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¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Schmidt College of Medicine researchers will develop a targeted approach to eliminate the guesswork in medication management to reduce the risk of adverse drug events - particularly dangerous falls.
Michael R. Dobbs, M.D., and Ann Wood at the second annual 'FairfaxWood Amyloid Related Diseases Summit'
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine recently hosted the summit, bringing together top scientists from North America and Europe to discuss the latest amyloid research and advancements.
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¼ø»ÆÊ¦app has been ranked among the 2025 Best Graduate Schools by U.S. News & World Report.
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Dramatic Decline in Cigarette Use Among U.S. Teens Over Three Decades
January 10, 2024
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Schmidt College of Medicine researchers explored overall trends in cigarette smoking in a large sample of U.S. adolescents by gender and ethnicity (grades nine to 12) from 1991 to 2021.
Comparing Mental Illness, Gun Violence in the U.S., Australia and U.K.
December 11, 2023
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Schmidt College of Medicine researchers found similar rates of mental illness in the U.S., Australia and the U.K., yet significantly higher gun violence deaths in the U.S.
Palm Health Foundation Computational Brain Health Graduate Fellows
November 30, 2023
Five ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Ph.D. ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app have been selected to receive the "Computational Brain Science and Health Graduate Fellowships," through a generous gift of $1 million from the Palm Health Foundation in 2022.
Suboptimal Follow-up, Prevention in Geriatric Fall-related Head Trauma
November 20, 2023
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app researchers explored the rates of primary care physician follow-up by older adults with a fall-related head injury resulting in an emergency department visit, risk assessment and preventive strategies.
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Experts Support Vaccination With the Newest COVID-19 Vaccine
October 26, 2023
In a commentary published in the American Journal of Medicine, researchers from ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app and collaborators provide the most updated guidance to health care providers.
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Receives $750,000 Philanthropic  Grant for Alzheimer's Disease
September 18, 2023
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's Schmidt College of Medicine has received a grant from the Carl Angus DeSantis Foundation, which will transform the care of neurodegenerative diseases.
U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths More Than Quadrupled from 1999 to 2020
September 12, 2023
Regardless of race, age, geography or urbanization, a new study by ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's Schmidt College of Medicine shows U.S. drug overdose deaths more than quadrupled from 1999 to 2020, causing 1,013,852 deaths.
Gene Discovery Nets ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Researchers U.S. Patent to Treat Addiction
September 07, 2023
An invention in the fields of pharmacology, medicine, neuroscience and psychiatry using a molecular approach to treat addiction has earned Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D., and Maureen Hahn, Ph.D., a U.S. patent.
Geographic 'Hot Spots' for Cigarette, Firearm Deaths in the U.S.
August 29, 2023
A new ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app study shows geographically distinct areas of the highest death rates in the U.S. related to cigarettes as well as firearms, including both assault and suicide over two decades from 1999 to 2019.
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Receives $11.5 Million Gift to Combat Life-Threatening Illness
July 13, 2023
The Schmidt College of Medicine received the monumental gift from philanthropists Ann and John Wood to combat amyloidosis, a complex and challenging disease, using a whole-body and multidisciplinary approach.
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