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College of Life Sciences

Fall 2022

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Getting Diabetics Back on Their Feet

Hannah LeSueur
By Hannah LeSueur
June 09, 2023
Andrew Hillier and Seth Huber combine public health and engineering at BYU to speed up healing for the foot ulcers of people with diabetes. The students' foot braces take stress off the foot and reduce the need for amputation.
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College News - Fall 2022

By Sydney Springer
June 09, 2023
Students and faculty across the College of Life Sciences are doing amazing things. Read about the three new associate deans, a new dairy product created by food science students, and more.
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Welcoming Dean Bridgewater

By Amanda Kae Fronk
June 08, 2023
New dean of the BYU College of Life Sciences Laura Bridgewater champions scientific research as a force for good in the world, learning to embrace the trial-and-error process at an early age as a ballet dancer.
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Becoming the CEO of Your Plate

Hannah LeSueur
By Hannah LeSueur
May 23, 2023
Registered dietitian and BYU alum Miki Eberhardt empowers individuals to create mindful personal and family eating plans. This is not the same thing as thinking constantly about what you eat; it's about making peace with food by focusing on nourishment, nutrition, and celebrating all body types.
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Celebrating Women in Science: Earlene Durrant

By Grace McGregor
May 18, 2023
Earlene Durrant was hired as BYU’s first female athletic trainer in 1972. With little to no funding for the women’s athletic training program 50 years ago, Durrant molded her resource scraps into over thirty courses and two Hall of Fame inductions.
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Pollution, Preservation, and Planting Seeds of Everlasting Impact

By Jenny Carpenter
May 18, 2023
Through her diligent science communications, Isabella Errigo's research on the negative health effects of Utah's pollution is now a building block for environmental legislation, non-profit missions, and university curriculums. "I expected her to come back with some ideas on how to move forward. She, in the meantime, called forty or fifty members of Congress," says Ben Abbott, BYU professor.
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Dean's Message

By Laura Bridgewater
May 18, 2023
New dean of the College of Life Sciences Laura Bridgewater focuses on faith and science, community, experiential learning, and knowing the "why" behind the research students conduct.
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A Simple Solution for a Complex Problem: New Tools May Lead to Earlier Alzheimer's Diagnoses

By Erin Saito
April 04, 2023
Chad Pollard (’22), cell biology PhD student and BYU’s 2022 Student Innovator of the Year, is on a mission to revolutionize Alzheimer’s disease diagnostics.
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