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University of Nottingham: An Easy Pill to Swallow - New 3D Printing Research Paves Way for Personalised Medication
BIRMINGHAM, England, May 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release on May 14, 2024:
A new technique for 3D printing medication has enabled the printing of multiple drugs in a single tablet, paving the way for personalised pills that can deliver timed doses.
Researchers from the University of Nottingham's, Centre for Additive Manufacturing have led research alongside the School of Pharmacy that has fabricated personalised medicine using Multi-Material InkJet 3D Printing (MM-IJ3DP). The research has been published in Materials Today Advances.
The team have developed
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BIRMINGHAM, England, May 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release on May 14, 2024:
A new technique for 3D printing medication has enabled the printing of multiple drugs in a single tablet, paving the way for personalised pills that can deliver timed doses.
Researchers from the University of Nottingham's, Centre for Additive Manufacturing have led research alongside the School of Pharmacy that has fabricated personalised medicine using Multi-Material InkJet 3D Printing (MM-IJ3DP). The research has been published in Materials Today Advances.
The team have developeda cutting-edge method that enables the fabrication of customised pharmaceutical tablets with tailored drug release profiles, ensuring more precise and effective treatment options for patients.
Using Multi-Material InkJet 3D Printing (MM-IJ3DP), tablets can be printed that release drugs at a controlled rate, determined by the tablet's design. This is made possible by a novel ink formulation based on molecules that are sensitive to ultraviolet light. When printed, these molecules form a water-soluble structure.
The drug release rate is controlled by the unique interior structure of the tablet, allowing for timing the dosage release. This method can print multiple drugs in a single tablet, allowing for complex medication regimens to be simplified into a single dose.
"While promising, the technology faces challenges, including the need for more formulations that support a wider range of materials. The ongoing research aims to refine these aspects, enhancing the feasibility of MM-IJ3DP for widespread application." Professor Ricky Wildman added.
This technology will be particularly beneficial in creating medication that needs to release drugs at specific times, making it ideal for treating diseases, where timing and dosage accuracy are crucial. The ability to print 56 pills in a single batch demonstrates the scalability of this technology, providing a strong potential for the production of personalised medicines.
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About the University of Nottingham
Ranked 32 in Europe and 16th in the UK by the QS World University Rankings: Europe 2024, the University of Nottingham is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities. Studying at the University of Nottingham is a life-changing experience, and we pride ourselves on unlocking the potential of our students. We have a pioneering spirit, expressed in the vision of our founder Sir Jesse Boot, which has seen us lead the way in establishing campuses in China and Malaysia - part of a globally connected network of education, research and industrial engagement.
Nottingham was crowned Sports University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 - the third time it has been given the honour since 2018 - and by the Daily Mail University Guide 2024.
The university is among the best universities in the UK for the strength of our research, positioned seventh for research power in the UK according to REF 2021. The birthplace of discoveries such as MRI and ibuprofen, our innovations transform lives and tackle global problems such as sustainable food supplies, ending modern slavery, developing greener transport, and reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
The university is a major employer and industry partner - locally and globally - and our graduates are the second most targeted by the UK's top employers, according to The Graduate Market in 2022 report by High Fliers Research.
We lead the Universities for Nottingham initiative, in partnership with Nottingham Trent University, a pioneering collaboration between the city's two world-class institutions to improve levels of prosperity, opportunity, sustainability, health and wellbeing for residents in the city and region we are proud to call home.
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JOURNAL: Materials Today Advances https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590049824000304
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Original text here: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/an-easy-pill-to-swallow-new-3d-printing-research-paves-way-for-personalised-medication
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: 2024-25 Fulbright - Alice Young
LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release:
Alice Young of Omaha, who will graduate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on May 18 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, has earned a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to conduct research in Japan.
A Regents Scholar and member of the University Honors Program, Young is a psychology major on the pre-medicine track. Her research focuses on end-of-life care and cultural perspectives in the United States and Japan. For her Fulbright project, she plans to survey patients at
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LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release:
Alice Young of Omaha, who will graduate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on May 18 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, has earned a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to conduct research in Japan.
A Regents Scholar and member of the University Honors Program, Young is a psychology major on the pre-medicine track. Her research focuses on end-of-life care and cultural perspectives in the United States and Japan. For her Fulbright project, she plans to survey patients aturban hospitals and nursing homes to uncover attitudes toward advanced directives and end-of-life care.
