Research (Winter 2021)

A student sits at a computer using tongs that have a wireless mouse attached.

Game On

At the start of his four-decade career in physical therapy and neuroscience research, Tony Szturm [PhD/88] looked to his past for inspiration.

A researcher working in a microbiology lab.

Advancing Antimicrobials

What Dr. Kangmin Duan studies is microscopic, but the problem he’s working on is colossal. The microbiologist researches how bacteria cause infectious diseases and become resistant to antimicrobial (antibiotic) drugs.

A researcher looking at a microcentrifuge.

In the Genes

When Dr. Abdullah Al Maruf’s mother passed away at 65, she was taking more than 15 medications for diabetes, gout, anxiety and high blood pressure. Some of the drugs didn’t seem to be effective, and others caused side effects.

Portrait of Dr. Michelle Driedger.

Trustworthy Transmission

When Dr. Abdullah Al Maruf’s mother passed away at 65, she was taking more than 15 medications for diabetes, gout, anxiety and high blood pressure. Some of the drugs didn’t seem to be effective, and others caused side effects.