Research Batten Disease: Principal Project of UR IDDRC By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Oct. 28, 2020 The principal project of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center will focus on Batten disease, specifically CLN3 disease, also known as juvenile-onset Batten disease. The ...
Research A national nod to IDD Research By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Oct. 28, 2020 The effort to better understand intellectual and developmental disabilities and improve the lives of individuals and families impacted by an IDD diagnosis is at the heart of a decades-long ...
Research Study of School Children with Asthma Provides Evidence for ‘Research Participation Effect’ By Scott Hesel Sep. 21, 2020 A study of school-children with asthma showed evidence that simple follow-up calls to see how these children were doing increased the number of symptom-free days that they experienced.
Research URMC Researchers Receive New Support to Study Effects of COVID-19 on Children and Adult Lungs By Scott Hesel Sep. 9, 2020 The LungMAP and HuBMAP programs will utilize their innovative approach of studying human - rather than animal - lung tissues to examine why COVID has potentially different effects on children versus ...
Community Back-to-School Delivers Extra Stress to Parents with Cancer, other Serious Illness By Leslie Orr Aug. 26, 2020 URMC experts help families navigate sending children back to school when at-risk parents or grandparents are in their lives.
Research Rochester Community Initiative Increases Teenage Use of Effective Contraception By Scott Hesel Jul. 9, 2020 The study found that usage of LARC among sexually active high school females in Rochester increased from 4 to 24 percent from 2013-2017, compared to an increase from 2.7 to 5.3 percent in New York ...
Research URMC Tapped to Advance Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities By Mark Michaud Jul. 8, 2020 URMC has been designated an Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center by the National Institutes of Health. The award recognizes the Medical Center’s national leadership in research ...
Patient Care Golisano Behavioral Health and Wellness Building Opens with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony By Scott Hesel Jun. 18, 2020 The Golisano Behavioral Health and Wellness Building opened on June 18 with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Research The Next Generation By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 24, 2020 An introduction to a group of up-and-coming researchers who are on the frontlines of understanding Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). These efforts are bolstered by a large contingent ...
Research Largest long-term study of adolescent brain development to continue at URMC By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 17, 2020 The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) will continue play a leading role in the largest long-term study of brain development and child health. The National Institutes of Health has renewed ...
