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![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.
![FAU Awarded $1 Million NIH Grant for New Florida Summer Institute](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/nih-summer-institute-newsdesk.jpg)
September 14, 2022
FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine received a $1 million NIH grant for the first Florida Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science in the Southeastern U.S. - and one of only 10 sites nationwide.
![FAU, Israel Scientists 'Team Up' to Tackle AD-related Mood Disorders](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/brain-alzheimer-grant-newsdesk.jpg)
August 29, 2022
FAU researchers in collaboration with Tel Aviv University have received a two-year, $379,177 NIH grant to study mood-disorders changes in Alzheimer's disease.
![Feeling Anxious or Blue? Ultra-processed Foods May be to Blame](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/junk-food-newsdesk.jpg)
August 25, 2022
A study by FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine found that U.S. adults who consume more ultra-processed food report more adverse mental symptoms of mild depression, "mentally unhealthy days" and "anxious days."
![New Low-cost Device Rapidly, Accurately Detects Hepatitis C Infection](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/asghar-hepatitis-newsdesk.jpg)
August 03, 2022
FAU researchers have developed a portable microfluidic platform that rapidly and accurately detects Hepatitis C infection without the need for trained technicians, expensive equipment or a laboratory.