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University of Minnesota awarded up to $6 million to develop new treatments for suicidality and severe mental illness

University of Minnesota Medical School
Grant and Award Announcement

A University of Minnesota Medical School research team has been awarded up to $6 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to develop more effective treatments for people with severe mental health issues, including thoughts of suicide.

Funder: Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health

Eric Vejerano receives National Science Foundation award to investigate how sunscreens form persistent free radicals

Arnold School of Public Health
Grant and Award Announcement

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded environmental health sciences associate professor Eric Vejerano a grant of nearly $620,000 to determine how and why common sunscreen ingredients form persistent free radicals (PFRs) when they are exposed to light. Funded through the NSF’s Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems Nanoscale Interactions Program, the project names Vejerano as sole principal investigator and follows directly from his lab’s recent discovery that every commercial sunscreen it tested produced these long-lived radicals under artificial light.

New faculty member Fanghui Shi awarded NIH grant to protect at-risk populations from contracting HIV

Arnold School of Public Health
Grant and Award Announcement

Fanghui Shi’s faculty career is just beginning, but she’s already been awarded more than $2.2 million from the National Institutes of Health. The newly minted health promotion, education, and behavior research assistant professor will use the five-year NIH Director’s New Innovator Award to identify patterns of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which can help researchers predict who is at more risk for HIV infection and who might have difficulty managing the condition. Her team will also develop practical guidelines for healthcare providers.

Andi Jilling leads USDA-funded projects to protect America’s soil health

Arnold School of Public Health
Grant and Award Announcement

Andi Jilling is tackling a threat to the soil that feeds America. The environmental health sciences assistant professor is leading two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded projects (and is co-investigator on two more) focused on identifying threats to healthy soil and protecting it on behalf of farms and consumers across the country.

Pennington Biomedical researchers offer new perspective on how protein restriction may promote healthy aging and longevity

Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

“Protein restriction and the hallmarks of aging: A coordinated physiological adaptive response?” – authored by Dr. Chris Morrison, Dr. Sora Kim and Dr. Sangho Yu of Pennington Biomedical – was recently published in the journal Cell Metabolism. The authors argue that the diverse effects of protein restriction, including changes in metabolism, glucose regulation, energy expenditure, growth and food preferences, should be viewed as interconnected components of a broader response to protein scarcity rather than as isolated biological pathways.

The perspective provides a framework for investigating how the body's response to protein scarcity may influence healthy aging and longevity and whether that response can be measured or ultimately targeted to improve health across the lifespan.

Journal: Cell Metabolism

Trial testing out-of-body experiences produces unexpected twist

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The unexplained results could enhance future efforts to study out-of-body experiences, researchers say.

Journal: EXPLORE

Most Americans know how to control mosquitoes, but many are unsure how to use insect repellent

Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Reports and Proceedings

More than 8 in 10 U.S. adults know that preventing mosquito bites and controlling mosquitoes in and around the home is the best defense against mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile virus and dengue fever, but far fewer know how to correctly apply or choose insect repellent, according to an Annenberg Public Policy Center survey.

Oil-bubble research could lead to technological breakthroughs for the environment, medicine, and more

Binghamton University
Grant and Award Announcement

New research from Binghamton University and Georgia Tech, supported by a $590,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), seeks better modeling for newly-formed bubbles, smaller droplets, and oil-coated bubbles that could guide diverse applications, from environmental cleanups to drug delivery.

Reduced Insulin/IGF-1 signaling dramatically extends male lifespan in C. elegans

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — September 10, 2026 — A new research paper was published in Volume 18 of Aging on August 24, 2026, titled “Disruption of the insulin/IGF-1 signaling pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans dramatically increases male longevity and enhances reproductive health late in life.”

Journal: Aging-US