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![Researchers Inducted into FAU Chapter of National Academy of Inventors](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/fau-entrance-newsdesk.jpg)
November 28, 2022
Four FAU researchers representing engineering, medicine, science and Harbor Branch will be inducted into the FAU Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors®.
![FAU Lands U.S. Department of Defense Grant for Powerful Imaging Tool](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/electron-microscopy-newsdesk.jpg)
November 01, 2022
Researchers have received a $599,503 grant from the United States Department of Defense for a powerful high resolution imaging technique that can reveal nanoscale structures.
![Needs, Challenges for COVID-19 Boosters and Other Vaccines in the U.S.](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/covid-boosters-newsdesk.jpg)
October 18, 2022
FAU Schmidt College of Medicine researchers have published a commentary in "The American Journal of Medicine" to provide the most updated guidance to health care providers on boosters and vaccines.
![Study Shows Increasing Firearm Deaths Among Texas School-age Children](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/firearms-texas-study-newsdesk.jpg)
October 11, 2022
FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine and collaborators investigated firearm-related deaths in Texas from 1999 to 2020 and found 4,090 firearm fatalities among school-age children 5 to 18 years.
![FAU Receives $500,000 NIH Grant to Tackle Chronic Disease Disparities](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/ehr-nih-grant-newdesk.jpg)
October 05, 2022
With a $500,000 NIH grant, FAU researchers and collaborators will tackle chronic health disparities using electronic health records, artificial intelligence, machine learning and the Internet of Things.
![FAU-MAX PLANCK JOINT PROGRAM CREATES NEW M.D./PH.D. DUAL DEGREE](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/md-phd-dual-degree-program.png.jpeg)
October 04, 2022
FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine and the Schmidt College of Science, along with the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, signed the new M.D./Ph.D. joint neuroscience program into effect.
!['Placenta-on-a-chip' Mimics Nutrient Exchange between Mother-Fetus](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/du-sarah-lab-newsdesk.jpg)
September 26, 2022
FAU researchers have developed and tested a novel 3D microfluidic device to study the complicated processes that take place in malaria-infected placenta between mother and fetus.
![Rare Human Gene Variant in ADHD, Autism Exposes Vital Sex Differences](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/male-female-brain-newsdesk.jpg)
September 21, 2022
FAU researchers have uncovered key differences in the molecular dopamine synapses in the brains of male and female mice that support attention, movement, motivation and pleasure.
![FAU Resident Physicians Report COVID-19 Impacts](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/physicians-coping-study-newsdesk.jpg)
September 15, 2022
A Schmidt College of Medicine study assessed resident physicians' perceptions, coping strategies and self-reported levels of depression, anxiety and stress experienced during the early phase of the pandemic.