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June 14, 2019

Gregg B. Fields Named Executive Director of FAU's I-Health

Florida Atlantic University has named Gregg B. Fields, Ph.D., as executive director of FAU’s Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention (I-HEALTH), one of the university’s four research pillars. Fields will lead efforts to develop interdisciplinary research by combining expertise across many FAU centers and colleges as well as forging strategic health care and research partnerships in the region. I-HEALTH’s service regions will include Broward, Palm Beach, and Martin counties.

Ask a Scientist: Stopping the Progression of Cancer

Florida Atlantic University College of Science Dean, Ata Sarajedini, Ph.D., discusses how the scientific method is a tool used to better understand the natural world. In this " Ask a Scientist," episode, Dr. Sarajeddini speaks with Gregg Fields, Ph.D., who studies metastasis, or how cancer spreads throughout the body - often considered the deadliest aspect of the disease. Dr. Fields and his research team are looking for ways to stop the progression of cancer.

NSO Annual Retreat

Nearly 100 people attended the Neuroscience Student Organization (NSO) annual retreat on Saturday, June 8, at Manatee Lagoon in West Palm Beach. The event sponsored by the Florida Atlantic University Brain Institute, featured poster presentations, networking amongst neuroscientists, and short talks. Keynote speaker, Michael Platt, Ph.D., a James S. Riepe University professor at the University of Pennsylvania, presented, “Building Better Business through Brain Science.”

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Jupiter Campus Information

Florida Atlantic University serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six-county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s John D. MacArthur Campus , located in downtown Abacoa offers a variety of upper-division and graduate course. The campus houses the Academy for Community Inclusion , Center for Autism and Related Disabilities , College of Education , Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College , John D. MacArthur Campus Library and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute , the largest lifelong learning program in the nation. FAU Jupiter unites scientists and students in research and training programs and leverages FAU’s close affiliations with Scripps Florida and the Max Planck Florida Institute , also located on the campus. As part of this effort, the university-wide Brain Institute launched in 2016 and is a hub of cutting-edge, multidisciplinary neuroscience activity that builds on existing neuroscience centers and programs within the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine , Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology offers research and training programs in molecular biology and biotechnology and serves as a link between FAU and other institutions and industries in this field.