"Both the United States' and Japan's elderly populations struggle with depression, and end-of-life planning can be daunting," she said. "For care providers and advocates, before aiming to implement advanced directives more broadly, it is important to first understand societal and cultural attitudes."
After data collection and analysis, she plans to publish a paper to inform policymakers in both countries.
As an undergraduate, Young has conducted research with the Violence Intervention for Survivors of Trauma and Abuse Lab, investigating how choices motivate behavior such as drinking or sexual aggression. For her Honors thesis, she researched music and perceived stress.
"Realizing I was less stressed in one lab course than in another, and thus producing higher quality lab reports there, I analyzed the differences," she said. "One teaching assistant had played music in the room, and I found myself in a much better mood afterward."
Young has also served as a teaching assistant in chemistry and, as a Borlaug-Ruan Scholar, presented a paper on food insecurity in Liberia to world leaders.
Young's undergraduate experience provided opportunities to explore cross-cultural connections with Japan and motivated her Fulbright application. She honed her language skills through four years of study, cultural immersion, and friendship with Japanese international students.
Young also worked in health and emergency medicine roles, earning CPR and EMT licenses. As part of her Fulbright experience, she hopes to volunteer in a hospital setting in Japan.
"Working closely with Japanese researchers will increase credibility, trust and rapport, as well as ensuring a culturally appropriate approach to research collection," she said.
Upon returning to the United States, Young plans to attend medical school to become a psychiatrist, aiming to predominantly serve elderly patients.
"Given increased life expectancies in the U.S., mental health in the elderly merits attention," she said. "I will continue my research, working to implement ways hospitals and nursing homes can adjust protocols and environments to better serve elders' mental health."
The Fulbright program, the U.S. government's flagship international educational exchange program, is supported by an annual appropriation made by Congress to the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, as well as partner countries around the world. Fulbright recipients are selected based on academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields. The program operates in more than 160 countries worldwide.
At Nebraska, the Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships advises and nominates undergraduate candidates for 30 supported scholarships and fellowships. To learn more, students and campus community members should contact Courtney Santos, director of undergraduate research and fellowships, at courtney.santos@unl.edu.
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Original text here: https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/2024-25-fulbright-alice-young/
UC-San Diego: 'MUSIC Map' Reveals Some Brain Cells Age Faster and Are More Prevalent in Alzheimer's
LA JOLLA, California, May 15 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news:
Story by: Liezel Labios
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have discovered that some brain cells age more rapidly than others, and they are disproportionately abundant in individuals afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. Additionally, researchers observed sex-specific differences in the aging process of certain brain cells, with the female cortex exhibiting a higher ratio of "old" oligodendrocytes to "old" neurons compared to the male cortex.
The discoveries were made
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LA JOLLA, California, May 15 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news:
Story by: Liezel Labios
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have discovered that some brain cells age more rapidly than others, and they are disproportionately abundant in individuals afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. Additionally, researchers observed sex-specific differences in the aging process of certain brain cells, with the female cortex exhibiting a higher ratio of "old" oligodendrocytes to "old" neurons compared to the male cortex.
The discoveries were madepossible by a new technique called MUSIC (multinucleic acid interaction mapping in single cells), which allows researchers to peek inside individual brain cells and map out interactions between chromatin--which is the tightly coiled form of DNA--and RNA. This technique enables researchers to visualize these interactions at single-cell resolution, as well as study how they influence gene expression.
The work is detailed in a paper published in Nature.
"MUSIC is a powerful tool that can allow us to dig deeper into the complexities of Alzheimer's disease," said study senior author Sheng Zhong, a professor in the Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. "The technology has the potential to help us uncover novel molecular mechanisms underlying Alzheimer's pathology, which could pave the way for more targeted therapeutic interventions and improved patient outcomes."
The human brain houses a complex network of cells that communicate and interact in intricate ways. Within each of these cells lies a dynamic interplay of genetic components, including chromatin and RNA, which dictate crucial cellular functions. As brain cells grow and age, these interactions between chromatin and RNA change. And within each cell, these complexes can vary widely, especially in mature cells. However, unraveling the nuances of these interactions has remained a formidable challenge.
