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The Office of Research serves the entire University of South Carolina community. Together, we are solving today's problems and innovating tomorrow's technologies.
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USC Research @uscresearch.bsky.social · Aug 28
WRU Special Edition 📈 Record-Setting Research: Thank you to our resilient faculty
https://mailchi.mp/sc/wru-special-edition-record-setting-research
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Chemistry is often challenging for incoming students, but a collab between USC Lancaster chemistry prof Li Cai and art and design prof Sahar Aghasafari is creating new interdisciplinary study tools through their ChemArtistry project.

🔗 https://tinyurl.com/e974xmmr
A comic-book style panel designed to help chemistry students better understand the concept of isomers.
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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🧠 🫂 Today is the day! Join USC Brain Health at noon at the Nickelodeon Theater for a free screening of My Mama Joe: Hope and Help, a moving documentary about one family's Alzheimer's experience. Plus a panel discussion: Judi Gatson, Julius Fridriksson, Dr. Macie P. Smith and the My Mama Joe Project.
This image is a flyer for My Mama Joe: Hope and Help screenings in South Carolina. We invite users to join us for the screening in Columbia, SC, on Friday, November 7, at 12:00 p.m., at the Nickelodeon Theater on Main Street in Columbia, South Carolina.
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Our office has supported faculty research through the ASPIRE program since 2012. Math prof Yi Sun used his ASPIRE funds to publish in a top transpo engineering journal & promote a method he developed to ⬆️ the efficiency of movement simulations. 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/ksd46fda
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A grey pull quote box containing a quote from Math Professor Yi Sun in garnet text that reads: "I want to apply everything to my method, the kinetic Monte Carlo simulation." To the right of the quote is a circular-framed photo of professor Sun engaged in teaching at the front of a classroom.
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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ASPIRE AI was created to support research involving AI across disciplines. Prof. Eric Montie at University of South Carolina Beaufort, is integrating AI into his research on underwater soundscapes. 👂 🌊 🐬 🦑

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ASPIRE AI funding enables estuarine eavesdropping
Eric Montie and his team at the University of South Carolina Beaufort aim to answer questions about marine life with underwater acoustic analysis.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Math prof Yi Sun is laser-focused on computational models of movement, applying his method to better understand tissue dynamics, disease spread & even pedestrian flow. His goal? Revolutionize how scholars use simulations to answer big questions. 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/ksd46fda
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A grey pull quote box containing a quote from Math Professor Yi Sun in garnet text that reads: "I want to apply everything to my method, the kinetic Monte Carlo simulation." To the right of the quote is a circular-framed photo of professor Sun engaged in teaching at the front of a classroom.
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Biology professor Eric Montie and his team at USC Beaufort spend a lot of time studying the sounds of estuaries. Thanks to AI, Montie’s team is poised to save time on acoustic analysis so they can find answers hidden within a decade-long dataset 🔗https://tinyurl.com/5bf3dw5j🐟 🐬 🌊
USC Beaufort Professor Eric Montie (far right ) poses with his research team at a recent research gathering.
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Join us at the movies this Friday! Check out details below on a free screening of My Mama Joe: Hope and Help, sponsored by USC Brain Health.
📅Fri., Nov. 7
⌚Noon to 2 pm
📍The Nickelodeon Theater, Main St.
👉Sign up: www.mamajoeproject.com/southcarolina
🫂Panel: Judi Gatson, Julius Fridriksson & more
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Colleagues, family, and friends are honoring Delores "Marie" Thomas today as the Nolan Lab, where she made such a difference, is renamed in her honor. ow.ly/pgmA50XkS3p
October 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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WRU 🌦️ Want to brighten up your rainy week? Make a plan to join us for a free screening of the moving documentary My Mama Joe: Hope and Help, coming up next week!

Get the full scoop on that, and much more, in this week's newsletter 🔗 https://mailchi.mp/sc/wru-research-brightens-a-rainy-day-10593336
Julius Fridriksson (left) talks with Judi Gatson (right) on a homey television set at the WIS10 News studios in Columbia, SC. They are discussing Alzheimer's disease, related dementia and USC Brain Health.
October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Light it up! 🚨

Capstone is glowing garnet tonight as we celebrate the 140 current, emeritus and USC-affiliated researchers were honored as the world’s top-cited researchers!

