This spring semester, UGA doctoral student Julie Rushmore and GHSU doctoral student Wararat Kittikulsuth are getting a taste of the “visiting scholar” experience through the GHSU/UGA Student Seminar Exchange Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research. Read More.
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Join us on Friday to find out the nature and scope of neuroscience research being conducted across campus. This event is hosted by the BHSI and UGA Neuroscience Student Association. Read More.
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Natale Sciolino, a doctoral student studying Neuroscience in the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, hopes her research will help to answer the age old question, ‘Why is exercise beneficial to your spirits?’ with solid neurochemical and genetic evidence. Read more.
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The Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute is seeking applicants for the 2012 ARCS® Foundation Awards for doctoral students in the biomedical and health sciences. These awards, in the amount of $7,500 each, will be granted during 2012-2013 academic year as a supplement to any assistantship from UGA. The deadline for application submissions is July 6. Read More.
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The UGA Neuroscience Student Association and the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute’s Neuroscience Ph.D. Program will be hosting the 2012 Neuroscience Spring Symposium on April 20 from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the Coverdell Center. The symposium is open to anyone with a vested interest in neuroscience at UGA and aims to showcase the nature and scope of student and faculty research in the field, which currently spans 15 departments in six schools and colleges across campus. Read More.
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On April 3, experts from the University of Georgia, Emory University and the University of Liverpool, UK, will spend the afternoon sharing their One Health perspectives on how a changing climate might impact the incidence of infectious diseases in both people and animals around the globe. Read More.
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On Thursday, January 26, the UGA Graduate Students and Postdocs in Science (GSPS) will hold a speed networking event at The Max (243 W. Washington St.) in downtown Athens, Ga., beginning at 5:00 p.m. This professional development event is designed to help graduate students, postdocs, and other members of the UGA research community get to know each other and identify possible collaborations. Read More.
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The UGA Graduate Students and Postdocs in Science (GSPS) held their fourth annual Science Career Symposium on December 2 at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center. The free event featured speakers who have applied their doctoral degrees in science and engineering towards careers outside of the university setting. Read More.
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The Atlanta chapter of the ARCS® Foundation, Inc. recently awarded $70,000 to nine outstanding doctoral students in biomedical and health sciences at the University of Georgia, one of whom received a special $10,000 grant for global health research abroad. The presentations were made at an awards ceremony held in Atlanta. Read More.
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The travel award winners of the first Wildlife Disease Student Research Symposium, hosted by the UGAscWDA and BHSI, have been announced. These three students will each receive a $500 travel stipend and present their research in an oral presentation at the symposium on Wednesday, November 30th at 11AM at the Paul D. Coverdell Center. Read More.
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