorHealth, a locally owned nonprofit health system, announced today that they have finalized an agreement for HonorHealth to serve as the primary clinical affiliate for ASU’s School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering, a central component of ASU Health. Driven by a mutual desire to advance health care through technology and humanity,…
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President’s Alumni Award winner for CHHS – Dr. Michael Harris-Love
Dr. Michael Harris-Love is the 2024 winner from CHHS of the President’s Alumni Award. Get to know him, his pathway to becoming a physical therapist, and what it means to him to be recognized with this award. As a first-generation college grad who was raised by a single parent in East Detroit, there was no…
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Dissemination and implementation science is becoming more of a staple in everyday research
According to the National Institutes of Health, a research project takes an average of 17 years to make it into clinical practice, not including abandoned projects. Professors at the College of Health Solutions, Matthew Buman and Cady Berkel, wanted a way for innovative science to become more impactful. Six years ago, Buman and Berkel created the Dissemination and Implementation Affinity Network(D&I…
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Leading the charge to discover answers in immunology
Dr. Deepta Bhattacharya is shepherding a new era in immunology research as the inaugural executive director of the U of A Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, remembers the mouse that humbled him. An ordinary mouse, in most respects, save a single missing gene. And Bhattacharya was going to…
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Changing lives in the lab
Neurological conditions are the leading cause of disability, with more than 43% of people affected worldwide. Yet for most of these conditions, treatments and cures remain elusive. This summer, three NAU students were driven to change that. Avery Carter, Sophia Justice and Alexandra Wicker—all Lumberjack Scholarship recipients in NAU’s Honors College—were selected to participate in a competitive internship…
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Mayo Clinic, ASU 2024 seed grant recipients represent future of health care
Can the current method of performing orthopedic surgery be transformed with new materials? Would a simple fingerstick biosensor be able to track heart health? How can AI better train the next generation of health care workers? These are a few of the questions being researched by the 15 recipients of the 2024 Mayo Clinic and Arizona…
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New Research Suggests Synaptic Plasticity is More Autonomous than Previously Thought
Aaron McGee, PhD, and fellow researchers investigated the functions of synaptic plasticity in brain vision circuitry How is the development of the brain altered by the absence of microglia — immune cells that reside in the central nervous system? That is the central question Thomas ‘Chris’ Brown, PhD, a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Translational…
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New technology developments to help surgeons save lives
Sui Yang and Hamid Marvi earn support from 2024 ABRC New Investigator Award to build innovative health care tools for Arizonans’ well-being Sui Yang, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, part of Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU, recently won the…
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Women Blazing the Trail in Science and Medicine
The research of Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, MD (right), chair of the Department of Basic Medical Sciences, focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms contributing to cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in heart failure Each September, the American Medical Association honors the celebration of Women in Medicine and Science Month (WIMS), and the University of…
