by NIAAH Editors | Jan 9, 2023 | NIAAH Scholars, Our Health
Terezie Tolar-Peterson, Mississippi State University A calorie is a calorie is a calorie, at least from a thermodynamic standpoint. It’s defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius (2.2 pounds by 1.8...
by NIAAH Editors | Jun 7, 2022 | NIAAH Scholars
Ivan Martinez, West Virginia University In an amazing twist of fate, the aggressive cervical cancer tumor that killed Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year old African American mother, became an essential tool that helped the biomedical field flourish in the 20th century. As a...
by NIAAH Editors | Apr 28, 2022 | NIAAH Scholars
Melba Newsome April 1, 2022 Three years ago, Lauren Bryant was walking across Appalachian State University’s campus with several other Black students when they were verbally assaulted with a racist tirade. “This guy in a pickup truck stopped at the light, rolled down...
by NIAAH Editors | Apr 28, 2022 | NIAAH Scholars
Lynn Gardner, Morehouse School of Medicine Few things are more challenging than trying to vaccinate a terrified and uncooperative child. I have seen children wedge themselves into a corner and refuse to budge. I have seen them thrash and yell. And I have seen them sit...
by NIAAH Editors | Feb 24, 2022 | NIAAH Scholars
Deborah Fuller, University of Washington The two most successful coronavirus vaccines developed in the U.S. – the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines – are both mRNA vaccines. The idea of using genetic material to produce an immune response has opened up a world of research...
by NIAAH Editors | Dec 3, 2021 | NIAAH Scholars, Research
Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Alexandra Kuvaeva, University of Maryland; Audrey J. Jaeger, North Carolina State University; Dawn Culpepper, University of Maryland, and KerryAnn O’Meara, University of Maryland College faculty members are...