May 25, 2023
The Focus Forward Fellowship program, which provides mentorship for female student veterans, is one of many programs offered by the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University. MFRI recently received a $5 million support grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
Purdue News: Purdue receives $5 million Lilly Endowment grant to support Military Family Research Institute
May 25, 2023
A Purdue University researcher was awarded a $2.5 million grant from the FamilieSCN2A Foundation to support the development of personalized treatments for a group of disorders related to the SCN2A gene.
Purdue News: PROFESSOR AWARDED $2.5 MILLION TO STUDY SCN2A-RELATED DISORDERS
May 24, 2023
Researchers at the University of Bath surveyed over 4,000 people to test social ability and found that being female and educated are some of the best predictors for how well you get on with and understand others.
Gender trumps politics in determining people's ability to read others' minds
May 23, 2023
CT scans are better at predicting a middle-aged person's risk for a heart disease, such as a heart attack, than genetics, reports a new study. Conventional measures of risk factor levels include blood pressure and cholesterol. Scientists had hoped genetics could better predict risk than conventional measure, but only when considering CT scan, half the study participants moved into the high-risk group.
May 22, 2023
COVID-19 wasn’t Soojung Jo’s first experience with the outbreak of a coronavirus — or disinformation spread through social media. Jo saw something similar happen when MERS struck Korea in 2015. Today, as a professor in Purdue’s School of Nursing, Jo researches how social media can better promote accurate health information.
Purdue News: Harnessing the power of social media for preventive health
May 17, 2023
A team of researchers has shown that a cheap and readily available drug, used to treat high blood pressure, could help the thousands of women who suffer from persistent acne.
Non-antibiotic treatment for women with persistent acne shown to be effective
May 17, 2023
Researchers trace the origin of certain breast cancers to genomic reshuffling -- rearrangement of chromosomes -- that activates cancer genes and ignites disease. The finding offers a long-missing explanation for many cases of the disease that remain unexplained by the classical model of breast cancer development. The study shows the sex hormone estrogen -- thus far thought to be only a fuel for breast cancer growth -- can directly cause tumor-driving genomic rearrangements.
May 16, 2023
Ground-breaking study provides national and state-level estimates of the economic burden of health disparities by race and ethnicity and educational levels.
NIH-funded study highlights the financial toll of health disparities in the United States
May 16, 2023
Since 2017, NIH’s Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) has hosted the Vivian W. Pinn Symposium during National Women’s Health Week (NWHW) in May. This event honors the first full-time director of the office, Dr. Vivian W. Pinn, and serves as a critical forum for experts across sectors to communicate and collaborate for the advancement of women’s health. This week marks the beginning of the 2023 NWHW, and on May 16, ORWH will host the 7th Annual Vivian W. Pinn Symposium. It’s titled: Menopause and Optimizing Midlife Health of Women. Topics to be discussed include: the menopausal transition (also known as perimenopause), the accumulation of morbidity after menopause, menopause in special populations, the influence of social determinants of health on the experience of menopause, the use of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), and interventions to promote healthy aging.
Expanding Menopause Research to Advance the Health of All Women
May 16, 2023
W. Andy Tao, professor of biochemistry at Purdue, led a team with Anton Iliuk of Purdue spinoff Tymora Analytical Operations to apply the company’s EVtrap technology to early testing for neurodegenerative diseases and cancer
Purdue News: New liquid biopsy method offers potential for noninvasive Parkinson’s disease testing
