DEAF ROC: Building Collaborations between Deaf and Hearing Scientists

The second biennial DEAF ROC conference, held at URMC this August, brought together Deaf and hearing scientists to help them navigate and build collaborations.

Get Funding for Collaborations with Research Centers in Minority Institutions

The University of Rochester Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI) announces a funding opportunity to promote inter-institutional research collaboration between faculty, staff, and students from the University of Rochester and any of the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) grantee institutions.

TBS Program Director, Members Recognized for Contributions to Community and Research

Timothy D. Dye, Ph.D., director of the UR CTSI’s Translational Biomedical Sciences PhD Program and two of the program’s new students, Hanna Murphy and Raven Osborn, received awards at this year’s convocation ceremony. They were recognized for contributions to science and the community, and dedication to diversity, inclusion, and multiculturalism.

UR Offers New Program to Boost Diversity among Early Career Researchers

The new UR Stars program helps connect established researchers at UR with early career scholars from groups that are underrepresented in biomedical research. Faculty who are looking for postdocs or early career researchers to work in their labs are invited to participate.

Understanding Health Needs of the Deaf Community: New York State Deaf Health Survey

The Rochester Prevention Research Center (RPRC) and National Center for Deaf Health Research (NCDHR) have launched the third round of their Deaf Health Survey, a culturally and linguistically accessible health survey that was designed by Deaf people for Deaf people. The survey, which was previously released in 2008 and 2013 to the Rochester Deaf community, will be available across New York state for the first time this year.