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![FAU Receives $750,000 Philanthropic Grant for Alzheimer's Disease](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/ad-hands-newsdesk.jpg)
September 18, 2023
FAU'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](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/drug-overdose-chart-newsdesk.jpg)
September 12, 2023
Regardless of race, age, geography or urbanization, a new study by FAU'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 FAU Researchers U.S. Patent to Treat Addiction](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/blakely-hahn-patent.jpg)
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.](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/trends-newsdesk-2013-2019.jpg)
August 29, 2023
A new FAU 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.
![Headshot of Interim Dean Curtis L. Whitehair](/medicine/images/directory/curtis-whitehair-formal.jpg)
July 27, 2023
We are delighted to announce that Curtis L. Whitehair, M.D., has accepted the position of Interim Dean at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University (FAU)
![FAU Receives $11.5 Million Gift to Combat Life-Threatening Illness](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/amyloidosis-newsdesk.jpg)
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.
![U.S. Infant Mortality Fell, But Low Birth Weight, Preterm Births Rose](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/infant-mortality-study-newsdesk.jpg)
June 29, 2023
A new study examining time trends and racial inequities in infant mortality, low birth weight and preterm births over 11 years suggests that infant mortality alone is not a sufficient indicator of health.