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![FAU Researchers Receive Grants to Combat Alzheimer's Disease](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/fdoh-ad-newsdesk.jpg)
April 15, 2021
Four researchers from FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine and Charles E. Schmidt College of Science have received grants totaling $641,818 from the Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer's Disease Research Program.
![Early Cardiac Events Pose Major and Diverse Risks in Close Relatives](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/cardiac-family-newsdesk.jpg)
April 12, 2021
FAU Schmidt College of Medicine researchers and collaborators show that family history of early onset cardiac events including heart attacks is a major and independent risk factor in close relatives.
![FAU Expert Answers Questions about COVID-19 Vaccines](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/covid-vaccines-newsdesk.jpg)
March 31, 2021
The Schmidt College of Medicine's Joanna Drowos, D.O., M.P.H., M.B.A., provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions regarding COVID-19 vaccines.
![FAU Among 'U.S. News & World Report's' 2022 'Best Graduate Schools'](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/usnews-gradschools-newsdesk.jpg)
March 30, 2021
Several FAU programs are ranked in the latest U.S. News & World Report's "Best Graduate Schools" for 2022, which include programs in business, engineering, medicine, nursing and public affairs.
![Researchers Urge Starting Smoking Cessation in Hospitalized Patients](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/smoking-cessation-newsdesk.jpg)
March 25, 2021
FAU Schmidt College of Medicine researchers and collaborators say that starting smoking cessation in hospitalized patients would reduce many premature deaths.
![Not Even a Pandemic Could Stop Future FAU Physicians from 'Matching'](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/match-day-2021.jpg)
March 19, 2021
After a challenging year, FAU's soon-to-be physicians celebrated at Match Day. At noon today, the class of 2021 opened their sealed envelopes containing their residency match results.
![Cone Snail Venom Shows Potential for Treating Severe Malaria](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/cone-snail-venom-newsdesk.jpg)
February 18, 2021
A study by researchers at FAU and collaborators finds anti-adhesion drugs derived from cone snail venom may hold the key to treating malaria, COVID-19, AIDS and other diseases using blockage therapies.
![FAU Launches COVID-19 Registry and Repository to Advance Research](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/covid-registry-newsdesk.jpg)
February 15, 2021
FAU has launched a registry and repository to contribute to new discoveries and knowledge related COVID-19 and is currently enrolling participants with prior documented positive test reports.
![FAU Develops Simplified COVID-19 Diagnostic Method to Ramp Up Testing](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/paz-sean-newsdesk.jpg)
January 12, 2021
Researchers from the Schmidt College of Medicine have developed a simplified COVID-19 testing protocol that is rapid, reliable and offers distinct advantages with less labor, expertise and equipment needed.