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Lookin’ at U – Karli Burt

Many projects keep this administrative associate on the move in otolaryngology.

Jan 16, 2014

Tobacco marketing study may aid smoking cessation efforts

Mohammad Siahpush, Ph.D., of the College of Public Health, is part of a team seeking smokers for the study.

Jan 16, 2014

Mohammad Siahpush, Ph.D.

NU President Milliken takes top job at City University of New York

President Milliken will start in New York no later than June 1.

Jan 16, 2014

James B. Milliken

Tailoring meds: Studying how genetics influence prescribed drugs, dosages

Julie Oestreich, Pharm.D., Ph.D., knows prescription drugs don’t work the same for everyone.

But, she wants to better understand how genes influence individual drug responses so doctors can prescribe the drug and dosage that works best for the patient being treated.

Jan 15, 2014

Wanted: Smokers to participate in tobacco marketing study

UNMC, Roswell Park Cancer Institute seek 1,000 smokers to participate in $1.4 million study

Jan 15, 2014

Mohammad Siahpush, Ph.D.

Personalized medicine requires massive computations

Imagine asking a question and getting 30,000 answers coming at you like water from a fire hose.

How would you sort through all that information and find the one answer you’re looking for?

Jan 15, 2014

Babu Guda, Ph.D.

Cure for familial breast cancer might be found in genetic mutations

Leukemia was his research niche until five years ago when breast cancer hit too close to home for San Ming Wang, M.D.

A relative’s wife had just been diagnosed with the disease; her mother and two aunts also had the disease.

Jan 15, 2014

San Ming Wang, M.D., uses
low- and high-tech tools
in his research on familial
breast cancer.

22-year-old sees promise in breast cancer research

It was an emotional experience for Brandi Preston, 22, and breast cancer researcher, San Ming Wang, M.D., associate professor of genetics, cell biology and anatomy, when they met after he spoke to Bright Pink, a support group for those affected by familial breast cancer.

Jan 15, 2014

Brandi Preston and son Peyton

Demand grows for bioinformatic gurus

As information technology becomes more integral to health care, the need grows for specialists who can turn biomedical data into knowledge that will improve people’s health and wellbeing.

Jan 15, 2014

Jim McClay, M.D., (left), said that Scott Campbell is an example of the perfect biomedical informatics student.

Multitasking has its limits

There is the old joke about not being able to walk and chew gum at the same time. But there’s something to it, scientifically, said Dawn Venema, Ph.D., assistant professor of physical therapy education. As a clinician, she saw it all the time.

Now she studies it.

Jan 15, 2014

Joseph Siu, Ph.D., and Dawn Venema, Ph.D.