Along with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) was voted by physicians in 2001 as the top medical innovation of the previous 25 years, and for good reason. The CT gives physicians a quick...
Can Creating Art Aid in Hospital Recovery?
Art educator Dr. Karen Heid and counselor educator Dr. Kathryn Henderson have collaborated with Augusta University’s Department of Patient Engagement to create Art Play Studio, a program that takes art instruction into...
Cutting Obesity Down to Size
Every time Dr. Neal L. Weintraub glances up from his Augusta University desk, his eyes fall on the bicycle propped up in the corner. “I bike to work every day, and I love it,” says Weintraub, interim chief of the...
Summer is for Scholars
When Peyton Marshall came to Augusta in the summer of 2016, she had only a basic understanding of biology. Her true passion was physics, and although she’d done some previous work involving the use of ultrasound to...
Value Added: Piloting Toward the Future
In August 2015, President Jimmy Carter announced he had metastatic melanoma that had spread to his liver and brain. His loved ones — indeed the world — prepared for the worst. Less than a year and a half later, Carter...
On the Edge: Shaping Global Conversation
Dr. Jurgen Brauer, professor of economics in the James M. Hull College of Business, is a man of peace with a mind for guns and money. Through his research, he hopes to help shape global conversations about the cost of...
