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Medicine & Health Sciences

Baptist Health and FIU join forces to elevate care, address doctor shortage and boost medical research in South Florida
Baptist Health and Florida International University today announced a collaboration that will expand physician training, research, and patient care for the benefit of the South Florida community.
November 28, 2023
We studied jail conditions and jail deaths − here’s what we found
Jessica Adler, associate professor of history at FIU writes in The Conversation.
November 13, 2023

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VP of a healthcare system shares his take on leadership
Dr. Muddasir Ghouse ’12 earned a public health degree at FIU to combine his medical training with an interest in effecting broader changes.
November 7, 2023
Bilingualism benefits premature children, study finds
New research suggests that speaking more than one language could help strengthen executive functioning, a set of skills critical to development and academic success.
October 24, 2023
Dispelling myths about stuttering
Angela Medina, an associate professor in FIU’s Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences, shines a light on a complex, often misunderstood speech disorder.
October 19, 2023
Interactive language during playtime helps build kids’ spatial skills
Parents who offer praise or use descriptive words while their children create towers of LEGOs foster the skills needed for success in STEM fields.
October 9, 2023
Health experts urge action on climate change at FIU's Global Health Conference of the Americas
Held in Colombia, the annual gathering brought together more than 300 experts to discuss the biggest threats to human wellbeing.
October 2, 2023
FIU launches Population Health Initiative to help improve health on a global scale
FIU researchers plan to tackle some of the world’s biggest health threats through its Population Health Initiative.
September 21, 2023