Wei Li, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA, associate professor of biomedical sciences at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, has been awarded a Research Project Grant (R01), one of the most competitive grants issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to investigate the mechanisms driving increased risk of thrombosis in patients with heart failure and those with fluctuations in sex hormone levels.  

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The stress premature infants experience at birth can carry on throughout a lifetime and cause negative health impacts later in life, necessitating the routine inclusion of birth history in medical records and the development of clinical guidelines for adults born preterm, the longest continuously running study of individuals born preterm in the United States has shown. University of Rhode Island College of Nursing Professor Amy D’Agata is continuing the work that began in the 1980s with a group of babies born prematurely at Women & Infants Hospital.

Although US workers face considerable risks of job-related injuries, reliable estimates remain elusive due to longstanding data limitations. A recent article suggests that publicly available data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) could significantly enhance research on workplace injuries. Improved injury surveillance using OSHA data may help develop more effective prevention strategies and inform policy decisions across various high-risk industries.