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Five IU School of Medicine faculty honored among nation's top physician-scientists
IU School of Medicine | Mar 26, 2024
IU's partnership in Kenya honored with Bicentennial Medal
IU School of Medicine | May 19, 2021
Malaria chemoprevention reduces disease and death in children after being hospitalized for severe anemia
IU School of Medicine | Dec 02, 2020
IU School of Medicine selected for COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial
As researchers around the world work feverishly to discover a vaccine in the battle to prevent COVID-19, Indiana University School of Medicine has been selected as a site for a vaccine trial. Biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, in partnership with Oxford University, is moving forward with its late-stage clinical trial for a vaccine known as AZD1222.
IU School of Medicine | Sep 03, 2020
Researchers discover improved treatment for children with sickle cell anemia
IU School of Medicine | Jun 25, 2020
IU School of Medicine’s new global health leader draws from extensive experience in Kenya
INDIANAPOLIS — Adrian Gardner, MD, MPH, a global health leader who spent the last seven years in Kenya as part of the Indiana University School of Medicine-led AMPATH program, has been named the school’s associate dean for global health. He will also serve as director of the IU Center for Global Health, an umbrella institute […]
IU School of Medicine | Jan 24, 2020
Scientists link behavioral problems to malaria-related kidney injury
Earlier this year, researchers determined that a common complication for children recovering from severe malaria is linked to long-term cognitive impairment. Now, they’ve worked to define how those impairments translate to behavioral outcomes for the thousands of children affected—especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where they are at high risk for parasite exposure. In a study published […]
IU School of Medicine | Dec 17, 2019
Brain injury marker linked to long-term impairment in children with malaria
Malaria continues to be a major threat to public health for much of the world’s population. In 2017, more than 400,000 malaria-related deaths were reported globally, and over 90 percent were in sub-Saharan Africa. Almost two-thirds of the deaths were in children. The most severe and deadliest form of the parasitic disease is cerebral malaria, […]
IU School of Medicine | Jun 04, 2019
Study finds link between kidney injury, neurocognitive impairment in children with malaria
More than 200 million children around the world are at risk of failing to meet their developmental potential, and the risk is highest for children in sub-Saharan Africa. In that part of the world, severe malaria is a leading cause of acquired neurodisability—leaving many children with developmental delay even years after recovery. Scientists don’t fully […]
IU School of Medicine | May 21, 2019
Medical students to experience health care in Kenya
Hands-on global health opportunities and challenges await four first-year IU School of Medicine students selected to travel to the AMPATH program in western Kenya this summer. Students Sean Buehler, Michael Harding, Bilal Jawed and Grace Rushton form this year’s class of student ambassadors, called Slemenda Scholars, who will learn about every facet of AMPATH’s programs […]
IU School of Medicine | Mar 13, 2019