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7-Jan-2025

UVA engineering and education researchers leverage AI to improve classroom teaching

University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science
Grant and Award Announcement

Researchers at the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and School of Education and Human Development will use AI-powered video analysis technology to help teachers improve the quality of their mathematics instruction under a new $1.4 million grant.

Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

7-Jan-2025

Introduction to science journalism guide published in Albanian

Balkan Network of Science Journalists
Reports and Proceedings

A new guide with practical advice for aspiring science journalists in Albania and Kosovo has been published.

7-Jan-2025

International partnership aims to provide first-class osteopathy training

University of Plymouth
Business Announcement

The University of Plymouth and International Osteopathic Education (IOE) are collaborating to deliver a new Master of Osteopathic Medicine programme. Students will learn the fundamentals of human health, with the course covering elements of physiology, anatomy, biomechanics and clinical examinations. They will also develop detailed understanding of osteopathic tests, techniques and treatments and how to use them correctly in the clinical setting.

7-Jan-2025

Gene therapy to treat chronic hypereosinophilia

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Human Gene Therapy involved the generation of a human monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against human eosinophils. The heavy and light chains of that fully human anti-human eosinophil mAb were delivered via an adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy to immunodeficient mice, where they suppressed levels of human eosinophils in vivo.

Journal: Human Gene Therapy

6-Jan-2025

Efforts to reduce kids' screen time weakened by unequal access to green space

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When children have a place to play outside, programs aimed at reducing their screen time use are more successful, according to a University of Michigan study.

Journal: Health & Place
Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health under award number R01HL137731.

6-Jan-2025

Evaluating career service offices at schools of public health: Are programs servicing students equitably and delivering on the promise of a diversified public health workforce?

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health has evaluated both the career services programs, and employment outcomes, of its graduates. The study found that neither program usage nor employment outcomes were statistically different by race or ethnicity;

Journal: Pedagogy in Health Promotion

6-Jan-2025

Acoustic sensors find frequent gunfire on school walking routes

Ohio State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study used acoustic sensors that detect the sound of gunfire to show how often children in one Chicago neighborhood are exposed to gunshots while walking to and from school. Results showed that nearly two-thirds of schools in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago had at least one gun incident within 400 meters (about one-quarter mile) of where children were walking home during the 2021-22 school year.

Journal: SSM - Population Health