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Helping Diabetics Heal

Posted by Grace Ditsworth on June 4, 2018

Robert Kellar, PhD

Associate Professor of Practice Department of Biological Sciences

Catherine Propper, PhD

Professor ‑ Department of Biological Sciences

Helping Diabetics Heal

Roughly one in six Native American adults has diabetes, a higher percentage than any other racial group in the United States.

Many Native Americans also live on land where the water is contaminated with arsenic, which can prevent chronic diabetic wounds from healing.

For people with diabetes, a small cut or wound on the foot can be a big problem.… Read more

Tracking Oral Health In Children

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Viacheslav “Slava” Fofanov, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Tracking Oral Health In Children

Why do Arizona children have twice the rate of dental caries—also known as tooth decay—as children outside the state?

Socioeconomic status and limited access to dental care explain only part of the difference, said NAU researcher Viacheslav “Slava” Fofanov. “We suspect there is a biological explanation,” he said.

Human mouths are full of bacteria, he said, and about one-third of all people carry a strain… Read more

Mentoring The Next Generation

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Narendiran Rajasekaran, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Archana Varadaraj, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Mentoring the Next Generation

NAU cancer researchers Narendiran Rajasekaran and Archana Varadaraj each had strong mentors who guided them through college and inspired them in the lab. Now, they are returning the favor and mentoring the next generation of scientists.

“In every way we can, we try to keep our labs open to students,” said Varadaraj, whose research looks at ways to modify… Read more

Focusing On Infections

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Talima Pearson, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Biological Sciences/Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

Focusing on Infections

Diseases once confined largely to hospitals—such as staph infections— are now increasingly being transmitted through everyday contact among healthy people.

That’s why researcher and double NAU alumnus Talima Pearson (MA Biology, ’02; PhD Biology, ’09) is leading a five-year study among different populations in Yuma, Arizona. His goal? To better understand how staph infections are spread outside health care settings—and to see what steps can be taken… Read more

Funded by $21.4 million grant, new NAU research center will address health disparities across Southwest

Posted by Grace Ditsworth on October 5, 2017

Kerry Bennett
Office of the Vice President for Research

A region of vast expanses and unparalleled natural beauty, the southwestern United States is a land of harsh socioeconomic realities for many, especially for underserved Native American and Hispanic populations. The Southwest has some of the highest poverty rates in the country, some of the lowest rates of health care access and a widespread incidence of serious chronic diseases, infectious diseases and behavioral health problems.

Health disparities—defined by Healthy People 2020 as… Read more

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