Emory University launches new health blog!
The Center for the Study of Human Health at Emory University has launched a new health blog. Visit the Destination Health EU blog site to learn more about the exciting activities happening at the center!
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Student research on food and health strategies among Asian immigrant communities in Atlanta
See this new post about the work of Sandy Jiang, an Emory undergraduate, who recently completed a summer research project with Dr. Quave at the Center for the Study of Human Health.
Dr. Quave featured on Emory blog
http://esciencecommons.blogspot.com/2012/08/her-patient-approach-to-health-tapping.html
Quave & collaborators awarded research grant from the National Institutes of Health
A grant proposal entitled “Mechanistic Studies on Staphylococcal Quorum Quenching Natural Products” has been selected for funding under the R01 mechanism from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the US National Institutes of Health. The five year research project, totaling $1.829 million dollars, will be led by…
Photos from the Field: Human Health Studies in the Balkans
Dr. Quave has just completed a field study in NE Albania collaboration with Dr. Andrea Pieroni, from the University of Gastronomic Sciences (Italy). The scope of the study was to investigate traditional health practices, including the use of wild plants for food and medicine, in several small Albanian and Gorani…
New paper out on the medical ethnobotany of the Albanian Alps
A provisional PDF of a new paper co-authored by Quave and colleagues entitled “Medical ethnobotany of the Albanian Alps in Kosovo” was released today in the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. This paper documents the study of medicinal plants used in Alpine communities Albanian of Kosovo. The uses of 98…
Center for the Study of Human Health website launched!
Announcing the launch of Emory University’s new Center for the Study of Human Health website! The vision of the Center is to advance health knowledge and inspire students to confront the challenges of improving human well-being. It serves as a nexus for intellectual discourse on topics of human health, CAM,…
Exciting new study published by Quave and colleagues
An exciting new study by Dr. Quave and colleagues reporting the activity of ellagic acid derivatives against S. aureus biofilms was published today in PLoS One. These compounds were isolated from a medicinal blackberry plant used in southern Italy to treat skin infections. The full article is accessible at this…
Iraq Kew flora project revived after 25 years on hold
BBC News(1/2/2012): A project to catalogue every plant species in Iraq has been restarted, 25 years after it was put on hold because of the political situation in the country. Visit this link to watch the video explaining the project: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16317974
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Student research on food and health strategies among Asian immigrant communities in Atlanta
See this new post about the work of Sandy Jiang, an Emory undergraduate, who recently completed a summer research project with Dr. Quave at the Center for the Study of Human Health.
Dr. Quave featured on Emory blog
http://esciencecommons.blogspot.com/2012/08/her-patient-approach-to-health-tapping.html
Quave & collaborators awarded research grant from the National Institutes of Health
A grant proposal entitled “Mechanistic Studies on Staphylococcal Quorum Quenching Natural Products” has been selected for funding under the R01 mechanism from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the US National Institutes of Health. The five year research project, totaling $1.829 million dollars, will be led by…
Photos from the Field: Human Health Studies in the Balkans
Dr. Quave has just completed a field study in NE Albania collaboration with Dr. Andrea Pieroni, from the University of Gastronomic Sciences (Italy). The scope of the study was to investigate traditional health practices, including the use of wild plants for food and medicine, in several small Albanian and Gorani…
New paper out on the medical ethnobotany of the Albanian Alps
A provisional PDF of a new paper co-authored by Quave and colleagues entitled “Medical ethnobotany of the Albanian Alps in Kosovo” was released today in the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. This paper documents the study of medicinal plants used in Alpine communities Albanian of Kosovo. The uses of 98…
Center for the Study of Human Health website launched!
Announcing the launch of Emory University’s new Center for the Study of Human Health website! The vision of the Center is to advance health knowledge and inspire students to confront the challenges of improving human well-being. It serves as a nexus for intellectual discourse on topics of human health, CAM,…
Exciting new study published by Quave and colleagues
An exciting new study by Dr. Quave and colleagues reporting the activity of ellagic acid derivatives against S. aureus biofilms was published today in PLoS One. These compounds were isolated from a medicinal blackberry plant used in southern Italy to treat skin infections. The full article is accessible at this…
Iraq Kew flora project revived after 25 years on hold
BBC News(1/2/2012): A project to catalogue every plant species in Iraq has been restarted, 25 years after it was put on hold because of the political situation in the country. Visit this link to watch the video explaining the project: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16317974
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