- 2:01Fighting To Protect Our ChildrenA diagnosis. The act of identifying a disease based on its signs and symptoms. But, what happens when the person describing the symptoms is too young, or too scared, to voice the truth? Every year, more than 700,000 children are reported physically abused in the United States, while tens of thousands more instances go undetected. One of the biggest challenges doctors face in recognizing child abuse is in aligning the patient's story with the physical evidence in front of them. Currently, the only way to correctly estimate the age of a bruise is by its physical appearance. Even for experienced physicians, this is an incredibly difficult task.Notre Dame's Dean of Science, Greg Crawford, is working with a team of researchers from Notre Dame and Hasbro Hospital in Rhode Island to develop a special camera that instantly and accurately detects the age of a bruise, providing doctors with key information to validate a patient or caregiver's story.Science can be a powerful tool in the fight for justice. Learn more about this research. http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/28572-notre-dame-researchers-publish-new-findings-on-aging-pediatric-bruises/
- 2:02Fighting For a Healthy Global EconomyProfessor Carolyn Nordstrom, Department of Anthropology "The 21st century is different. We are global. If we can't map whats taking place both legally and illegally, we can't control it. If we can't control it, we are facing some serious political and economic dangers." Learn More: Watch "What Would You Fight For?" Series : http://nd.edu/video/ Department of Anthropology: http://anthropology.nd.edu/ Kellogg Institute: http://kellogg.nd.edu/
- 2:01Fighting For Clean WaterWhen toxins from algal blooms contaminated Toledo, Ohio's water supply in 2014, residents found themselves in the midst of a drinking water crisis. Spanning from Lake Erie to Chesapeake Bay to the Gulf of Mexico, algal blooms caused in part by fertilizer runoff from lawns and farms are becoming a critical threat to freshwater sources.At the Environmental Change Initiative, Professor Jennifer Tank is conducting research to help farmers across the country make positive changes to solve this widespread challenge. As the Galla Professor of Biological Sciences, she is studying the benefits of farming techniques designed to keep nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus on fields, where farmers need them. Her research combines the wide-scale planting of cover crops in winter with innovative drainage strategies that can reduce fertilizer runoff to streams and rivers. By working closely with farmers using these two techniques, Tank's findings have shown that protecting freshwater does not need to come at a cost to agricultural production.Partnering with the US Department of Agriculture, The Nature Conservancy, The Walton Family Foundation, and local Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Tank's research has the potential to find water quality solutions that are a win-win for both farmers and the environment.Related links: http://FightingFor.nd.edu Environmental Change Initiative - http://environmentalchange.nd.edu/ Notre Dame Biological Sciences - http://biology.nd.edu/people/faculty/tank/
- 2:01Fighting Infectious Disease at its SourceSecond only to malaria as the most devastating parasitic disease in the world, schistosomiasis annually infects 200 million people and claims 200,000 lives. Another 800 million people are at risk, predominantly across Africa, eastern Latin America and southeast Asia. While there are existing cures, reinfection rates are very high.Jason Rohr, the Ludmilla F., Stephen J. and Robert T. Galla College Professor of Biological Sciences and chair of the biology department, works in more than 20 Senegalese villages alongside local partners such as Espoir Pour La Santé (EPLS) and Station d’Innovation Aquacole to address issues related to schistosomiasis.The infection is caused by a parasite that resides on snails, which live in weedy rivers and lakes where people drink, bathe, and launder. Rohr realized the number of parasites would decrease if the number of snails decreased, which could be achieved if the weeds decreased. Working alongside local partners in St. Louis, Senegal, they started weeding the water. Immediately, disease reinfection rates fell. What’s more, the villagers used the weeds to feed livestock and as compost fertilizer to increase food production. This became an added incentive for the community to remove the vegetation. A simple solution helped solve problems in disease, energy, and food scarcity.Learn more: https://go.nd.edu/InfectiousDiseaseWWYFF
- 2:01Fighting for PeaceProfessor John Paul Lederach, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies "At the Kroc Institute, we've made an increasing effort to bring the activities of the classroom to the actual communities that are most affected by the conflict and violence we're studying."
- 2:01Fighting for Human DignityFather Daniel Groody, C.S.C., Department of Theology, Director of the Center for Latino Spirituality and Culture at the Institute for Latino Studies -- "The issue of immigration really is not a new issue. The struggle that people go through as immigrants, is something that we need to continue to reflect on."
- 2:01Fighting for the Lives of ChildrenThree of Cindy and Mike Parseghian's four children lost their lives to a disease called Niemann-Pick Type C, an extremely rare neurodegenerative syndrome without a cure. At Notre Dame, Kasturi Haldar works at the Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases, searching for a cure for this vicious genetic disorder.
- 2:01Fighting to Create Economic OpportunityA degree from a reputable community college has the potential to lift people out of poverty, but 60 percent of community college students drop out before they graduate. The research of economics professors Jim Sullivan and Bill Evans at Notre Dame’s Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (link to http://leo.nd.edu/) found that most of these students drop out as a result of non-academic obstacles. Sullivan and Evans are attempting to increase retention rates at Tarrant County College through the program Stay the Course. Created in collaboration with Catholic Charities Fort Worth, the program offers case management and emergency financial assistance with the hope of keeping students on a progressive academic and professional path. In its first year, Stay the Course has reduced the dropout rate at Tarrant County College by 25 percent. As a result of this resounding success, plans are being made to replicate the program at a second community college in the fall of 2015. Stay the Course is just one of several research-driven programs at the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities aiming to find lasting solutions to poverty in the United States. More information: Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities: http://ntrda.me/LEO Catholic Charities Fort Worth: http://www.catholiccharitiesfortworth.org/ http://ntrda.me/FightingFor
- 2:02Fighting to Improve Living StandardsPablo Nava, Class of 2008 "Notre Dame has helped me learn that you can be a successful businessperson and still make a difference in the world." Learn More: Watch "What Would You Fight For?" Series - http://nd.edu/video/ Por Fin Nuestra Casa - http://pfnc.net/index.htm Mendoza College of Business - http://www.nd.edu/~cba/011221/index.html Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies - http://www.nd.edu/~entrep
- 2:03Fighting to Cure Prostate CancerA diagnosis of prostate cancer changes the lives of a man and his entire family. For a child, the prospect of losing a parent is frightening and very often overwhelming. For kids living with the reality of cancer in their family, Camp Kesem in Jackson, Michigan, provides a place where they can learn to address their fears and feelings. Here, they can also make a wish for a brighter future.That brighter future is the inspiration for Biological Sciences Professor Mark Suckow, as he works to create vaccines harvested from tumors. He explains that although most cancers are complex mixtures of cells and molecules, using a patient's own tumor can provide the immune system with comprehensive information to attack the cancer. The vaccine he is developing could lead to a bright future for countless people. And that hope keeps the scientists at Notre Dame fighting for a cure for prostate cancer.The University of Notre Dame asks you, "What would you fight for?" Learn more about this work at http://fightingfor.nd.edu.What would you fight for? http://fightingfor.nd.edu Camp Kesem: http://campkesem.org/notre-dame/camper-info Biological sciences professor Mark Suckow: http://harpercancer.nd.edu/people/mark-suckow/
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