Mourad Ogbi, BS
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Hong Shi, MD
David Kim
The Intersection
MCG Magazine
February 1, 2022
There is a bidirectional intersection of the nation’s top two killers that scientists want to better understand and disrupt.
Cardiovascular disease and cancer often occur in the same people, potentially in large part because the two very common conditions share risk factors like obesity, which promotes inflammation, a key driver for both.
Medical College of Georgia scientists have mounting evidence that obesity also puts those with cancer at increased risk for cardiovascular disease and vice versa.
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GRA Student Scholars 2023 Fourteen undergraduate students from Georgia spent their summer working alongside some of the most accomplished scientists in their fields. Three of those have been working in Dr. Neal Weintraub's lab. Montana Cagle, McCalyster Turner and Quinkivia Williams all from Paine College. “My internship experience was amazing,” reports Quinkivia Williams, a Paine College student who joined the lab of GRA Eminent Scholar Neal Weintraub at Augusta University. “While putting together presentations, I learned how important it is for engagement with the community to help reduce cancer disparities in different races.”
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Brandee Goo successfully defined her PhD thesis entitled: The role of histone deacetylase 9 (HDAC9) in adipose tissue dysfunction in obesity and aging" on May 31, 2023. Dr. Goo will continue pursuing her MD at the Medical College of Georgia.
Brandee Goo -
Basic Cardiovascular Sciences New Investigator Travel Award - July 2022
NIH National Institute on Aging F30 Predoctoral Fellowship - Aug 2022 to May 2025
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship - Jan 2022 to Aug2022
Tyler Benson -
receives PhD with Distinction!
Neal Weintraub with Erica Boesen
Ross McIntyre Award from University of Nebraska 2020
Brandee Goo-
MD/ PhD Student in lab
Nichole Yiew -
Pharmacology graduate student in the lab with Dr. Weintraub
AHA Donor Appreciation poster “Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm – The silent killer”