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White House Welcomes LIU Faculty for Equity Presentation Professor Philip Wong, director of the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program, spoke in front of more than 100 White House and government staff members about the psychology of equity. The Office of Management and Budget organized his presentation after President Joe Biden’s January 2021 executive order to advance racial equity and support for underserved communities.
Professor Marshall is Keynote Speaker at International Education Tech Conference Dr. Helaine W. Marshall, professor of education, presented a keynote address about her innovative Synchronous Online Flipped Learning Approach at the DisCo 2021 educational technology conference in Prague. Dr. Marshall joined educators from 16 nations to discuss how instructional technology will shape the future of education.
Pharmacy Faculty Ranked Among Top Experts in the World Dr. Jeffrey R. Idle and Dr. Diren Beyoglu are ranked in the top 0.21% of published authors worldwide on the topic of metabolomics, according to Expertscape. Their most recently published research focuses on the metabolomic insights related to premalignant liver disease diagnosis and therapy, and the effect of natural products in the treatment of liver disease.
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LIUMAGAZINE | Spring 2022
Hope for Alzheimer’s Patients and Families With NIH Grant LIU professor of pharmaceutical sciences Dr. Bhaskar Das and his team are conducting groundbreaking research that could lead to an eventual treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease. His findings thus far earned him a federal grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue testing his hypothesis.
