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Next Generation Program Researcher Develops Machine-Learning Program To Identify Deadly Disease

Next Generation Program Researcher Develops Machine-Learning Program To Identify Deadly Disease

Juan Banda, a Next Generation Program computer science researcher and collaborators at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed new software that uses a machine-learning computer program to determine whether a patient is likely to have a genetic disease that can lead to heart attack or stroke. Machine learning is a method of data analysis that uses algorithms and statistical models to identify patterns and make decisions with minimal human intervention.

2CI Fellows, Feature Stories, News and Announcements, Second Century Initiative

Second Century Initiative Fellow Uses International Business Degree Program to Solve Waste Management Issues in the U.S.

Second Century Initiative Fellow Uses International Business Degree Program to Solve Waste Management Issues in the U.S.

Second Century Initiative (2CI) Fellow Sarah Ku is working to find a solution to something that’s puzzling local governments in the U.S. and the West: managing large amounts of waste that other countries aren’t accepting for recycling.

Ku is interested in researching waste management in China. From a business standpoint, she wants to discover ways to aid China in controlling waste after consumption and then design and develop marketing strategies to market those ideas for implementation in American markets.

To aid with waste management across the world, Ku is looking into the marketability of using insects to mitigate waste. Ku said insects can be an effective source for waste consumption and have been applied in different industries around the world.

News and Announcements, News Clips, Second Century Initiative

2CI Health Law Scholar Discusses the Ethics of Hospitals Suing Patients

2CI Health Law Scholar Discusses the Ethics of Hospitals Suing Patients

Second Century Initiative scholar Erin Fuse Brown, an Associate Professor of Law and member of the Georgia State College of Law’s Center for Law, Health and Society, recently spoke to National Public Radio (NPR) about the philosophical issues surrounding hospitals which file lawsuits against patients for unpaid bills.

News and Announcements, Press Releases, Research Stories, Second Century Initiative

Early-Season Hurricanes Result In Greater Transmission Of Mosquito-Borne Infectious Disease, Study Shows

Early-Season Hurricanes Result In Greater Transmission Of Mosquito-Borne Infectious Disease, Study Shows

The timing of a hurricane is one of the primary factors influencing its impact on the spread of mosquito-borne infectious diseases such as West Nile Virus, dengue, chikungunya and Zika, according to a study led by Georgia State University, including a professor from the university’s Second Century Initiative.

Gerardo Chowell, a professor of mathematical epidemiology in the School of Public Health, along with his colleagues, found that in the aftermath of this type of extreme weather event, the mosquito population often booms in the presence of stagnant water. At the same time, the breakdown of public and private health infrastructure can put people at increased risk of infection.

News and Announcements, Next Generation Round 3, Press Releases, Research Stories, Second Century Initiative

Next Generation Program-Supported Center Investigates Growing Online Male Supremacist Subculture

Next Generation Program-Supported Center Investigates Growing Online Male Supremacist Subculture

Second Century Initiative researcher John Horgan, a Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and director of the Next Generation Program-supported Violent Extremism Research Group, is researching the evolution and spread of a growing male supremacist movement online.

News and Announcements, Next Generation Round 3, Research Stories

Next Gen Center Researchers Identify Strategies to Help Bystanders Prevent Sexual Violence Against Women

Next Gen Center Researchers Identify Strategies to Help Bystanders Prevent Sexual Violence Against Women

Young men can successfully intervene in peer groups to prevent sexual violence against women if they appeal to a shared sense of morality, according to a study led by a Georgia State University psychology researcher.

“There’s a new focus, especially on college campuses, on studying bystander intervention in preventing sexual violence,” said psychology professor Dominic Parrott, director of Georgia State’s Center for Research on Interpersonal Violence (CRIV). “This was a chance to see what people do to intervene and what actually works. Our experiment allowed us to see what happens and why.”

CRIV is an outgrowth of the Interpersonal Violence Initiative, a research area supported under the third round of the Next Generation Program.

2CI Fellows, Feature Stories, News and Announcements

Second Century Initiative Fellow Researches How Children Become Involved With Terrorist Organizations

Second Century Initiative Fellow Researches How Children Become Involved With Terrorist Organizations

Second Century Initiative (2CI) fellow Kristian Warpinski is studying the processes by which children become involved in terrorist organizations. Warpinski is working with Georgia State University’s Transcultural Conflict and Violence Initiative (TCV), to map the mobilization of children into terrorist organizations, and is currently looking at terrorist organizations Boko Haram in Nigeria, and Al-Shabaab in Somalia.

News and Announcements, Press Releases

Microbiologist And Immunologist Cynthia Nau Cornelissen Joins Institute For Biomedical Sciences As Director Of Center For Translational Immunology

Microbiologist And Immunologist Cynthia Nau Cornelissen Joins Institute For Biomedical Sciences As Director Of Center For Translational Immunology

Dr. Cynthia Nau Cornelissen, a leading researcher in the study of infectious diseases, including sexually transmitted infections (STIs), has been named director of the Center for Translational Immunology in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.

Recruited from Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Cornelissen joins Georgia State as a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences and a Distinguished University Professor.

The Center for Translational Immunology investigates the cellular and molecular components of the immune system to better understand complex immune-mediated diseases and to develop innovative vaccines. Cornelissen’s research is focused on bacterial pathogenesis, metal acquisition and vaccine development against STI pathogens. Cornelissen also brings about $12.95 million in federal research funding to Georgia State.