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Partnerships in Action

Georgia State researchers are teaming up with industry in new ways to help bring their innovative breakthroughs to the marketplace.

This is Your Brain on Salt

Professor Javier Stern and colleagues recently uncovered surprising new information about how salt intake affects the brain — findings that could have major implications for how we think about cardiometabolic health.

The Science Behind Staying Sharp as We Age

A new book by associate professor Vonetta Dotson explains how to help keep your brain in fighting shape throughout your life.

Wrestling with the Legacy of Eugenics

Professor and legal historian Paul Lombardo on the continued legal and ethical significance of the American eugenics movement.

The Start of Something Big

Years of collaboration and hard work lay the groundwork for the university’s transformation into a leading research institution. Here, a look back at a few of the defining moments in Georgia State’s research history.

From Poverty to Prosperity

In Georgia State’s Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk, faculty are researching the most effective channels for upward economic mobility in Atlanta and across the globe.

The Pandemic Remade Everything — Including Smoking

New research led by associate professor Lucy Popova examines how the COVID-19 pandemic affected tobacco use in America.

Can America’s Healthcare Crisis Be Solved?

Law professor Erin Fuse Brown studies the many ways in which Americans are ill-served by the nation’s healthcare system. But change could be on the horizon.

Turning Students into Scientists

Astronomer and Perimeter College assistant professor Jay Dunn helps his students achieve career liftoff by drawing them into research.

Defanging a Killer Virus

Professor Christopher Basler has spent his career stalking Ebola, and recently he hit upon a surprising discovery that could suggest new ways to treat the deadly infection.