Enter MUSIC, a cutting-edge tool that offers a window into the inner workings of individual brain cells. Using MUSIC, Zhong's team analyzed postmortem brain samples, specifically human frontal cortex tissues, obtained from 14 donors aged 59 years and older, some with Alzheimer's disease and some without. They found that different types of brain cells exhibited distinct patterns of interactions between chromatin and RNA. Interestingly, cells with fewer short-range chromatin interactions tended to display signs of aging and Alzheimer's disease.
"With this transformative single-cell technology, we discovered that some brain cells are 'older' than others," said Zhong. Notably, individuals with Alzheimer's disease had a higher proportion of these older brain cells compared to healthy individuals, he explained.
Researchers say the discovery could aid in the development of new treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
"If we could identify the dysregulated genes in these aged cells and understand their functions in the local chromatin structure, we could also identify new potential therapeutic targets," said study co-first author Xingzhao Wen, a bioinformatics Ph.D. candidate in Zhong's lab.
The study also uncovered sex-specific differences in the aging of brain cells. In the cortex of female mice, researchers found a higher ratio of aged oligodendrocytes to aged neurons. Oligodendrocytes are a type of brain cell that provide a protective layer around neurons. Given their critical role in maintaining normal brain function, an increased prevalence of aged oligodendrocytes could potentially exacerbate cognitive decline.
"The disproportionate presence of old oligodendrocytes in the female cortex could shed new light on the increased risks of neurodegenerative and mental disorders observed in women," said Wen.
Next, the researchers will work on further optimizing MUSIC so that they can use it to identify factors--such as regulatory genes and gene circuits--that are responsible for the accelerated aging observed in specific brain cells. "Subsequently, we will devise strategies to impede the activity of these genes or circuits, in the hopes of mitigating brain aging," said Zhong.
Paper: "Single-cell multiplex chromatin and RNA interactions in ageing human brain." Co-authors include Zhifei Luo, Wenxin Zhao, Riccardo Calandrelli, Tri C. Nguyen, Xueyi Wan and John Lalith Charles Richard.
This work is supported by the National Institutes of Health (DP1DK126138, R01GM138852, UH3CA256960, U01CA200147, R01HD107206) and by a Kruger Research grant.
Disclosure: Sheng Zhong is a founder and shareholder of Genemo, Inc. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.
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JOURNAL: Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07239-w
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Original text here: https://today.ucsd.edu/story/music-map-reveals-some-brain-cells-age-faster-and-are-more-prevalent-in-alzheimers
Teaching Excellence Faculty Inspire UNCG Students With Creativity and Compassion
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, May 15 -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news:
Story by Janet Imrick
From playing board games to overhauling entire courses, the faculty who earned UNC Greensboro's 2023-24 Alumni Teaching Excellence Awards have modeled a commitment to academics that they pass down to their students. It's evident in more than good grades and attendance.
Their colleagues and their former students share how they inspired a love of learning that lasts long after that class's last report card.
Mary Settle Sharpe Alumni Teaching Excellence Award
Dr.
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GREENSBORO, North Carolina, May 15 -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news:
Story by Janet Imrick
From playing board games to overhauling entire courses, the faculty who earned UNC Greensboro's 2023-24 Alumni Teaching Excellence Awards have modeled a commitment to academics that they pass down to their students. It's evident in more than good grades and attendance.
Their colleagues and their former students share how they inspired a love of learning that lasts long after that class's last report card.
Mary Settle Sharpe Alumni Teaching Excellence Award
Dr.Jeffrey Jones, associate professor of history
Dr. Jeffrey Jones looks for ways that history students can learn visually - including by using board games. The associate professor of history bought the game "Arranged," created by a Pakistani woman to portray the history of arranged marriages in South Asia. He brought the game into his honors seminar about modern history of Afghanistan.
"The students love it. There is always a lot of laughter in class that day," says Jones. "Most importantly, our discussion of the experience afterward reveals, from their own observations, that they learned a great deal about, i.e., the central role of the matchmaker, the importance of socio-economic class and skin tone, and the great lengths to which young women will go to avoid arranged marriages."
Jones' approach helps students immerse themselves in different eras around the world. As one of the first Chancellor's Resident Fellows for the Lloyd International Honors College, Jones developed many of UNCG's history courses.
