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FSU faculty make new connections at interdisciplinary research event

Published: February 6, 2019 | 9:40 am | Posted in: University News

Florida State's Office of Proposal Development held its Collaborative Collision event, Feb. 5, 2019. (FSU Photography Services)

Florida State University faculty members intellectually collided this week at a special event designed to showcase research from across disciplines. Collaborative Collision, a regular event held by the Office of Proposal Development, is an interdisciplinary networking event for FSU researchers. This particular event focused on funding opportunities from the U.S. Department of Defense. “U.S. defense […]

Heart health education can positively influence underserved, rural populations

Published: January 23, 2019 | 11:26 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Laurie Abbott, assistant professor in the College of Nursing

Improving dietary habits and learning skills such as reading food labels and recognizing the signs of a heart attack have the potential to improve cardiovascular health among underserved rural populations, according to newly published research from Florida State University. Laurie Abbott, an assistant professor in the College of Nursing, found significant improvements in food-related behaviors […]

Noted behavioral scientist joins College of Nursing faculty

Published: January 16, 2019 | 1:33 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Frank Y. Wong, professor at the FSU College of Nursing

Frank Y. Wong, a National Institutes of Health-funded researcher investigating sexual health and substance use/abuse among Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the United States, has joined the Florida State University College of Nursing. Wong is an expert in community-based research targeting racial/ethnic and underserved populations, including immigrants, refugees, and linguistic and sexual minorities with […]

Researchers at FAMU-FSU Engineering use metric specific technology to keep seniors safer on the road

Published: January 15, 2019 | 9:42 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Eren Ozguven and graduate student Mehmet Baran Ulak analyzed the location of automobile crashes to see when older drivers were most at risk. (Photo: Mark Wallheiser)

A FAMU-FSU College of Engineering research team is taking a hard look at car crashes involving drivers 65 and older to see if infrastructure changes could be made to keep that population safer. Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Eren Ozguven and graduate student Mehmet Baran Ulak published a new study in the journal Accident Analysis […]

FSU researchers push creative, scientific accomplishments in 2018

Published: December 21, 2018 | 3:08 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University researchers pushed their work to new heights in 2018. Our faculty members were engaged in research and creative activity at the highest levels and produced extraordinary work that made international headlines. Here are some highlights of the past year. FSU Faculty Awarded $226 Million in Research Dollars Florida State University researchers brought […]

FSU researchers find racial inequity among adolescents receiving flu vaccine

Published: December 11, 2018 | 2:33 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Black adolescents living in the United States tend to receive the influenza vaccine at significantly lower rates than their white and Hispanic counterparts, according to Florida State University researchers. A new study, led by former FSU graduate student Noah Webb, along with current graduate student Benjamin Dowd-Arrow and Associate Professors of Sociology Miles Taylor and […]

Latinos are more at risk for Alzheimer’s, and FSU researchers want to know why

Published: October 17, 2018 | 9:25 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Angelina Sutin, associate professor in the College of Medicine’s Department of Behavioral Sciences

It’s a million-dollar question: Why do people with Latino backgrounds have a 50 percent greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease than non-Latino whites? FSU College of Medicine researcher Angelina Sutin will seek answers as principal investigator on a $3.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health. For the […]

Faculty to collide in annual interdisciplinary research event

Published: October 8, 2018 | 10:13 am | Posted in: University News

Vice President for Research Gary K. Ostrander

EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED Florida State University researchers will come together this month for the third annual Collaborative Collision, an interdisciplinary event designed to foster research partnerships in a variety of areas. “This event is a great example of how many faculty members are tackling similar problems from different perspectives,” said Vice President for Research […]

FSU faculty awarded $226M in research dollars

Published: July 30, 2018 | 8:53 am | Posted in: University News

Florida State University researchers brought in more than $226 million in the 2018 fiscal year from federal, state and private sources to support investigations into areas such as nuclear science, climate change, the effect of deep space travel on human health and much more. This is a $16 million increase over the prior fiscal year […]

FSU’s Center for Anchored Phylogenomics changes the way we study evolution

Published: July 20, 2018 | 10:55 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Center co-directors and husband-and-wife Emily and Allan Lemmon combined their expertise in lab work and bioinformatics to develop their novel anchored phylogenomics method.

Florida State University’s Center for Anchored Phylogenomics is using a cutting-edge research technique to answer a question that scientists have labored over lucklessly for generations: How do we produce enough genetic data to construct an accurate evolutionary tree quickly and cost effectively? Thanks to the development of a specialized gene sampling technique by center co-directors […]

Danfoss Turbocor president receives 2018 FSU Research Community Partner Award

Published: April 4, 2018 | 10:18 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Vice President for Research Gary Ostrander and Danfoss Turbocor Compressors President Ricardo Schneider, winner of the FSU Office of Research Community Partner of the Year Award April 3. (FSU Photography Services)

The Florida State University Office of Research honored Danfoss Turbocor Compressors President Ricardo Schneider Tuesday with the FSU Office of Research Community Partner of the Year Award for his work in promoting university research locally and worldwide. Vice President for Research Gary K. Ostrander said the award recognizes Schneider’s continued efforts to partner with the […]

Undergraduate research challenges students to answer real-world questions

Published: April 2, 2018 | 3:29 pm | Posted in: University News

Research from students of all academic disciplines will be presented at the FSU Undergraduate Research Symposium on Tuesday, April 3.

Topics ranging from carbon nanotubes to childhood trauma healing to confronting antibiotic resistance are only a glimpse of what undergraduate researchers at Florida State University are studying. The campus houses a breadth of opportunities that allow students to seek out their own research experiences and learn directly from world-renowned faculty. Undergraduate research — a hallmark […]