Research Roundup Research Briefs on recently published papers and grants of note. View all Research Briefs. Research Brief Essential Driver of Breast Cancer Identified Wenjun Guo, Ph.D. Jul 15, 2020 Research Brief This Type of Cervical Cancer is Increasing and Hard to Prevent Robert D. Burk, M.D. Howard Strickler, M.D. Aug 19, 2020 Research Brief Diabetes and Death from COVID-19 Shivani Agarwal, M.D. Yaron Tomer, M.D. Jill P. Crandall, M.D. Aug 13, 2020 Research Brief Occupational Complexity and Dementia Among African Americans Jul 13, 2020 Research Brief Preventing Obesity and Diabetes in Children Maureen J. Charron, Ph.D. Sandra E. Reznik, M.D., Ph.D. Jun 25, 2020 Research Brief Attacking Pediatric Brain Cancer Allison M. Martin, M.D. Jun 15, 2020 Research Brief Vaccine Protection Against Herpes Betsy Herold, M.D. Jun 04, 2020 Research Brief Looking for Prenatal Causes of Adult Disease Masako Suzuki, Ph.D., D.V.M. May 18, 2020 Research Brief Investigating a Mutation that Leads to Breast Cancer Wenjun Guo, Ph.D. May 13, 2020 Research Brief Protection Against Calcification of Coronary Arteries and Heart Valves Anna Bortnick, M.D. May 07, 2020 Research Brief Using Vaginal Microbiome to Predict Cervical Cancer Risk Robert D. Burk, M.D. Mar 31, 2020 Research Brief The Microbiome and Obesity in the Hispanic Community Robert Burk, M.D. Robert Kaplan, Ph.D. Mar 24, 2020 Research Brief Finding the Molecular Glitches in Diabetes Fajun Yang, Ph.D. Feb 27, 2020 Research Brief Pursuing New Treatments for Heart Disease Bin Zhou, M.D., Ph.D. Deyou Zheng, Ph.D. Aug 17, 2020 Research Brief Mobilizing Blood-forming Stem Cells David R. Fooksman, Ph.D. Jul 17, 2020 Research Brief Understanding Interactions in the Immune Synapse Andras Fiser, Ph.D. Jul 09, 2020 Research Brief A Systems Approach Against Alzheimer's Disease Derek M. Huffman, Ph.D. Jun 17, 2020 Research Brief Preventing Liver Disease Esperanza Arias-Perez, Ph.D. Jun 11, 2020 Research Brief Reducing Dysfunction of the Failing Heart Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis, M.D. May 20, 2020 Research Brief Probing the Mechanisms of Transcription Matthew J. Gamble, Ph.D. May 15, 2020 Research Brief Digitizing HIV Prevention and Treatment Viraj V. Patel, M.D. May 11, 2020 Research Brief Drug Target for Rare Disease E. Richard Stanley, Ph.D. May 01, 2020 Research Brief Understanding TB Latency John Chan, M.D. Mar 26, 2020 Research Brief Switching On a Protein to Stop HIV Felipe Diaz-Griffero, Ph.D. Mar 17, 2020 Research Brief This Type of Cervical Cancer is Increasing and Hard to Prevent Robert D. Burk, M.D. Howard Strickler, M.D. Aug 19, 2020 Research Brief Pursuing New Treatments for Heart Disease Bin Zhou, M.D., Ph.D. Deyou Zheng, Ph.D. Aug 17, 2020 Research Brief Diabetes and Death from COVID-19 Shivani Agarwal, M.D. Yaron Tomer, M.D. Jill P. Crandall, M.D. Aug 13, 2020 Research Brief Mobilizing Blood-forming Stem Cells David R. Fooksman, Ph.D. Jul 17, 2020 Research Brief Occupational Complexity and Dementia Among African Americans Jul 13, 2020 Research Brief Understanding Interactions in the Immune Synapse Andras Fiser, Ph.D. Jul 09, 2020 Research Brief Preventing Obesity and Diabetes in Children Maureen J. Charron, Ph.D. Sandra E. Reznik, M.D., Ph.D. Jun 25, 2020 Research Brief A Systems Approach Against Alzheimer's Disease Derek M. Huffman, Ph.D. Jun 17, 2020 Research Brief Attacking Pediatric Brain Cancer Allison M. Martin, M.D. Jun 15, 2020 Research Brief Preventing Liver Disease Esperanza Arias-Perez, Ph.D. Jun 11, 2020 Research Brief Vaccine Protection Against Herpes Betsy Herold, M.D. Jun 04, 2020 Research Brief Reducing Dysfunction of the Failing Heart Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis, M.D. May 20, 2020 Research Brief Looking for Prenatal Causes of Adult Disease Masako Suzuki, Ph.D., D.V.M. May 18, 2020 Research Brief Probing the Mechanisms of Transcription Matthew J. Gamble, Ph.D. May 15, 2020 Research Brief Investigating a Mutation that Leads to Breast Cancer Wenjun Guo, Ph.D. May 13, 2020 Research Brief Digitizing HIV Prevention and Treatment Viraj V. Patel, M.D. May 11, 2020 Research Brief Protection Against Calcification of Coronary Arteries and Heart Valves Anna Bortnick, M.D. May 07, 2020 Research Brief Drug Target for Rare Disease E. Richard Stanley, Ph.D. May 01, 2020 Research Brief Using Vaginal Microbiome to Predict Cervical Cancer Risk Robert D. Burk, M.D. Mar 31, 2020 Research Brief Understanding TB Latency John Chan, M.D. Mar 26, 2020 Research Brief The Microbiome and Obesity in the Hispanic Community Robert Burk, M.D. Robert Kaplan, Ph.D. Mar 24, 2020 Research Brief Switching On a Protein to Stop HIV Felipe Diaz-Griffero, Ph.D. Mar 17, 2020 Research Brief Finding the Molecular Glitches in Diabetes Fajun Yang, Ph.D. Feb 27, 2020