Medical College of Georgia

09/09/2025

Have you ever wanted to dunk Dr. Jennifer Tucker, our associate dean for student affairs? You’ll have 10 minutes to indulge as she will be in a dunk tank from 11:30 to 11:40 a.m. this Friday.

The Georgia Cancer Center is hosting Paceline Palooza 2025 on Friday near the Storey Research Building. In addition to music, yard games, a raffle and Chick-fil-A is the chance to dunk college leaders for a good cause.

09/08/2025

Medical students filled the lobby on the Harrison Education Commons on Friday afternoon for the semi-annual MCG Research Day.

Student research posters ran the gamut of barriers to melanoma care to tumor cells in the pancreas to ulcerative colitis.

09/02/2025

Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship program helps fill a statewide void.

The Department of Family and Community Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia has been building a sports medicine presence over the past four years, including a fellowship to boost training in sports and exercise medicine for primary care physicians to serve patients more comprehensively.

The division has also expanded to include the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, becoming the only public medical school in Georgia to offer the program.

08/29/2025

In today's Dean's Diary: Ribbon cutting for MCG Atlanta marks official expansion of our statewide educational network; Dr. Louis Lovett to serve as inaugural campus associate dean; and we welcomed over 40 faculty at our first-ever new faculty reception.

August 29, 2025 August 29, 2025Dean's Diary - Medical College of GeorgiaLara Stepleman, Lisa Leggio, Louis Lovett, Msuko Ushio-Fukai, Natasha Savage, Phil Gingrey, Sudhahar Varadarajan, Tohru Fukai, Vascular Biology CenterDavid C. Hess, MD Dear Medical College of Georgia Friends, Ribbon cutting for...

08/27/2025

Tuesday’s ribbon cutting officially opened Wellstar Kennestone Hospital as the home to the Medical College of Georgia’s new two-year clinical campus. Marking the ceremonial opening of MCG Atlanta at Wellstar Health System were officials from Augusta University, Wellstar and the Georgia Board of Regents.

Kennestone already had a decade-long relationship with MCG medical students doing clinical rotations there. Now the campus will host 48 third- and fourth-year medical students where they will live, learn and care for patients.

08/26/2025

MCG researchers uncover how exercise reboots vascular health in diabetes.

“People with type 2 diabetes commonly have unhealthy blood vessels, which is caused by endothelial dysfunction. The inner lining of the blood vessels made up of endothelial cells doesn’t work properly, raising the risk of heart disease, stroke and poor circulation,” said Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD, a professor of medicine in the Vascular Biology Center at MCG and co-principal investigator of the study.

“The superoxide dismutase is one of the keys to understanding the mechanism of how exercise improves our vascular health,” says Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD.

08/25/2025

Dance and song sprung from the stage at the Maxwell Theater on Saturday. Talented MCG students, faculty and staff performed for a crowd for the annual MCG’s Got Talent show, raising money for the Georgia Cancer Center.

08/19/2025

Could your child’s boundless energy be more than just too many sugary snacks? Hyperactivity plus inattentiveness and impulsive behavior is the recipe for ADHD.
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Eric Lewkowiez, MD, associate professor of Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatry at MCG, explains the causes and treatment options for ADHD in children.

08/18/2025

08/15/2025

In today's Dean's Diary: USG Economic Impact Study demonstrates strong community benefits from MCG’s Regional Campuses; newest cohort of Peach State Scholars includes 12 students who are committed to practicing in communities that need them most; and Two MCG graduate students awarded prestigious NIH Award.

August 15, 2025 August 15, 2025Dean's Diary - Medical College of GeorgiaDavid C. Hess, MD Dear Medical College of Georgia Friends, USG Economic Impact Study demonstrates strong community benefits from MCG’s Regional Campuses Since opening our first regional campus in Albany in 2005 – in partne...

08/14/2025

Augusta University researchers are investigating a protein found in the tears of preterm babies in the hopes of developing a better treatment for retinopathy of prematurity, a condition leading to blindness in about 500 infants each year.
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The Knights Templar Eye Foundation Inc. recently awarded a $90,000 grant to Yusra Zaidi, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Vascular Biology Center of the Medical College of Georgia, to explore how a naturally occurring protein could potentially prevent retinopathy of prematurity in this young and vulnerable patient population.

“If retinopathy of prematurity is treated early, vision can be improved or saved, and we can protect the future of these infants,” says Yusra Zaidi, PhD.

08/13/2025

Two graduate students from the Immunology Center of Georgia have been awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health to explore the immunological drivers behind cardiometabolic disease.
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Two graduate students from the Immunology Center of Georgia will use NIH awards to explore the immunological drivers behind cardiometabolic disease.