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Emory Cardiologist Receives Gold Heart Award from the American Heart Association
05 May 04 | Nanette K. Wenger, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine, and chief of cardiology at Grady Memorial Hospital, recently received the Gold Heart Award of the American Heart Association.

Emory Awarded $3 Million Grant for Disease-Fighting Computer Modeling
04 May 04 | Emory University scientists have received a five-year grant for more than $3 million to participate in a new NIH initiative to develop powerful computer modeling techniques to analyze and respond to infectious disease outbreaks.

Director of National Immunization Program at CDC Joins Emory University School of Medicine
08 Jan 04 | Walter A. Orenstein, MD, director of the National Immunization Program at CDC, will join the Emory University School of Medicine as Director of a new Emory Program for Vaccine Policy and Development and as Assoc. Director of the Emory Vaccine Center.

Emory Conference to Focus on Lou Gehrig's Disease
06 Jan 04 | Researchers and health professionals from Emory University will convene to discuss what is known - and what is still to be discovered - about Lou Gehrig's disease during the annual Virginia Lee Franklin Conference.

Early Treatment of Eye Disease in Infants Can Prevent Severe Vision Loss
06 Jan 04 | An important clinical trial, sponsored by the National Eye Institute (NEI), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has provided doctors with improved prognostic indicators and treatment options for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

Warner Robins Woman Fights Parkinson's with Origami Artistry
05 Jan 04 | During the last year, Kim Nichols' very personal fund-raising efforts have raised $6,276 to support Parkinson's disease research efforts at Emory University School of Medicine. And she has, remarkably, raised that funding largely herself.

Emory Vaccine Center Creates Minnesota AIDS Trek Pilot Fund
31 Dec 03 | As the primary beneficiary of the 2003 Minnesota AIDS Trek, the Emory Vaccine Center received $10,000 and has created the Minnesota AIDS Trek Pilot Fund, which will enable the Vaccine Center to expand its HIV vaccine research.

Emory Performs Linear Left Atrial Ablation For First Time In Georgia
22 Dec 03 | Donald Burkett of Blue Ridge, Georgia, says symptoms he experienced due to the irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation (a-fib) made him feel miserable. "I had such extreme fatigue that I didn't want to do anything."

Pandemic Influenza: Addressing an Unrelenting Threat
18 Dec 03 | National experts in the prevention, control, and treatment of influenza from public health, medicine, and government will address the continuing threat of a flu pandemic at a day-long symposium hosted by Emory University and SECEBT.

Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Center Moves To New 'One-Stop' Location
16 Dec 03 | Coming soon to a new location convenient to all of Atlanta -- the improved, expanded, and more accessible Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center, located just off I-85 and North Druid Hills Road in Executive Park South.

Holidays Can Spell Danger for Heart Health
15 Dec 03 | The holidays are a time for feasting, partying and social drinking - all enjoyable activities for most people, if done in moderation. However, if you get caught up in the revelry and forget the "moderation" part, you could be endangering your health.

Emory Makes The Top 10 Nationally In Earnings From Commercialized Research
15 Dec 03 | Emory University was listed in the Top 10 among U.S. universities in this week's Association of University Technology Managers annual survey of earnings from the commercialization of research inventions. Emory collected $29.6 million in fiscal 2002.

Emory University Hospital's Andrew J. McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center Marks Major Milestone with 100th Transplant
15 Dec 03 | Since the program's inception in 1993, Emory University Hospital's McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center has given second chances to families throughout Georgia. The state's only lung transplant program has averaged 10 transplants a year.

Georgia Researchers Awarded $600,000 Grant to Study Park Use
09 Dec 03 | Why are some urban parks well-worn with use, while others sit empty? Why do some people head for a neighborhood park every chance they get, while others never go? Why do some park visitors jog, swim, or engage in other forms of vigorous exercise?

Yerkes Researchers Discover Natural Brain Chemical Reduces Effects Of Cocaine
01 Dec 03 | Researchers have shown that CART peptide, a chemical that occurs naturally in both the rodent and human brain, reduces some effects of cocaine when additional amounts are administered to the region of the brain associated with reward and addiction.

Emory University, GlaxoSmithKline, and National Institute of Mental Health Create Partnership To Develop New Treatments for Depression
01 Dec 03 | A team of scientists from Emory University School of Medicine, GlaxoSmithKine, and the National Institute of Mental Health will work together to accelerate the development of drugs to treat depression and other mood disorders.

Emory Healthcare Puts Its Heart Into American Heart Association Heart Walk: $427,400 Surpasses Fundraising Goal
01 Dec 03 | Emory cardiologists and scientists are known throughout the world as leaders in researching and treating cardiovascular disease -- and on November 16, Emory Healthcare employees from all departments joined friends, families and patients.

Rein Saral Named Senior Associate Director Of Winship Cancer Institute
25 Nov 03 | In a move aimed at bolstering the growth and development of Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute, oncologist Rein Saral, MD, director of The Emory Clinic, will take on new responsibilities as senior associate director of the WCI.

Emory and CDC Scientists Explore Why Most Breast-Fed Infants of HIV-Positive Mothers Resist Infection
25 Nov 03 | Although prolonged breastfeeding is well known to be a major route of transmission of HIV infection to infants, the majority of breastfed infants with HIV-positive mothers remain uninfected, even after months of exposure.

Action Cycling’s Crate & Barrel Party Will Benefit HIV/AIDS Vaccine Research at Emory Vaccine Center
21 Nov 03 | Action Cycling Atlanta (ACA) and Crate & Barrel, Lenox Square, will hold a "Shopping for a Purpose" party on Wednesday, Dec. 3 to benefit HIV/AIDS vaccine research at the Emory Vaccine Center.