Research Topics A-Z

Skin Cancer

The Skin Cancer topic includes research on the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancers that originate in the tissue of the skin.Skin cancer is the most common type…

Sleep

The Sleep Research topic includes research on sleep and the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of aberrant sleep-related conditions. It also includes research on…

Social Determinants of Health

The Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) topic includes research on individual and structural social determinants of health to improve understanding, design, and implementation of…

Spina Bifida

The Spina Bifida topic includes research on the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of spina bifida and the related birth defect, anencephaly.Spina bifida is a neural…

Spinal Cord Injury

The Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) topic includes research on the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of acquired injuries to the spinal cord.SCIs can result from direct injury…

Spinal Muscular Atrophy

The Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) topic includes research on the genetics, diagnosis, and treatment of spinal muscular atrophy.Spinal muscular atrophy is a group of inherited…

Stimulant Use and Misuse

The Stimulant Use and Misuse topic includes research on the prevention, treatment, and outcomes of stimulant use, misuse, addiction, and overdose.Stimulants increase wakefulness,…

Stomach Cancer

The Stomach Cancer topic includes research on the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancers that originate in cells lining the stomach.Risk factors include precursor…

Stroke

The Stroke topic includes research on the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of stroke.The majority of strokes are ischemic and occur when the flow of blood and oxygen…

Substance Misuse

The Substance Misuse topic includes research on the misuse of licit and illicit addictive substances as it relates to dependence and tolerance, including prevention, treatment,…