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The initiative, led by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in partnership with Merck for Mothers, aims to understand how to best support changes to clinical and administrative processes that will lead to safer and more equitable postpartum care and support for all mothers.
The LGBTQ+ Community Needs Survey will gather information on the lived experiences and demographics of LGBTQ+ persons in the region, with a goal of helping identify needs related to health, program development, services and safety.
Mohammad Aslam Khan, Ph.D., gave an overview during his presentation of USA Health’s Cancer Prevention Program and its areas of research and outreach programs which target diverse populations in the Gulf Coast region.
Menger presented research on spinal instrumentation. He discussed the safety of the freehand pedicle screw technique without the use of X-ray guidance, navigation or robotic surgery.
Pierce said the HPV test should be used as the primary method of screening, an approach that is being adopted by health organizations, including the ASCCP, the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology.
Scientists at the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute are examining how pancreatic cancer cells adapt to live under low-oxygen environments, a state known as hypoxia.
Thakur won the Meningioma Research Gold Award amongst national and international research submissions after presenting the findings of this study at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) / Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Joint Section on Tumors meeting.
The study unveils a novel mechanism to explain contradictory actions of androgens in prostate cancer, offering promising potential in managing prostate cancer more effectively.
The award is part of the NASA-funded institute’s Biomedical Research Advances for Space Health solicitation, which invests in emerging science with the potential to reduce risks to human health and performance during deep-space exploration.
The highly competitive grants provide each researcher $50,000 in funding per year for two years. The awards function as seed funding for early-stage studies, allowing researchers to generate the additional data needed to attract major national funding.
The findings by scientists and physicians at the Mitchell Cancer Institute could be useful in developing a non-invasive test for pancreatic cancer diagnosis.
Cancer researcher Aishwarya Prakash, Ph.D., was named the recipient of the Mayer Mitchell Award for Excellence in Cancer Research on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, at the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute.
