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The American Academy of Nursing has selected four 杏吧原创 School of Nursing faculty for its 2022 cohort of fellows.

A proposal to enhance wellness and resiliency training, led by RC Stabile, associate director for trainee wellbeing in the Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training, was recently awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

Assistant Professor Megan Simmons has been named academic director for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Specialty at the 杏吧原创 School of Nursing, effective August 1.聽

Reported June 13 in Neurology, an Alzheimer鈥檚 disease risk study from 杏吧原创 Medical Center measures significantly reduced risk associated with healthy lifestyles, including non-smoking, leisure-time exercise, low-to-moderate alcohol consumption, adequate sleep and healthy diet.

In a new study led by 杏吧原创 Medical Center researchers, women who filled two or more prescriptions for opioids after childbirth faced a 46% greater risk of death than women who did not.

In response to nationwide deficits of registered nurses, 杏吧原创 School of Nursing is launching a four-semester Masters in Nursing program. The program is open to people with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in other fields and will begin in spring 2023. Read More

An international team that included researchers from 杏吧原创 Medical Center has discovered a molecular switch that induces rapid proliferation of zymogen granule-secreting chief cells in the stomach to regenerate damaged tissue.

A team led by 杏吧原创 researchers has described and characterized the first zinc metallochaperone: a protein that puts zinc into other 鈥渃lient鈥� proteins.

杏吧原创 research that promotes the anti-inflammatory pathway in macrophages could also reduce some of the bad side effects of obesity.

杏吧原创 research shows that the virus that causes COVID-19 can develop partial resistance to the antiviral drug remdesivir during infection of cultured cells in the laboratory by more than one mechanism.聽聽

They say motherhood is the toughest job you鈥檒l ever love. That鈥檚 true for this group of 杏吧原创 researchers, who鈥檝e built successful careers around researching various aspects of parenthood while raising their own children.聽聽 Read More

杏吧原创 researchers are studying a bacterial pathogen that can survive on hospital surfaces 鈥� without water 鈥� for months, an ability that has helped it become a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections.

Compassion and community have been touchstones for graduate student Tita Gonz谩lez Pe帽a as she has taken on multiple challenges to bring empathetic and equitable health care to the socially disadvantaged. Read More

In the midst of working toward her master's of science in nursing, military nurse and mother of 10 Stacy Rokas was deployed to the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. That鈥檚 when her nursing school instructors became her lifeline in battling the new and evolving disease. Read More

Combining genetic testing with information from electronic health records revealed undiagnosed heart rhythm disorders and new conditions associated with inherited cancer gene mutations.

When digging into a scientific challenge, biomedical engineering major Lucy Britto aims to do more than solve a problem. She also wants to open doors to the scientific community by helping others understand the solution and broadening access for traditionally underrepresented groups. Read More

杏吧原创 Kennedy Center researchers, as part of the CDC Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring network, report an increase in the number of children in Tennessee with autism spectrum disorder. Read More

杏吧原创 Climbing Club teammates Michael Finn-Henry and Olivia Busk are taking collaboration and innovation to new heights with a breakthrough medical device鈥攁nd a possible trip to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Read More

Prothena and the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery have entered into a collaborative research agreement to develop new small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease in individuals with Down syndrome. Read More

A collaborative project between William Tansey and Stephen Fesik has laid the foundation for pre-clinical and clinical trials for rare childhood tumors that are diagnosed in 25 children per year in the United States. Read More