NEWS ARCHIVE


Interplay Between Sleep, Pain and Spinal Cord Stimulation

By | January 30, 2023

Researchers from the Schmidt College of Medicine have unraveled the interplay between chronic pain, sleep and spinal cord stimulation, a treatment that uses low levels of electricity to relieve pain.

FAU, Broward Health to Partner on Academic Medicine

By | January 24, 2023

FAU and Broward Health have announced a partnership to provide academic medicine to Broward County, and to collaborate on education, clinical training and practice, health services administration, and research.

Ultrasound Device for Pain Gets 'Nod' from Shark Tank and NIH Funding

By | December 14, 2022

FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine is developing a handheld probe using focused ultrasound that is non-invasive and non-opioid-based to treat back and leg pain in a physician's office and potentially at home.

Researchers Inducted into FAU Chapter of National Academy of Inventors

By | 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

By | November 1, 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.

By | 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

By | 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

By | October 5, 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

By | October 4, 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

By | 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.