Posted on | CategoriesCollege of Nursing / Population Health / Population Health Sciences | PI: Andrea S. Wallace, PhD, RN, FAAN

Supporting Health by Screening for Social Needs

When patients struggle to get enough food, lack stable housing, or have limited access to transportation, their health can suffer. One analysis estimated that as much as 50 percent of the variation in health outcomes between counties in the U.S. can be attributed to social determinants of health like these. Such factors can limit the … […] Continue reading → Supporting Health by Screening for Social Needs Continue reading → Supporting Health by Screening for Social Needs

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Posted on | CategoriesNeuroscience / Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences | PI: Bryan W. Jones, PhD

Neuronal Connections in the Retina

Bryan Jones, PhD, and colleagues used electron microscopes to visualize the chemical and electrical synaptic connections that makes up the neural network. They further observed, in a transgenic rabbit model of early retinal degeneration, abnormal connectivity in the rod-photoreceptor network and novel synaptic connections derived from sprouting. Continue reading → Neuronal Connections in the Retina
Posted on | CategoriesImmunology, Inflammation, Infectious Disease / Internal Medicine | PI: Sankar Swaminathan, MD & Dinesh Verma, PhD

Unexpected Antiviral Activity of Spironolactone

Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is a human herpesvirus associated with clinical infections and several types of malignancies. Sankar Swaminathan, MD, and colleagues showed that a hypertension/heart failure drug, spironolactone, also has anti-EBV effects. Continue reading → Unexpected Antiviral Activity of Spironolactone