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UNICEF-Supported Study by Georgia State Researcher Quantifies Annual Cost of Child Marriage in Nigeria

UNICEF-Supported Study by Georgia State Researcher Quantifies Annual Cost of Child Marriage in Nigeria

A study funded by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and authored by Xiangming Fang, a research associate professor at Georgia State’s School of Public Health, provides the first estimates of the significant economic burden that child marriage imposes on the people and economy of Nigeria.

A previous UNICEF study found that 42 percent of girls and women in Nigeria — nearly 24 million people — were married or in a union before the age of 18. The new study authored by Fang, which appears in the December issue of the journal Child Abuse & Neglect, found that the cost of failing to end child marriage is $10 billion per year and that ending child marriage could boost the gross domestic product of Africa’s most populous nation by nearly 2 percent.

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Internal Dissertation Grants Awarded to Advance Doctoral Candidates Across the Finish Line

Internal Dissertation Grants Awarded to Advance Doctoral Candidates Across the Finish Line

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development in conjunction with The Graduate School at Georgia State University have recently named the newest recipients of the university’s internal dissertation grants for 2025.
Sponsored by those units, the grants invest in full-time doctoral students by assisting them to meet the costs of completing their dissertations.

A list of awardees is available here.

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Researchers Link Satellite Data With Brain Scans To Identify Environmental Impacts on Brain Development

Researchers Link Satellite Data With Brain Scans To Identify Environmental Impacts on Brain Development

A pioneering new study links satellite and brain imaging data to identify how environmental factors can impact mental health, cognition and brain development in young people.

The research, published in the journal Nature Mental Health, is part of a collaboration involving a team of university researchers from around the world led by experts in the tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS Center) based at Georgia State University and New Light Technologies.

The National Institutes of Health-funded study, “Urban-Satellite Estimates in the ABCD Study: Linking Neuroimaging and Mental Health to Satellite Imagery Measurements of Macro Environmental Factors,” represents an advance in understanding how specific environmental conditions may impact the brains of young people.

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2024 in Review from the Office of the Provost

2024 in Review from the Office of the Provost

Each year at one of the nation’s most innovative and impactful universities is busy, and 2024 in the Office of the Provost was no exception. Here’s a glimpse at some major highlights and milestones from the office and other campus partners in 2024.

From the strategic plan, the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) process and international initiatives, to academic affairs, student success and faculty affairs, these are only a few examples, and you can learn more at the Provost’s Office news feed and the university News Hub.

We hope you have a great Winter Holiday break, and take advantage of this time to rest, refresh, renew and restore for 2025!

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Novel Cancer Treatment From Georgia State Research and Da Zen Theranostics Advances to Next Stage of Clinical Trials

Novel Cancer Treatment From Georgia State Research and Da Zen Theranostics Advances to Next Stage of Clinical Trials

A Georgia State University startup company focused on developing cancer-fighting tools and treatments is making new strides by advancing its technology to the next phase of clinical trials.

Georgia State’s Office of Technology Transfer reports that Da Zen Theranostics is preparing an innovation known as DZ-002 for its next significant milestone, with Phase II clinical trials set to begin in early 2025.

Developed through Georgia State, Emory University and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, DZ-002 aims to improve cancer patient survival rates and quality of life. This technology delivers anticancer drugs exclusively to cancer cells using a cancer-targeting dye carrier, and improves tumor diagnosis, detection and treatment by employing imaging dye-drug conjugates.

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Georgia State Researchers Uncover New Ways to Identify Signatures of Mental Disorders Using fMRI Scans

Georgia State Researchers Uncover New Ways to Identify Signatures of Mental Disorders Using fMRI Scans

New research by a team at Georgia State University is uncovering surprising insights about brain pathways that could offer alternative ways for practitioners to identify early signs of schizophrenia. The research is published in the journal Nature Mental Health.

The study identifies connections that show unique spatial variation across the brain and enhanced sensitivity in the brains of patients with schizophrenia.

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