Research

Four students in the MD-PhD Program have received prestigious fellowships from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2020.

Researchers at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have published a paper that is helping to define the best time to give a specific treatment to infants born with Krabbe disease (KD). 

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences researchers Richard W. Browne, PhD, and Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD, are investigators for a $957,000 grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command to explore the progression of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS).

New research reveals that certain studies — clinical trials on drugs that appeared not to benefit patients with Alzheimer’s disease — should now be reanalyzed in light of recent discoveries about a gene called CHRFAM7A.

A literature review by a Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences researcher reveals two noteworthy findings related to COVID-19 and patients with neuromuscular disorders.

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences researchers have published a paper that clarifies certain cellular mechanisms that could lead to improved outcomes in patients with globoid cell leukodystrophy, commonly known as Krabbe disease.

Two medical fellows, four medical residents and two medical students earned honors for outstanding poster presentations at the Office of Graduate Medical Education’s second annual Celebration of Scholarship.

Thirty-four original research projects from aspiring physician-scientists were on display at the 2020 Medical Student Research Forum.