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Two pediatric neurosurgeons join Department of Neurosurgery, bringing expertise to grow clinical and research programs

Pediatric neurosurgeons in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine bring a unique set of skills each day as they treat children of all ages at Riley Children’s Health and lead clinical research in groundbreaking neurosurgery techniques. Two neurosurgeons who recently joined department faculty in August 2024 — Jason Chu, MD, MSc and Thomas Larrew, MD — have expanded the already robust pediatric specialty.

Ben Middelkamp | Oct 30, 2024
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Two functional neurosurgeons join the Department of Neurosurgery

Jason Schwalb, MD, Betsey Barton Professor of Neurological Surgery, and David Purger, MD, PhD, assistant professor of neurological surgery, joined department faculty in September 2024.

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Neuroimmunology and neurodegeneration researcher joins growing team of Alzheimer’s disease researchers at the IU School of Medicine

Malú Tansey, PhD and her team of researchers like to think “outside the brain.” Her lab investigates the role of inflammation and immune system responses

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Graphic announcing: 2024 Steven C. Beering Award Winner Robert C Malenka, MD, PhD, "Journeying from Synapses to Psychedelics". Founder, Stanford University Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute. Friday, Nov. 15, 2 p.m.

Beering Award winner to speak

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IU-led consortium focused on developing the next generation of Alzheimer’s disease animal models featured in Alzheimer’s & Dementia journal

Anationalresource for Alzheimer’s disease animal models and preclinical testing of therapeutics, led in part by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers, is the focus of a special issue

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$3.5 million grant to fund study of connection between Alzheimer’s disease, traumatic brain injury

Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine and the University of California, Riverside are investigating how traumatic brain injuries and genetic risk factors can

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Paige Logan works at the AAIC meeting

Early career researcher leading international cohort of scientists in Alzheimer’s Association ambassador program

Paige Logan, a laboratory research specialist and lab manager at the Indiana University School of Medicine was selected as the lead ambassador for the Alzheimer's Association's

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Jared Brosch meets with a clinical trial patient volunteer

Alzheimer's disease basic science finding leads to clinical trial

A novel therapeutic target to treat Alzheimer’s disease identified in 2022 by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers will now be translated to a clinical

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Dr. Vijay Ramakrishnan chats with a colleague in the lab

IU-led team to develop AI-driven prediction model for sinus surgery patients

Indiana University School of Medicine researcher Vijay Ramakrishnan, MD, is leading a multi-institutional five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

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