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  • Dr. Emre Umucu and Dr. Jason Boyle introduce Dr. Shashwati Geed,who brings her vast knowledge in neuro-rehabilitation and brain plasticity to illustrate Tele-CPASS. Tele-CPASS is being researched in hopes of aiding post-stroke victims in having a normal life after such a traumatic event.
  • Dr. Emre Umucu welcomes in the studio Dr. Salamah Salamah, former Chair of the Computer Science Department at UTEP, to talk about the roots and origins of AI, cybersecurity, data safety, and more.
  • Dr. Emre Umucu, and Dr. Jason Boyle welcome to the studios Dr. Kisuk Min, UTEP Assistant Professor of Kinesiology to talk all about his mighty mice. Kisuk explains how his research model uses genetically modified mice to test out the effects of exercise on the animals' heart health and his hopes for this to advance to a human subject stage.
  • President Donald Trump announced ICE agents will assist TSA at airports throughout the country amid a shutdown in Homeland Security operations. Senator Ted Cruz is proposing a strategy to break the stalemate over funding the Department of Homeland Security.
  • For this edition of Border Health Horizons, Dr. Emre Umucu talks on the phone with Dr. April G. Thomas, Associate Professor of Psychology to discuss her research on Why do adolescents take risks?; Dr. Thomas talks about the developmental factors that contribute on the risk taking process of adolescents and the possibility of 'positive risk taking'.
  • In the last installment of Border Health Horizons we are joined by Dr. Amy Wagler, who discusses the integration of advanced statistical methods in current research, the difference between using randomized controlled studies vs. using observational data, and how she uses AI for her own research.
  • An attorney for the family of Victor Manuel Diaz who died while being held at the massive immigrant detention camp in Far East El Paso questions the federal government’s determination of how he died of suicide in mid-January.
  • The U.S. Army has selected Global Investment Firm Carlyle to build and operate a commercial data center at Fort Bliss. The post announced the project will help the Army build A.I. capabilities faster than their competitors.
  • People from various faiths congregated at San Jacinto Plaza Tuesday night for the same reason. Ending the Trump administration’s efforts to detain and deport immigrants from across the country.
  • Concerns about a new detention center in far East El Paso are growing. Voting rights advocates are warning, President Trump could try to take over the 2026 midterm elections.
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