Yi Ren

FSU research sheds light on spinal cord injuries

Published: January 21, 2019 | 11:00 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Yi Ren is a professor of biomedical sciences at the Florida State University College of Medicine.

Thousands of people worldwide suffer severe spinal cord injuries each year, but little is known about why these injuries often continue to deteriorate long after the initial damage occurs. Yi Ren, a professor of biomedical sciences at the Florida State University College of Medicine, is making progress in understanding why such significant harm is inflicted […]

Faculty and Staff Briefs: May/June 2018

Published: June 29, 2018 | 3:12 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff Briefs

HONORS AND AWARDS Leigh Edwards, Ph.D. (English) received a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the category of Performing Arts & Music for her book “Dolly Parton, Gender, and Country Music.” Eugenia Millender, Ph.D. (Nursing) was inducted into the Florida Atlantic University Hall of Fame, where she was recognized as a Distinguished Alumni […]

Women’s History Month: FSU women leading the research charge

Published: March 23, 2018 | 3:42 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Women’s History Month, celebrated every March in the United States, provides schools, workplaces and communities around the country the opportunity to recognize and celebrate the extraordinary contributions of American women to our society. At Florida State University, those contributions are on full display. Over the past year, FSU women have conducted breakthrough research with the […]

FSU researcher studying ways to treat spinal cord injuries at cellular levels

Published: August 7, 2017 | 2:50 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Supported by a new $800,000 National Science Foundation grant, Florida State University College of Medicine Professor Yi Ren is studying the immune response to spinal cord injuries and how cellular functions contribute to paralysis and organ dysfunction. While instant paralysis is an obvious point of fear in spinal cord injuries, a great deal of the […]

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