Community URMC Reinstates Indoor Face Mask Requirement Regardless of Vaccine Status By Chip Partner Aug. 9, 2021 Responding to the growing public health threat of the Delta variant, and the recent emergence of COVID-19 cases in the Rochester area, the University of Rochester is reinstating indoor face-masking ...
People University, UR Medicine Join County-led Effort Requiring COVID Tests for Unvaccinated Employees By Chip Partner Aug. 2, 2021 Starting Sept. 8, all employees of the University of Rochester, including URMC and UR Medicine, must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to regular COVID testing and stricter safety protocols.
Research Silence and sound: The perfect timing to preserve hearing By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Aug. 2, 2021 URMC researchers found a mix of sound and silence may be a key in slowing hearing loss when played over an extended period of time.
Education Collaboration, Innovative Use of Technology Help Psych NP Students Hone Suicide Prevention Skills By Ivy Burruto Jul. 30, 2021 A new collaboration between the University of Rochester School of Nursing and the Department of Psychiatry takes an innovative approach to educating students in suicide prevention.
Research The intersection of science and surgery By Mark Michaud Jul. 29, 2021 The Program for Translational Brain Mapping that represents a unique nexus between science and neurosurgery to improve care and outcomes. It brings together neuroscientists and neurosurgeons to ...
Research Q & A with Jennetta Hammond, Ph.D. By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jul. 29, 2021 Jennetta Hammond, Ph.D., joined the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience as an assistant professor in Neurology and Neuroscience in July 2021. Her research aims to understand interactions between the ...
Patient Care Book Provides Roadmap for Recovery from Brain and Spinal Cord Injury By Mark Michaud Jul. 14, 2021 Former URMC CEO Bradford C. Berk reflects on his own spinal cord injury that left him a quadriplegic and details his experience – as a doctor and a patient – to create a user’s manual for those ...
People URMC Appoints New Senior Information Technology Leaders By Kate Rivera Jul. 12, 2021 Two long-term Information Technology (IT) leaders have been appointed to University of Rochester Medical Center IT leadership roles.
Education New Role—and Big Goals—for Nursing's Equity and Inclusion Leader By Ivy Burruto Jul. 1, 2021 Sheniece L. Griffin, DNP, RN, CNL, is URMC’s newly appointed Nursing Director for Equity and Inclusion in Nursing Practice. The role may be brand-new to her—and to the system—but she has valuable ...
Research Whimsical bench celebrates pioneer in autism research By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jun. 30, 2021 Tristram Smith, Ph.D., a pioneer in Autism research, was memorialized at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), during a ceremony and bench dedication.
