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CIACD: Center for Integrated Approaches to Complex Diseases
- CONGRATS! Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez, Epidemiologist and...
- Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez, Epidemiologist and Project Director in the CIACD Center, has been named as a recipient of the UM-SPH Aging and Public Health Training Grant award. Congratulations to Carrie as she pursues her prospectus and dissertation topic focusing on obesity and arthritis. 6th May 2010
- CONGRATS! Kelly Ylitalo, has successfully presented...
- CONGRATS! Kelly Ylitalo, Doctoral Candidate, has successfully presented her research prospectus.
Kelly will be pursuing her dissertation defense on the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy and changes in physical functioning and cardiometabolic factors in mid-life women in the longitudinal, bi-ethnic Michigan SWAN Study population.6th May 2010 - CONGRATS! Eileen Rillamas-Sun, Ph.D. has successfully...
- CONGRATS! Eileen Rillamas-Sun, Ph.D. has successfully completed her doctoral research effort on "The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease in U.S. Women - An Examination with Longitudinal and Transgenerational Data". Congratulations Eileen on your achievement.6th May 2010
- DEFENDING: Kelly Ylitalo, Doctoral Candidate, to defend...
- DEFENDING: April 29, 2010 -- Kelly Ylitalo, Doctoral Candidate, to defend prospectus on the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy and changes in physical functioning and cardiometabolic factors in mid-life women in the longitudinal, bi-ethnic Michigan SWAN Study population. 27th April 2010
- IMCIC 2010 BEST PAPER AWARD - COMPLEXITY
- IMCIC 2010 BEST PAPER AWARD - COMPLEXITY: The paper entitled "An Integrated Quantitative Methodology to Longitudinally Characterize Complex Dynamic Processes Associated with Ovarian Aging and the Menopausal Transition" by CIACD researchers Drs. Huiyong Zheng, MaryFran Sowers, John F. Randolph, Jr. and Sioban D. Harlow was recently presented in the International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics (IMCIC 2010) in Orlando, Florida, April 6-9, 2010 and won IMCIC2010 Best Paper Award in the session of complexity. The authors would like to thank all grant supports and collaborators from MBHMS and SWAN, and all colleagues from the Center. 15th April 2010
- DEFENDING: Ph.D. Candidate Eileen Rillamas-Sun will be...
- DEFENDING: Ph.D. Candidate Eileen Rillamas-Sun will be presenting her oral defense of "The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease in U.S. Women - An Examination with Longitudinal and Transgenerational Data" on Thursday, April 22, from 8:45am - 9:45am in SPH I, Room 3755. 1st April 2010
- PUBLISHED: "Amount of Bone Loss in Relation to...
- PUBLISHED: "Amount of Bone Loss in Relation to Time around the Final Menstrual Period and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Staging of the Transmenopause." in the The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Authors include CIACD's MaryFran R. Sowers, Ph.D.; Huiyong (Thomas) Zheng, Ph.D.; and Mary Jannausch. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20215399?dopt=AbstractPlus 15th March 2010
- ACCEPTED: CIACD's Thomas (Huiyong) Zheng will be presenting...
- ACCEPTED: CIACD's Thomas (Huiyong) Zheng will be presenting his paper, "An integrated quantitative methodology to characterize the complex biological/epidemiological dynamic processes associated with ovarian aging and the menopausal transition", at the 2010 International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics in in Orlando, Florida, on April 6th - 9th. http://www.iiis2010.org/imcic 20th November 2009
- IN THE NEWS: Low vitamin D raises blood pressure in women...
- IN THE NEWS: Low vitamin D raises blood pressure in women -- Study by CIACD's Dr. MaryFran Sowers and Flojaune Griffin, Ph.D Student with Dr. Rhian M. Touyz (University of Ottawa) and Dr. Nieca Goldberg (New York University). http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE58M6HT20090923 19th November 2009
- CIACD is diving in...
- CIACD is diving in to the social media pool. Follow us on Twitter , join us on Facebook and subscribe to our RSS Feed .6th November 2009
- Publications database online...
- We've now got a fully-featured database with a list of over 200 CIACD publications dating back to 1975. You can sort by subject, year or author, as well as get more information about authors and publications from the PubMed site.5th November 2009
- CIACD.org is online!
- This website is for staff, students, researchers, academics and anyone else interested in our work here at CIACD. Of course, we'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions. We'll be keeping this site updated with our latest research and publications. Check back often as we add new content. There's lots more to come!4th November 2009