When debating an issue, he provides primary sources with different perspectives before inviting the students to come to their own conclusion and defend it in class. Student evaluations regularly declare how much they love the reading material, which includes memoirs and novels.
Ashley Low '22 MA, a PhD student who served as teacher's assistant to Jones, says, "He thoroughly communicates key points in a manner which really sticks with his students through creating an active learning environment."
UNCG history undergraduate student Coleman Carter says, "Without a doubt, Dr. Jeff Jones is one of the most influential professors I have had in my college career. Dr. Jones has made a major impact in my life and the development of my skills as a historian."
James Y. Joyner Alumni Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Robert Wiley, assistant professor of psychology
Having been certified to teach K-12 grades before becoming an assistant professor of psychology at UNCG, Dr. Robert Wiley brought a rich understanding of how students progress from elementary school to the more demanding rigor of higher education. To make sure that his students understood the material, he experimented with different teaching techniques to encourage retaining information and lifelong learning rather than just cramming for a test.
"The core tenet of my teaching is student-centered learning, which emphasizes students taking ownership of their own learning," he says.
Wiley saw that students consistently struggled to pass "Statistics in Behavioral Science Research." The course is required for a psychology degree, and failing could set back their chances of graduating on time. Wiley reworked the course to include several low-stakes, do-over quizzes, so students could learn and correct their mistakes throughout the year. This also helped Wiley track their progress, instead of waiting until the final exam to discover what they did not know.
For some courses, Wiley pre-records his lectures so students can watch them before class. He says, "Class time can be dedicated more toward students asking clarifying questions and engaging them in discussion, with the ultimate goal of them being able to articulate the current content in their own words."
UNCG doctoral student Liz Gilbert worked with Wiley as a teaching assistant. She says, "On several occasions, I was told by students that they not only enjoyed this format over regular lecture style classes but felt like they gained more from it and were more deeply engaged with the material, even though the courses were considered some of the most challenging in the department."
Portia Washington '21 got her undergraduate degree at UNCG. She recalls how worried she was about passing the class before meeting Wiley. "For the first time, I found myself truly engaged in statistics because he framed the material as a way of making sense of the world with numbers versus abstract mathematical concepts," she says.
As a first-generation student at UNCG working three jobs, Washington thought she might just try to "survive" her undergraduate classes. Wiley was perceptive in recognizing areas of weakness that she did not realize about herself. He advised her on courses and encouraged her through her honors project. That compassion, she says, continues to inspire her as she now works on her doctorate.
Washington says, "I take a lot of the lessons I learned from him and apply them to my interactions with the undergraduates I work with now, in the hopes that I may inspire someone else to the lengths that I have been by Dr. Wiley."
Anna Maria Gove Alumni Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Elizabeth Tomlin, senior lecturer of biology
One of the courses Dr. Elizabeth Tomlin teaches, "Human Physiology," has a 50 percent success rate nationally. It's one of the most challenging courses for someone on a pre-health career track but is critical for students who wish to go into health care.
In 2014, the senior lecturer of biology began using a "flipped," problem-based classroom model, based on feedback of students who said they could not keep up with the lectures. When that happened, her "DFW rate" - students who got a D, F, or withdrew - dropped below 25 percent.
"We were practicing active learning strategies in the classroom, and attendance was high," says Tomlin.
It's one of many changes Tomlin has made based on student feedback, which prepared her for UNCG's sudden shift to remote classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tomlin came up with new ways to keep her students engaged online, such as adding timed quizzes that gave them repetitive practice. "For students struggling with 'getting started' with studying, this is a quick, concrete way to begin," she says. "My DFW rates started to decline without sacrificing rigor."
For a time, Tomlin saw many students wandering late into the first class of the day, causing disruptions. She added a 25 percent penalty on exam days but allowed students to present a defense for excusing the tardy penalty. After this, tardiness dropped into the single digits. Peer evaluations noted the way her enthusiasm rubbed off on students in an 8:00 a.m. class.
In 2022, she proposed adding a Biology Learning Center, a communal space for students to get tutoring, study together, and attend workshops. She also serves as director of the General Biology Program, training and overseeing the graduate students who teach lab courses.
