Melanoma is a potentially deadly form of skin cancer that effects people of every racial and ethnic group. The risk factor most closely linked to developing melanoma is exposure to…
Nick Shay – Professor of Oceanography, University of Miami The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, and the Gulf of Mexico is already warmer than average. Even more worrying is…
Alessandro Ossola – Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis As lockdowns went into effect in the spring of 2020 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, reports emerged of a global…
Ivan Martinez – Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, West Virginia University In an amazing twist of fate, the aggressive cervical cancer tumor that killed Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year…
Shannon Van Zandt – Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to Colorado in the final weeks of 2021 left thousands of people…
Anna Nagurney – Professor and Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst The blood supply in the U.S. is now at its lowest level in over a decade. Many of the nation’s…
Monica Dus – Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan People typically think of food as calories, energy and sustenance. However, the latest evidence suggests that…
Gabriel Filippelli – Chancellor’s Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute, IUPUI People fishing along the banks of the White River as it winds…
Deborah Fuller – Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington The two most successful coronavirus vaccines developed in the U.S. – the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines – are…
Jennifer Rooke – Assistant Professor of Community Health & Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine One of my patients – who had been struggling with obesity, uncontrolled diabetes and the…