HSC records $6 million increase in NIH awards

August 16, 2005

The Health Science Center received more than $88 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards in fiscal year 2004, an increase of 7.5 percent over the previous year and 84 percent higher than FY 1999.


Back to school with belligerent bacteria

August 9, 2005

As parents prepare their children for classes, sports and other extra-curricular activities, there’s one thing they should beware this back-to-school season – bacteria.




Barshop Institute educates new group of scientists studying aging

August 2, 2005

A $2.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) is enabling the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies at the Health Science Center to train the next generation of gerontologists – the scientists who study aging.


Segura selected to join prestigious Hispanic leadership program

August 2, 2005

Adriana Segura, D.D.S., M.S., Health Science Center professor of general dentistry and at-large member of the Executive Committee, joined a group of exemplary individuals last week when she was one of only 10 Americans selected to participate in the HACU (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities) W.K. Kellogg Leadership Fellows Program.