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A Global Perspective

The gravest health threats facing developing countries are not viral outbreaks or parasites, but chronic conditions such as heart disease and cancer. Professor Collins O. Airhihenbuwa has pioneered a culturally informed approach to confront the global spread of these diseases.

When Being a Parent Means Being a Nurse

Associate professor Regena Spratling is helping parents care for children with extraordinary medical needs.

Making It Up as You Go Along

Associate professor Martin Norgaard studies how jazz improvisation affects the brain.

The Missing Link

Professor Sang-Moo Kang may have found a way to make a safe vaccine for RSV, an infection that hospitalizes more than 50,000 infants every year.

A Search For Meaning

What does a good life look like for people with dementia? Gerontology professor Candace Kemp is working to find out.

Picturing An End to Homelessness

Social work professor Elizabeth Beck has long grappled with the question: how can we solve America’s homelessness problem? In a new book, she looks to the past for answers.

Into the Breach

As cyber threats ramp up at home and around the world, Georgia State researchers are working to uncover how online criminals operate — and how to keep people, businesses and governments safe.

Protecting the Littlest Lungs

Respiratory syncytial virus sends thousands to the hospital every year and can be fatal for the very young and old — but there is no treatment. Professor Richard Plemper is working to change that.

Stargazing’s New Age

How the big data revolution has changed the way Georgia State scientists make discoveries about weather, faraway planets and the history of the universe.

The Gathering Storm

As natural disasters unfold at an ever more rapid clip, professor Ann-Margaret Esnard is researching how cities can prepare better and bounce back faster.