Dr. Malcolm Schug, head professor of biology, praises his colleague's willingness to embrace change, as when she revised courses to meet the demands of a National Science Foundation award. "In biology, curriculum overhaul is not for the faint of heart," he says. "The significant feat was accomplished primarily by Dr. Tomlin's leadership and is a testament to her sensitivity to others, ability to lead a team on a very challenging project, and work with highly diverse personalities to accomplish something great."
Tomlin sets the bar for the entire department, according to Associate Professor Mark Hens. "The students in our classrooms today are much different than those we had even a few short years ago," he says. "Many of the approaches to teaching that were commonplace ten years ago no longer allow students to achieve the same degree of success. Dr. Tomlin's continual exposure to up-to-the-moment best practices has had a tremendous, positive impact on the teaching that goes on in our department."
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Original text here: https://www.uncg.edu/news/2024-teaching-excellence-faculty-inspire/
Rutgers: Majority of New Jerseyans Worried About Medical and Health Care Costs
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 15 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
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Large disparities in how much residents worry about health care costs by race, ethnicity, income, and education
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Three-quarters of New Jerseyans say they are either "somewhat" or "very" worried about the cost of health care services and unexpected medical bills, while more than 6 in 10 are "somewhat" or "very" worried about their monthly health insurance premium and prescription drug costs. These results come from the latest poll in the New Jersey Health Matters series by the New Jersey Health
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NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 15 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
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Large disparities in how much residents worry about health care costs by race, ethnicity, income, and education
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Three-quarters of New Jerseyans say they are either "somewhat" or "very" worried about the cost of health care services and unexpected medical bills, while more than 6 in 10 are "somewhat" or "very" worried about their monthly health insurance premium and prescription drug costs. These results come from the latest poll in the New Jersey Health Matters series by the New Jersey HealthCare Quality Institute in partnership with the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.
Forty-five percent are "very" and another 30 percent "somewhat" worried about unexpected medical bills; 16 percent are "not too" worried, while 7 percent are "not worried at all." Similar numbers feel worried about the cost of health care services: 44 percent "very," 31 percent "somewhat," 15 percent "not too worried," and 8 percent "not at all.
Thirty-six percent are "very" and 29 percent are "somewhat" worried about their monthly health insurance premium; 19 percent are "not too worried," and 13 percent are "not worried at all." Likewise, 33 percent are "very" and 28 percent are "somewhat" worried about their prescription drug costs, while 24 percent are "not too worried," and 13 percent are "not worried at all."
"Health care affordability continues to be a top issue for most voters in New Jersey, with about 75 percent of voters reporting being very to somewhat worried about the cost of health care services for themselves or their families," said Linda Schwimmer, president and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. "Even though more people are now insured, people continue to worry about the underlying costs of using that insurance when they go for care or services."
"New Jerseyans echo national sentiment on worry over health-related costs," said Ashley Koning, an assistant research professor and director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling (ECPIP) at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. "Concern is even greater among some of the key demographic groups who are impacted the most."
Black residents and Hispanic or Latino residents are more likely to say they are "very" worried - by double-digits - than white residents when it comes to unexpected medical bills, the cost of health care services, and their monthly health insurance premiums; over half of Black respondents, as well as over half of Hispanic or Latino respondents, say they are "very worried" about the first two, in particular.
Women are more likely than men to be "very" worried about these health-related expenses. Worry about these costs declines as household income and education rise. Worry is lowest among those 65 years or older compared to younger age cohorts.
Results are from a statewide poll of 1,512 adults contacted through the probability-based Rutgers-Eagleton/SSRS Garden State Panel via web and live calling from March 26 to April 8. The full sample has a margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points.
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Original text here: https://www.rutgers.edu/news/majority-new-jerseyans-worried-about-medical-and-health-care-costs
La Trobe University: Study Shows How Excessive Drinking Affects Others
MELBOURNE, Australia, May 15 (TNSres) -- La Trobe University issued the following news release:
A new study published in Addiction journal shows around a fifth of adult Australians reported harm from the excessive drinking of people they know, and investigates its impacts on family, friends, and colleagues.
The study, from across regional and metropolitan Australia, showed that women experienced more harm than men when they lived with - or were related to - someone who drinks in excess.
