Health & Medicine

A Florida State University faculty member who uses computational techniques to evaluate a new class of cancer-killing drugs is attracting worldwide attention from other researchers. Graphic representation of a vascular tumor model Kevin C. Chen, an assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at the Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering, is using […]

A commonly recognized gene that places one at risk for Alzheimer’s disease does not discriminate between blacks and whites, according to new research led by Florida State University. FSU Psychology Professor Natalie Sachs-Ericsson and graduate student Kathryn Sawyer have found that the gene APOE epsilon 4 allele is a risk factor for African-Americans as well […]

Researchers know that early intervention is the key to better outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), but the effectiveness of intervention with very young toddlers is not yet known. Amy Wetherby With a $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health, Florida State University and University of Michigan researchers aim to […]

The Florida State University College of Medicine has been recognized as one of the top medical schools in the country for producing family physicians. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) presented its Top 10 Award to FSU last week during the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine annual conference in Baltimore. “Family physicians play […]

Despite the grim statistics out of Africa there’s cause for celebration about the fight against malaria. Florida State University biologists have discovered an autoimmune-like response in blood drawn from malaria-infected African children that helps to explain why existing DNA-based anti-malaria vaccines have repeatedly failed to protect them. The groundbreaking study is expected to speed and […]

Two leaders in medicine, Florida State University and Mayo Clinic, have signed an agreement to work as research partners in the quest to improve health care outcomes for Floridians and all Americans. FSU President T. K. Wetherell and George B. Bartley, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, sign partnership agreement. From left, FSU […]

Florida State University Provost and Executive Vice President Lawrence G. Abele has announced the appointment of Dr. John P. Fogarty as the next dean of the College of Medicine, effective Aug. 8. Dr. John P. Fogarty Senior associate dean for operations and associate dean for primary care at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, […]

Of the 57 students in the FSU College of Medicine Class of 2008, 33 (58%) will remain in Florida for their graduate medical education. This represents the largest percentage of any graduating class in the college to secure residency positions in the state. J. Ocie Harris, M.D. Thirty-eight of the 57 graduating students (67%), are […]

The newest campus of the Florida State University College of Medicine got its start through the generosity of the late Isabel Collier Read, who was memorialized recently at the grand opening ceremony at the Immokalee, Fla., campus named for her. Richard Akin, President and CEO of Collier Health Services, Inc., center, is joined by FSU […]

With a four-year, $707,000 grant from the American Cancer Society, Yanchang Wang, assistant professor of biomedical sciences in the Florida State University College of Medicine, hopes to learn how a particular enzyme could possibly help put the brakes on the runaway cell division process that occurs in many forms of cancer. Wang’s research involves the […]