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November 2nd, 2020

The Problem We All Live With — Racism as a Public Health Crisis

ATLANTA—As Black communities are being devastated by COVID-19, Georgia State researchers are working to illuminate the ways systemic racism drives health disparities, harming and even killing African Americans.

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July 7th, 2020

Dawn Aycock Joins Nurse Leader Fellowship Program at UC Davis Nursing School

 

ATLANTA—Dr. Dawn M. Aycock of the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions at Georgia State University is one of 11 nurse scientists accepted to the inaugural cohort of the Betty Irene Moore Fellowships for Nurse Leaders and Innovators. This new fellowship program, funded by a five-year, $37.5 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, recognizes early- to mid-career nursing scholars and innovators with a high potential to accelerate leadership in nursing research, practice, education, policy and entrepreneurship.

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February 12th, 2020

More stroke awareness, better eating habits may help reduce stroke risk for young adult African Americans

 

DALLAS—Young African American adults are experiencing higher rates of stroke compared to others due to high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity, yet their perception of their stroke risk is low, according to preliminary research to be presented at the Nursing Symposium of the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2020 – Feb. 18-21 in Los Angeles. The conference is a world premier meeting for researchers and clinicians dedicated to the science of stroke and brain health.

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January 15th, 2020

When Stroke Strikes Young

ATLANTA—In this episode of The Research Podcast, we talk to Dr. Dawn Aycock, associate professor in the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, about why more young adults are having strokes and what she’s doing to help young people understand and reduce their risk.

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December 24th, 2019

Nursing Faculty Researcher Encourages Ph.D. Class of 2019

ATLANTA—Dr. Dawn Aycock, associate professor of nursing, spoke to the Fall 2019 Ph.D. candidates and their families at the Georgia State university hooding ceremony. Aycock, who is the program director of the nursing Ph.D. program, encouraged the graduates to go on the Georgia State “DIET” — diversity, innovation, excellence and teaching.

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October 2nd, 2019

Georgia State Professor’s Research on Stroke Prevention Among Young Adults Serves to Educate and Save Lives

ATLANTA—Dr. Dawn Aycock is working to find interventions that can help prevent young people from suffering strokes, especially among young adult African Americans. “What we’ve seen over the past few decades is an increase in hospitalizations for stroke in young adults—upwards of 30 to 40 percent,” she said.

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March 29th, 2019

Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Council Science in Review

 

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION—The AHA Scientific Sessions 2018, held in Chicago, IL from November 10 to 12, featured a new 2‐day programming format for all CVSN sessions. The Nursing Science in Review session included 5 CVSN researchers: Gia Mudd‐Martin, PhD, MPH, RN from the University of Kentucky; Erin Ferranti, PhD, RN, MPH, FAHA (Fellow of the American Heart Association) from Emory University; Anne M. Fink, PhD, RN, FAHA from the University of Illinois at Chicago; Dawn Aycock, PhD, RN, ANP‐BC, FAHA from Georgia State University; and Nancy A. Pike, PhD, RN, CPNP‐AC/PC, FAAN from the University of California Los Angeles. Their studies encompassed a variety of methods including: community‐based participatory research, metabolomics, preclinical animal research, clinical intervention studies, and the use of magnetic resonance imaging scans to measure brain volumes and function.

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February 1st, 2016

Young African-Americans Underestimate Stroke Risk, According to Georgia State Nursing Researchers

ATLANTA—Young African-Americans often hold a distorted view of their personal risk for a stroke, two nursing researchers at Georgia State University’s Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions say in a recently published study in the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing.

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