Lead researcher Dr Anne-Marie Laslett said urgent changes to policies and services were essential to care
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MELBOURNE, Australia, May 15 (TNSres) -- La Trobe University issued the following news release:
A new study published in Addiction journal shows around a fifth of adult Australians reported harm from the excessive drinking of people they know, and investigates its impacts on family, friends, and colleagues.
The study, from across regional and metropolitan Australia, showed that women experienced more harm than men when they lived with - or were related to - someone who drinks in excess.
Lead researcher Dr Anne-Marie Laslett said urgent changes to policies and services were essential to carefor especially regional women and children who were harmed by a family member's drinking behaviours.
Almost two-thirds of the survey participants reported having heavy drinkers in their lives and more than 22 per cent reported being negatively affected by the drinking of people they knew well.
Six percent of respondents reported that they had experienced alcohol-related harm from a household member; 15 per cent from a family member they did not live with; seven per cent reported such harm from a friend; and 3 per cent from a co-worker in the past year.
"Participants felt the burden of driving such friends and relatives around and caring for them; they reported feeling let down due to them not living up to their roles; and feeling emotionally hurt or neglected," Dr Laslett said.
Almost 15 per cent of women, compared to almost 8 per cent of men reported being emotionally hurt or neglected; 11.5 per cent of women said they experiencing serious arguments compared to 7.2 per cent of men.
"We also uncovered a range of more serious harm such as verbal abuse and family problems. Some of our participants revealed that they suffered physical or sexual harm; property damage; financial stress; and threats from others' drinking," Dr Laslett said.
"It was quite concerning to see the number of participants who reported family problems, were called names or insulted, and fell into financial trouble from others' drinking behaviours.
Other problems that were reported were that the person did not do their share of housework; that they had been put at risk in the car when the person was driving; or that they could not bring friends to their homes.
Dr Laslett said public health-oriented advocacy organisations such as the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) and the Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF) have been advocating for harm prevention and policy change for some time, immediate action needs to be taken to provide the services and policy changes we need to tackle this problem appropriately.
"We have seen governments provide funding for awareness campaigns and programs to reduce fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and in relation to alcohol and driving but other areas also need government funding if we are to see a reduction in the harm people face from other's drinking habits.
"As well as improved regional services for those impacted by excessive alcohol consumption, we need more gendered services that consider the needs of women; and also more focus on protecting young people affected by others' drinking.
Researchers in the UK found that if people cannot change their own drinking, family members affected by other's drinking reported some reduction of stress and strain by implementing psychosocial practices, including guided imagery, cognitive behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing, and anger management. Interventions need to focus on those drinking and the people around them.
Programs tailored for women affected by intimate partner violence where drinking is involved, have shown some success overseas when both the drinking and gendered violence is addressed.
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JOURNAL: Addiction https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.16509
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Original text here: https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2024/release/study-shows-how-excessive-drinking-affects-others
Five From UC San Diego Elected to National Academy of Sciences
LA JOLLA, California, May 15 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news:
Story by: Robert Monroe
The National Academy of Sciences has elected five University of California San Diego professors to membership in the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors bestowed on U.S. scientists and engineers.
Fan Chung of the Jacobs School of Engineering, Stephen Hedrick and Susan Kaech of the School of Biological Sciences, and Lisa Levin and Lynne Talley of Scripps Institution of Oceanography were among the 120 new members and 24 foreign
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LA JOLLA, California, May 15 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news:
Story by: Robert Monroe
The National Academy of Sciences has elected five University of California San Diego professors to membership in the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors bestowed on U.S. scientists and engineers.
Fan Chung of the Jacobs School of Engineering, Stephen Hedrick and Susan Kaech of the School of Biological Sciences, and Lisa Levin and Lynne Talley of Scripps Institution of Oceanography were among the 120 new members and 24 foreignassociates elected to the academy "in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research."
They join more than 100 living and deceased members of the UC San Diego faculty who previously had been named to membership in the academy, which was established by Congress in 1863 to serve as an official adviser to the federal government on matters of science and technology.
Major research universities use the number of academy members on their faculty as a benchmark by which to compare the strength of their scientific research and education programs among universities across the nation in different disciplines.
"The election of five UC San Diego professors to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences is a truly remarkable distinction," said UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. "This recognition not only celebrates their individual scholarly excellence and visionary leadership, but also underscores the exceptional quality of our faculty, who are driving innovative, cross-disciplinary research that helps us tackle the most daunting challenges of our time."
