Research & Science
Researchers Discuss Drug Prevention Infrastructure for Three Ohio Counties
Researchers at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ were featured on Spectrum News 1 discussing the development and implementation of their drug prevention infrastructure for three Ohio counties.
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Healthcare Design Researcher Receives $2.47 Million to Design Safer and More Efficient Level I Trauma Rooms
Traumatic injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally and the first in Americans age 44 and younger, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Level I trauma rooms are intended to stabilize and save the lives of patients with the most severe traumatic injuries. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $2.47 million grant to Sara Bayramzadeh, a ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ researcher, to help create trauma rooms that support staff in saving patients’ lives.
Collaborative ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.
College Students to Compete in SkyHack Design Challenge at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s aviation design challenge, SkyHack, will take place Nov. 1-3. The event draws college students from around the nation, attracting 120 students from 14 universities in four states in its 2017 inaugural debut. ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s College of Aeronautics and Engineering will serve as home base for this year’s event, which will span across other Kent Campus buildings.
NIH Continues Support of ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Alzheimer’s Researcher With New Two-Year Grant
Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Researcher and Professor Elected to the European Academy of Sciences
One of ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins the prestigious Brussels-based organization that has about 660 members from 45 nations, including 65 Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners.
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Geographer Describes Novel Weather-Typing Model in New Paper
Research into the air masses that drive changes in our day-to-day weather has been limited by land-based and regional studies, leaving wide gaps in our understanding of these impactful phenomena. A new paper by a ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ geographer has just filled in most of those gaps.
NSF Award Helps ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Anthropologists Expand International Partnership
The (NSF) recently awarded ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned .
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Magazine: Brainstorming
Cross-departmental collaborations are what Michael Lehman, the inaugural director of ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s Brain Health Research Institute, envisions for the future. His goal is to unite researchers from a wide range of disciplines at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ and throughout Northeast Ohio to explore, expand and advance our knowledge of the human brain and how it functions.
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Professor Weighs in on New Research Regarding Burnout
Researchers from the University of Washington and Washington University, along with other collaborators, are seeking answers to those questions. They studied the brains of mice to identify what causes them to stop seeking a reward — in essence, what makes them burn out.