Researchers present protocol for Indianapolis and Miami trials Dec 21, 2022 INDIANAPOLIS — Rising to meet the formidable challenge of the timely diagnosis of dementia, research scientists from Regenstrief Institute, IUPUI and the medical schools of Indiana University and University of Miami are conducting the Digital Detection of Dementia study, a real-world evaluation of the use of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool they developed for early identification of Alzheimer’s di

Sept 30, 2022 Researchers from Indiana University's School of Public Health-Bloomington (SPH-B) and School of Medicine Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science were recently awarded a five-year, $715,211 training grant by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Aging (NIA). The funding will facilitate the launch and operation of the Agile Nudge University Program, a national, online training initiative intended to positively influence the care

Jul 11, 2022 Researchers from the School of Public Health-Bloomington and Medical School make their case in a letter to the editor of Allergy. In their recent letter to the editor of leading journal Allergy, Indiana University faculty in the School of Public Health-Bloomington (SPH-B) and the School of Medicine challenge conventional knowledge about measuring the relationship between infant allergy sensitization and risk of childhood asthma. The letter, “Impact of time-varyin

May 24, 2022 It seems to be an article of faith. Millions of low-income Americans live in food deserts and it puts them at higher risk for obesity. That’s a prevalent narrative to explain the link between poverty and obesity. And thus, the narrative works its way into the interpretation of research on programs for fixing food deserts. Two recent publications in JAMA Pediatrics make this pretty clear. A Quasi-Experimental Cohort Study FRESH is the clever acronym of a program f

Jan 27, 2022 Research conducted at the Biostatistics Consulting Center suggests administration of a gut bacterium (B. infantis EVC001) to low birth weight babies could prevent necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). School of Public Health-Bloomington According to a recent article in the Journal of Pediatrics, introducing a specific strain of gut bacterium, Bifidobacterium infantis (B. infantis) EVC001 to extremely underweight newborns could help prevent them from developing necroti