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Fan Chung has held the Paul Erdos Chair in Combinatorics at UC San Diego since 1998. She earned her PhD in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the National Taiwan University. She worked at Bell Laboratories and Bellcore for 19 years then joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania as the first female tenured professor in mathematics. Her research interests are primarily in graph theory, combinatorics and algorithmic design. She has authored more than 240 papers and coauthored the book Erdos on Graphs with Ron Graham, her late husband who served as the Irwin and Joan Jacobs Endowed Professor of Computer and Information Science at UC San Diego. She is a longstanding member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1998), a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow of the American Mathematics Society and a fellow of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Chung received the Euler Medal from the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications in 2017 and was awarded the Allendoerfer Award by the Mathematical Association of America in 1990. She serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Combinatorics.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Stephen Hedrick holds appointments in the Departments of Molecular Biology (School of Biological Sciences) and Cellular and Molecular Medicine (School of Medicine). He earned a PhD from UC Irvine and spent three years as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. In 1983 he joined the faculty at UC San Diego, where he has spent his entire scientific career. Hedrick served as chair of the Department of Biology (two years) and chair of Molecular Biology (five years). His research was continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health and focused on the development and function of T lymphocytes and their resilience in recognizing and responding to infectious agents. He has written about host-parasite co-evolution, disease ecology and the imperative to vaccinate. He was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award and was named in the inaugural class of Distinguished Fellows of the American Association of Immunologists.
School of Biological Sciences Adjunct Professor Susan Kaech is a leader of UC San Diego's Program in Immunology and an active mentor to Biological Sciences PhD students. Her lab, based at the Salk Institute, investigates how T cells form, function and fight infection and cancer. Kaech directs the NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis and holds the NOMIS Chair. Her research findings have helped advance the modern understanding of long-term immunity. Kaech has identified genes and signaling molecules that are critical for memory T cell generation during immune response. She also helped establish the field of cancer immunometabolism through her characterization of the metabolic interplay between tumors and immune cells, and how changes in nutrient availability can lead to metabolic immune suppression in tumors. Kaech is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has received numerous awards including a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist award, the National Institutes of Health Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award in the Biosciences and the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Research Fellowship.
Distinguished Professor Emerita Lisa Levin is a biological oceanographer at Scripps Oceanography and a leading authority on deep-ocean life and its vulnerability to climate change and direct human disturbance. Levin is co-founder of the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI), which seeks to integrate science, technology, policy, law and economics to advise on ecosystem-based management of resource use in the deep ocean and strategies to maintain the integrity of deep-ocean ecosystems within and beyond national jurisdictions. She also helps lead the Deep Ocean Observing Strategy. Levin has contributed to multiple Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports and has brought deep-sea science to United Nations policy negotiations in the arenas of climate change, biodiversity, and deep-seabed mining. Levin is a fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science and the American Geophysical Union. She was awarded the American Association of Limnology and Oceanography's Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018, the Prince Albert I Grand Medal in Ocean Science in 2019, and a Western Society of Naturalists Lifetime Achievement award in 2022. Levin has frequently served as a representative of the University of California delegation at the United Nations climate conferences, known as COPs, to integrate climate science into global policymaking.
Distinguished Professor of Physical Oceanography Lynne Talley's research focuses on the general circulation of the ocean and the role of various oceanic and atmospheric conditions that affect ocean currents and property distributions, and the role of the ocean in climate. She is a co-author of one of the most widely used oceanography textbooks in the world and has been an advocate for the importance of ongoing ocean observations as a necessary way to help humanity adapt to climate change. She was a lead author of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report Working Group I chapter "Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level," which was released in February 2007. The report earned contributing scientists a share of the Nobel Peace Prize later that year. She was also a lead author on the same topic for the Fifth Assessment Report, released in 2013. Talley became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2017, a fellow of the Oceanography Society in 2010, a fellow of the American Meteorological Society in 2008, a fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2006, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003. Like Levin, she has served as a representative of the University of California delegation at United Nations climate conferences.
Those elected bring the total number of active members to 2,617 and the total number of foreign associates to 537. Foreign associates are nonvoting members of the academy, with citizenship outside the United States.
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