Message from the Vice President for Research
Steven R. Goodman, PhD
Vice President for Research Research at Upstate is guided by four disease-based pillars that stimulate cross-departmental collaboration and inter-disciplinary research. Our researchers are based in departments, but their work can also be thought of in the context of the pillars or in the foundational sciences. The pillars reflect the most prevalent and pressing human health issues:
These pillars account for 75 percent of the campus' funded research. They also emphasize some of the most intriguing areas of biomedical investigation and reflect the NIH's emphasis on funding research that can improve the health of the most people. Office of Vice President for Research |
Steve Hicks
Steve Hicks was awarded a three-year National Institutes of Health pre-doctoral fellowship ($99,796) from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for his project, "Effects of ethanol on cell cycle regulation and DNA repair in neural progenitors." Using a mouse model, Hicks studies the effects of ethanol on neurogenesis as it applies to fetal alcohol syndrome and chronic alcoholism. After he earns his dual degree from Upstate, Hicks plans to combine neuroscience research with primary care medicine "to advance the way we understand and treat disorders associated with the human brain," he said. |