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A study by FAU researchers finds teens who are overweight, socially isolated, born outside the U.S., or with anxiety, depression or ADHD, face higher risk of bullying - as victims, perpetrators, or both.
New research from FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine delivers a timely reminder this holiday season: even moderate drinking can raise your risk for several cancers.
Three FAU researchers - Randy Blakely, Ph.D., Gregg Fields, Ph.D., and Hari Kalva, Ph.D. - were inducted into the 2025 class of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida.
FAU is the first university in Florida to join the international VIP Consortium, a global network of more than 50 institutions of higher education, and has selected its first official VIP teams.
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January 25, 2018
Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., a renowned scientist whose research focuses on the management of pain and drug addiction through pharmacology and new drug discovery, recently joined FAU.
December 13, 2017
A researcher from the Schmidt College of Medicine is conducting a novel study to figure out if there is a unique genetic signature of patients who are most susceptible to prescription opioid-use disorder.
December 12, 2017
Randy Blakely, Ph.D. and Amy Wright, Ph.D. have been named NAI Fellows.
November 14, 2017
FAU has received a $1.3 million NIH grant for a "living" robot with its own nervous system. Researchers are creating a living pathway from the robot's touch sensation to the user's brain to help amputees.
November 09, 2017
A new study finds that the majority of hospice providers don't have end-of-life wishes themselves. Procrastination, fear of the subject and costs were reported as the most common barriers.
October 26, 2017
FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to observe the official launch of its newly expanded, 15,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Clinical Skills Simulation Center.
October 05, 2017
The first economic study on frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), the most common dementia for people under age 60, shows that FTD inflicts a much more severe burden on families than Alzheimer's disease.
September 25, 2017
The "Dementia Prevention Initiative" abandons generalized methods used to research and treat Alzheimer's disease. The secret weapon: a novel "N-of-1 design" that personalizes medicine down to a single patient.
September 20, 2017
A $2.3 million National Institutes of Health grant will help FAU neuroscientists to continue research to better understand and treat several neuropsychiatric disorders including depression and autism.
August 29, 2017
By combining microbiology with engineering technologies, researchers are developing a novel 3D model to study malaria-infected placenta, and have received a $400,000 NIH grant to develop this microsensor.