Biomedical & Translational Sciences Institute
at The University of Georgia
For the March One Health @ UGA Lecture, chemical ecologist Baldwyn Torto relates how the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) is working to reduce the the devastating effects of Rift Valley Fever in Kenya. Read More.
UGA veterinary pathologist Kaori Sakamoto joins us for the next One Health @ UGA Lecture to discuss how her work studying infectious disease in African buffalo meets at the intersection of human, animal and environmental health. Read More.
For the first One Health @ UGA Lecture of the New Year, UGA historians Claudio Saunt and Stephen Berry will take a One Health perspective as they examine the influential North American smallpox epidemic that coincided with the American Revolution from 1775 to 1782. Read More.
On Wed. Dec. 12, Gregory Bossart, Georgia Aquarium Chief Veterinary Officer and Senior Vice President of Veterinary Services, will be discussing the One Health impacts of his work in clinical domestic, marine mammal, fish and avian medicine and wildlife pathology. Read More.
The Atlanta chapter of the ARCS® Foundation, Inc. (Achievement Rewards for College Students) awarded $70,000 to nine outstanding American doctoral students in the biomedical and health sciences at the University of Georgia. Read More.
BHSI director Harry Dailey is one of a group of scientists at the University of Georgia, Harvard Medical School and the University of Utah who have discovered a new gene that regulates heme synthesis in red blood cell formation. Read More.
On Tues. Nov. 14, Michelle Barton, professor of large animal medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine, will be discussing the One Health impacts of her work on endotoxemia and heart disease in horses. Read More.
MBB Director Joy Doran-Peterson was recently featured in the magazine International Innovation. The article, titled “A return to biomanufacturing,” appears in the November issue of International Innovation. Read More.
The BHSI will host Canadian medical bioethicist Juliet Guichon for a lecture on Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. in Room 175 of the Coverdell Center. Her seminar will explore two recent cases in Canada where sexism and the reluctance to criticize religion may work against the best interests of children, and addresses possible policy solutions. Read More.
On Monday, June 4, the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute will kick off the One Health@UGA Lecture Series with a seminar from sun exposure expert Michael Kimlin, Ph.D. at 12:00 p.m. in Room 175 of the Paul D. Coverdell Center on UGA’s South Campus. Read More.
The UGA Graduate Students and Postdocs in Science (GSPS) will hold its fourth annual Scientific Research Day today at the Pharmacy South building of the College of Pharmacy. This free, interdisciplinary event will feature presentations by graduate students and postdoctoral associates from the University of Georgia research community. Lisa Hensley of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will deliver the keynote address. Read More.
This spring semester, UGA doctoral student Julie Rushmore and GHSU doctoral student Wararat Kittikulsuth are getting a taste of the “visiting scholar” experience through the GHSU/UGA Student Seminar Exchange Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research. <a href="”>Read More.
Join us on Friday to find out the nature and scope of neuroscience research being conducted across campus. This event is hosted by the BHSI and UGA Neuroscience Student Association. <a href="”>Read More.
Natale Sciolino, a doctoral student studying Neuroscience in the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, hopes her research will help to answer the age old question, ‘Why is exercise beneficial to your spirits?’ with solid neurochemical and genetic evidence. Read more.
The Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute is seeking applicants for the 2012 ARCS® Foundation Awards for doctoral students in the biomedical and health sciences. These awards, in the amount of $7,500 each, will be granted during 2012-2013 academic year as a supplement to any assistantship from UGA. The deadline for application submissions is July 6. <a href="”>Read More.
The UGA Neuroscience Student Association and the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute’s Neuroscience Ph.D. Program will be hosting the 2012 Neuroscience Spring Symposium on April 20 from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the Coverdell Center. The symposium is open to anyone with a vested interest in neuroscience at UGA and aims to showcase the nature and scope of student and faculty research in the field, which currently spans 15 departments in six schools and colleges across campus. <a href="”>Read More.
On April 3, experts from the University of Georgia, Emory University and the University of Liverpool, UK, will spend the afternoon sharing their One Health perspectives on how a changing climate might impact the incidence of infectious diseases in both people and animals around the globe. <a href="”>Read More.
On Thursday, January 26, the UGA Graduate Students and Postdocs in Science (GSPS) will hold a speed networking event at The Max (243 W. Washington St.) in downtown Athens, Ga., beginning at 5:00 p.m. This professional development event is designed to help graduate students, postdocs, and other members of the UGA research community get to know each other and identify possible collaborations. <a href="”>Read More.
The UGA Graduate Students and Postdocs in Science (GSPS) held their fourth annual Science Career Symposium on December 2 at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center. The free event featured speakers who have applied their doctoral degrees in science and engineering towards careers outside of the university setting. <a href="”>Read More.
The Atlanta chapter of the ARCS® Foundation, Inc. recently awarded $70,000 to nine outstanding doctoral students in biomedical and health sciences at the University of Georgia, one of whom received a special $10,000 grant for global health research abroad. The presentations were made at an awards ceremony held in Atlanta. <a href="”>Read More.
The travel award winners of the first Wildlife Disease Student Research Symposium, hosted by the UGAscWDA and BHSI, have been announced. These three students will each receive a $500 travel stipend and present their research in an oral presentation at the symposium on Wednesday, November 30th at 11AM at the Paul D. Coverdell Center. <a href="”>Read More.
To celebrate its 10-year anniversary, the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute held a retreat for faculty and staff focused on the biomedical challenges and opportunities for UGA in the next decade.
More than a dozen of the world’s leading experts in low vision treatment and research will travel to the University of Georgia to speak at the inaugural Aniridia and Low Vision Research Symposium July 15-17 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education and Conference Center.
The Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute is seeking applicants for the 2011 ARCS® Foundation Awards for doctoral students in the biomedical and health sciences. The deadline for application submissions is July 1.
Carey Drake, BHSI Web Developer and student worker, was selected as second runner-up for UGA’s Student Employee of the Year Award during an award ceremony held at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education and Conference Center on April 13. Read More
Two Georgia students were winners of Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute supported awards at the 63rd Georgia Science and Engineering Fair (GSEF) held from March 21- April 2 at The Classic Center in downtown Athens, Ga.
Phase 3 of the “Greed is Good!” Fellowship Writing Workshop for graduate students and postdoctoral associates is underway. This is an opportunity for those interested in finding their own funding opportunities to avoid the common pitfalls associate with first submissions, but allowing an assembled group of UGA faculty to pre-review their application and help them fix it BEFORE they submit it to the funding agency.
On Thursday, April 7, Michael Kimlin, professor of cancer prevention research and director of the Australian National Center for Research Excellence in Sun and Health at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, will visit UGA to present a seminar titled, “Skin cancer and Vitamin D – can sun exposure really be good for you? A review of the evidence.”
On Tuesday, March 8 from 9:00 -11:00 a.m., three UGA faculty members will be available to provide one-on-one advice to UGA graduate students and postdocs interested in strengthening their award or fellowship applications.
Ecological physiologist Lynn “Marty” Martin, PhD, is the invited guest speaker for a seminar and roundtable to be held March 8th – 9th as a part of the Ecology of Infectious Disease (EID) Lecture Series.
