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ʳɫÊÓƵ State researcher aims to protect against cybersickness

December 16, 2024

As mixed-reality environments continue rising in popularity, researchers are working to develop safeguards to protect users from nefarious hackers. ʳɫÊÓƵ assistant professor of computer science Rifatul Islam and a team of researchers from around the country are working to develop these safeguards, aiming to protect against cognitive attacks on mixed-reality systems, which fuse real-world environments with virtual ones.

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ʳɫÊÓƵ State researchers are reshaping healthcare with innovative technologies in the HOPE Lab

December 04, 2024

Researchers in ʳɫÊÓƵ’s Human Factors, Operations Optimization, and Ergonomics (HOPE) Lab, are aiming to improve healthcare by integrating advanced technologies like eye-tracking sensors and wearable exoskeletons to improve patient safety, reduce costs, and enhance care quality.

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ʳɫÊÓƵ State researcher earns NSF grant to study urban amphibians, create undergraduate research opportunities

November 21, 2024

A ʳɫÊÓƵ researcher recently earned a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the evolution of salamanders’ behavioral habits in urban streams, which will in turn fund more undergraduate research opportunities for ʳɫÊÓƵ students. Assistant professor of biology Todd Pierson has received a three-year, $380,238 grant from the NSF through a program called Building Research Capacity in Biology (BRC-BIO). The program is designed to broaden research participation at minority-serving universities and Carnegie-designated R2 institutions like ʳɫÊÓƵ.

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ʳɫÊÓƵ State researchers take big steps in obesity research with NIH grant

November 19, 2024

As our population continues to age, the need for accessible health solutions is more urgent than ever. A recent grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is supporting ʳɫÊÓƵ faculty members, including principal investigator Bob Buresh and co-principal investigators Brian Kliszczewicz and Austin Brown, in investigating how walking can be a transformative and cost-effective approach to fighting obesity.

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AMES preserving legacies of U.S. WWII veterans, Civil Rights participants

November 04, 2024

The Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services (AMES) Research is working to preserve the legacies of United States veterans who fought oppression both abroad and at home.

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ʳɫÊÓƵ State researcher earns NIH grant to investigate health factors related to obesity using AI

November 01, 2024

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that obesity was prevalent in more than 40 percent in U.S. adults. To combat this, ʳɫÊÓƵ assistant professor Liang Zhao aims to use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to explore health determinants that lead to obesity in rural areas. Zhao’s research, supported by a $51,747 National Institutes of Health (NIH) AIM-AHEAD grant, examines the social determinants of health, or SDOH.

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ʳɫÊÓƵ State assistant professor awarded Georgia Research Alliance grant to advance groundbreaking diabetes research

October 30, 2024

Taking the next step in changing the way diabetics monitor glucose levels, ʳɫÊÓƵ assistant professor Maria Valero has been awarded a Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) grant to continue her innovative GlucoCheck project. The project looks to modify glucose monitoring for the millions affected by diabetes by offering a noninvasive alternative for blood sugar tests.

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ʳɫÊÓƵ State undergraduate researcher tackles end-of-life communication

October 23, 2024

ʳɫÊÓƵ student researcher Ella Smith is exploring how death and the final words between parents and children impact self-esteem and closure in mourning. A ʳɫÊÓƵ Journey Honors College student from Cartersville, Georgia, Smith has focused on end-of-life communication through the university’s First-Year Scholars Program. The research is deeply personal, because she has experienced end-of-life communication with her grandmother.

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ʳɫÊÓƵ State and Go Studio launch research project to improve consumer shopping experience

October 22, 2024

Go Studio, the innovation hub of payments technology company InComm Payments, and ʳɫÊÓƵ (ʳɫÊÓƵ) today announced the launch of a new research collaboration. The three-year project will connect ʳɫÊÓƵ researchers and Go Studio innovators to create technology solutions that help retail businesses understand and resolve consumer pain points during the in-store shopping experience.

ʳɫÊÓƵ State reopens state-of-the-art Crawford Lab research facility

October 16, 2024

Progressing toward its goal of accelerating research innovation and impact, ʳɫÊÓƵ on Monday unveiled a newly renovated Crawford Lab Building on the Marietta Campus.

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