Learn more: https://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2025/10/usc-top-experts-2025.php
October 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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WRU 🧠 Research to expand your mind: This week's newsletter is, well, expansive. Read about the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Orangeburg Brain Health Network Clinic, check out the September 2025 new grant awards report and more... all available here: https://tinyurl.com/yc373fzu.
Photo of a group of dignitaries cutting a ribbon at the new Orangeburg, SC Brain Health Network Clinic. Holding the scissors are USC President Michael Amiridis, SC State Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter and HopeHealth CEO Carl Humphries.
October 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Leila Larson has been awarded nearly three million dollars from the National Institutes of Health to lead a five-year study aimed at improving childhood health and development.
ow.ly/JOK050XggyX #ResearchThatMatters #ArnoldSchoolExperts #GlobalHealth
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October 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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After yesterday’s Orangeburg clinic launch, USC Brain Health Director Dr. Leonardo Bonilha and his team are eager to continue cutting wait times and enhancing care for families affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia in this underserved community.
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USC Brain Health Network opens new clinic in Orangeburg
he University of South Carolina’s Brain Health Network is expanding its effort to combat healthcare deserts across the Midlands.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Today, we celebrated USC Brain Health’s new clinic in Orangeburg. This community sadly suffers from the 8th highest rate of Alzheimer’s disease in the nation. That’s why the Brain Health Network is delivering comprehensive support services for local families affected by ADRD.
A television camera captures the moment that a group of several South Carolina officials, health care leaders and leadership from USC Brain Health cut the ribbon at a new USC Brain Health Network opening in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
October 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Big congratulations to our inaugural SHARE Scholars! 🎉 Chao Cai (left), Bryan Michael Jenkins (middle), and Xueying Yang (right) have been awarded grants to pursue pilot projects that advance Alzheimer’s and related dementias research. ow.ly/FIjP50XeZxE #ArnoldSchoolProud @uscresearch.bsky.social
photo of Chao Cai (left), Bryan Michael Jenkins (middle), and Xueying Yang (right)
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Do not miss! USC Brain Health's Dr. Leonardo Bonilha and the SC Alzheimer's Association's Taylor Wilson will be live on @wistv.com with Judi Gatson at 5:30 p.m.! They will discuss today's grand opening of the Brain Health Network's Orangeburg location along with Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
October 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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@sc.edu VP for Research Julius Fridriksson was honored to appear on @wistv.com for a live interview with Alzheimer's disease and caregiving advocate Judi Gatson about dementia, USC Brain Health and a very moving documentary coming soon to the Palmetto State.
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www.wistv.com/video/2025/1...
"My Mama Joe: Hope and Help"
Confronting Alzheimer's in South Carolina
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October 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Researchers warn that GLP-1RA medications may not be the magic bullet we're looking for when it comes to cancer.
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photo of woman giving herself an injection “The rise of GLP-1RA medications presents a powerful obesity intervention with potential for obesity-related cancer prevention,” Hébert says. “Yet, rapid adoption for obesity treatment may outpace our understanding of the potential consequences for long-term cancer risk.”
September 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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To celebrate #InternationalResearchAdministratorDay we are thrilled to host research administrators from institutions of higher education across the Palmetto State for the first-ever SC Research Administration Conference! #SCRAC2025 #REACHSC
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On-stage selfie by USC Associate VP for Research Development, Emily Devereux, as she welcomes attendees ti the 2025 SC Research Administration Conference. The photo shows Emily's smiling face in the foreground with conference attendees in the background over her shoulder.
September 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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It's Thursday, and that means a new edition of the Weekly Research Update newsletter! Check out the latest changes to the NIH application structure for international collaborations, a new Research Security Spotlight and more. https://tinyurl.com/5fychf34
This image is a decorative header banner for the Weekly Research Update newsletter. It features images of research equipment in tones of blue underneath white text reading "Weekly Research Update: News and resources from the Office of the Vice President for Research."
September 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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We are honored to support USC Brain Health, a research and care initiative enhancing access to diagnostics and care for South Carolinians experiencing cognitive problems like Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias.
September 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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As the Propel Mentorship Program 25-26 cohort gathers today, we're thinking about the impact of this vital program.

We talked to past participants to learn more about their experiences and the research they are doing with their successfully funded proposals.

🔗 https://tinyurl.com/3y24myr8
Portrait photo of USC Faculty Member Alissa Armstrong next to a quote from her that reads: "Faculty members are very well-versed in the science, we know our projects, but the paperwork-y parts of the grants are more of a challenge to figure out because those things change all the time. To have somebody who's an expert in that is quite helpful, so we had lots of resources and tools to use." Portrait photo of USC faculty member Pawel Nadel-Turonski next to his quote, which reads: "I could talk with my colleagues who do nuclear physics, but the reviewers of these proposals tend to come from a much broader background. That was very helpful because you need to write the the proposal in a way which is clear and appealing not only to the people who do exactly what you do but also other potential reviewers. Portrait photo of USC faculty member Ahmed Alshareef next to a quote from him, which reads: "It was nice to have lessons as part of the Propel program every month to give us the tricks of the trade, but also to have a dedicated mentor and a group of people along the same journey."
September 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Environmental health sciences doctoral student Grace Owojori has been awarded AAUW’s International Fellowship to support her antimicrobial resistance research using wastewater-based epidemiology. Congratulations! 🎉 ow.ly/hubW50WXtyz
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photo of Grace Owojori
September 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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It's National Postdoc Appreciation Week and we can't think of a better way to celebrate than by congratulating Shiba Bailey and Huixuan Li, the inaugural recipients of the Arnold School of Public Health at South Carolina Postdoctoral Fellows Research Grant 🥳
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The Arnold School Office of Research has selected the inaugural recipients of their new Postdoctoral Fellows Research Grant Program. Congrats to Shiba Bailey and Huixuan Li! ow.ly/ZW3c50WRQIW #ResearchThatMatters @uofscnewsy.bsky.social @uscresearch.bsky.social
Congrats! Postdoctoral Fellows Research Grant Program announces inaugural awards, supporting projects related to weight loss drugs and infectious diseases
September 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Weekly Research Update 🔬 Last chance to sign up for September research events, new monthly grant awards report and more 🔗 https://mailchi.mp/sc/wru-research-reminders-new-grants-and-more
Two researchers work with technical equipment and a laptop computer, wearing white lab coats and protective eyewear. To the right of this photo, a garnet block with white text that reads: "Weekly Research Update: News and resources from the Office of the Vice President for Research."
September 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM