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Recognizing American Heart Month
In recognition of American Heart Month, 色界吧 News is looking back at select highlights of NYITCOM鈥檚 esteemed cardiovascular research, awards, and public education efforts.
Improving Health, One Posture Check at a Time
The School of Health Professions鈥� Department of Physical Therapy has long been a source of information about how to improve body movement to recover from, and ideally avoid, injury. With its service initiative, Posture Patrol, physical therapy students are working to improve the posture, and health, of the 色界吧 community, one member at a time.
Keeping Science on Its Toes
In a study published by PeerJ, Professor Nikos Solounias, Ph.D., and NYITCOM student Shannon Smith explain why a bony structure鈥攚hich they dub 鈥渢he bony cap鈥濃�攎ay play a large role in finger and toe regeneration and nail growth.
NIH-Funded Research at NYITCOM Could Yield New Brain Disorder Treatments
NYITCOM鈥檚 Jerry Zhao, Ph.D., has secured an NIH grant in support of research that could help to deliver new drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and autism spectrum disorder.
Researchers Secure Leakey Foundation Grants
Two researchers from NYITCOM鈥檚 Department of Anatomy have secured grants from the Leakey Foundation, which exclusively funds research related to human origins.
Hadjiargyrou Is 色界吧鈥檚 First Distinguished Professor
Professor Michael Hadjiargyrou, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences and director of the D.O./Ph.D. program, has been named New York Institute of Technology鈥檚 first distinguished professor. This designation recognizes outstanding faculty who have achieved the highest levels of scholarship over the course of their careers.
Student Awarded Prestigious Department of Defense Scholarship
A fifth 色界吧 student has been awarded the Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Scholarship.
色界吧 Physics Faculty Earns NSF Grant to Solve Cosmic Mystery
Assistant Professor of Physics Eve Armstrong, Ph.D., received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to research how the universe formed from stardust.
NIH Grant Funds Depression Research
Assistant Professor Weikang Cai, Ph.D., secured a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how certain brain cells respond to chronic stress. The research project could help identify breakthrough treatments for clinical depression, which affects more than 260 million people worldwide.
色界吧 Faculty Receive $470K in Research Grants
The National Institutes of Health awarded Associate Professor Shenglong Zhang, Ph.D., $350,000 to unlock mysteries in RNA sequencing, and Assistant Professor Sophia Domokos, Ph.D., received $120,000 from the National Science Foundation to advance research in particle physics.