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Using computer games to aid cognitive development in African children
Michael Boivin, a professor in the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, had no intentions of working in Africa until he met his wife, who grew up in the…
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From foster care to Sexton valedictorian to MSU med school: Robert Ray Jr.'s success story
Robert Ray Jr. remembers waking up to someone outside banging on the door. He was 5 then, maybe 6. He heard his older sister running downstairs and went to see what was happening.…
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- Awards and Honors
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MSU medical student's invention brings mobile devices into sterile settings
Doctors can now have access to critical information on their smartphones without compromising hospital health codes. Rob Zondervan, a student from Michigan State University’s…
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New eating disorder tool may lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment
Samantha Kennedy was once an athlete who saw friends battling eating disorders. Today, she’s a Michigan State University psychiatrist who, with the help of a $15,000 research…
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Cleft palate gene mutations now linked to spina bifida
Michigan State University and Children's National Health System researchers are the first to link mutations in a gene known as “interferon regulatory factor 6,” or IRF6, which…
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Pizza, clothes bring warmth to Detroit homeless
With free pizza in hand and tears from the wind running down his face, Jovan Cooper, 41, told the group of about three dozen medical school students standing before him that they'd…
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- Outreach and Engagement
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