“From the farm where you produce your food to whoever is going to eat it, microbes play an essential role. It’s a holistic – and necessary – way of looking at things. And now we have the tools to finally look at this bigger picture.” -Zaid Abdo
“Our students have worked for most of their lives to get here. We tell them they can relax a bit now, but they’ve never done that. There’s a lot of support for them here... In Healer’s Art, students get to learn about and see each other in a way that is not offered anywhere else in the curriculum.” -Laurie Fonken
A team led by researchers at Colorado State University used a novel approach to test assumptions in a model used by NASA to predict these health risks.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has awarded grants to two faculty members – Brent Myers and Dan Regan – working to improve human health through translational science.
By rolling three of its previous majors into one major with three concentrations, the college will offer undergraduate students more flexibility, more interdisciplinary learning opportunities, and more exposure to real-world work environments.
Researchers at CSU have long been working on vaccines for all kinds of problems, such as rotavirus, which is prevalent in third-world countries. So switching gears to look for a vaccine for COVID-19 came naturally.
VIDEO: Though cats, dogs and ferrets are capable of hosting the virus, Small Animal Internal Medicine Professor Michael Lappin says the numbers of pets that have naturally contracted the virus are extremely low across the globe.
Dr. Khursheed Mama, who is a professor of anesthesiology at CSU College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, said anesthesiologists at veterinary colleges indicated to her they are willing to share their equipment.
Companies have turned to CSU for help in testing the coronavirus against existing drugs.
Research already underway in Colorado when the coronavirus began its brutal march across the globe may provide a head start in finding a vaccine for the virus.