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The Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute website points to events & seminars, research resources, and funding opportunities for this productive Atlanta partnership.

Explore Emory's reearch partnerships with Georgia Tech, including biomedical engineering and regenerative medicine.

The WHSC publications website includes magazines and newsletters for all the professional schools.

Search for Emory clinical trials.

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Emory Health Now blog includes updates and perspectives on research, health care, education, and community, with videos and web links.

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Sound Science: Shedding Light on Vitamin D - Parkinson's Disease Link
Listen to Sound Science as Marian Evatt, MD, discusses the possible link between low vitamin D levels and Parkinson's disease. Doctors have known for decades that vitamin D promotes calcium uptake and bone formation, but growing evidence suggests it regulates the immune system and the development of the nervous system. Is there a cause and effect relationship with Parkinson's disease? Read more. . .
           
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  Virtual Reality Therapy May Help Veterans with PTSD
Rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) range between 20 and 30 percent for soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. PTSD researchers are combining the drug d-cycloserine with virtual reality therapy to help treat PTSD symptoms. Previous Emory studies using similar therapies have been successful in treating other fear-related disorders. Read more. . .

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  New Graduate Program Offers PhD Focus on Cancer Biology
A new interdisciplinary doctoral program will recruit bright young scientists whose primary interest is cancer research to train with faculty in the Winship Cancer Institute and cancer biologists throughout Emory. Focus areas include cellular and molecular mechanisms that drive cancer initiation and progression, and the more clinical aspects of cancer therapeutics and drug discovery. Read more. . .
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  Linking the Combined Risks of Genes and Social Environment
How do genes interact with social factors to influence behaviors among children and families, and how can families help prevent risk? A new Center for Contextual Genetics and Prevention Science at Emory and UGA will help public health experts and human geneticists analyze these combined influences and help improve prevention. Read more. . .
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  Predictive Health Shows Promise for Changing U.S. Health Care Delivery
A new study at the Emory/Georgia Tech Predictive Health Institute shows that use of health assessments to predict risks, and use of health partners to help people develop and implement their own health goals, can lead to significant improvements in health measures. Emory's Sixth Annual Predictive Health Symposium will continue to explore this new paradigm of health care with national experts, Dec. 13-14. Read more. . .
     
           
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