Research The Art of Science: Grad Student Finds Inspiration in Images of the Brain By URochester Medicine Communications Jan. 16, 2018 The complex biology, networks, and symphony of signals that underlie human cognition are a font of endless mystery and wonder to those who study it. For Rianne Stowell, a graduate student in the lab ...
Research Pancreatic Tumors May Require a One-Two-Three Punch By Leslie Orr Jan. 14, 2018 One of the many difficult things about pancreatic cancer is that tumors are resistant to most treatments because of their unique density and cell composition. However, in a new Wilmot Cancer ...
Research For City Kids with Asthma, Telemedicine and In-School Care Cut ER Visits in Half By URochester Medicine Communications Jan. 8, 2018 Children with asthma in the Rochester City School District who received a combination of telemedicine support and school-based medication therapy were almost half as likely to need an emergency room ...
Patient Care Amid Shortage, UR Nursing's Passport Health One of Select Clinics Offering Yellow Fever Vaccination By Patrick Broadwater Dec. 19, 2017 The Passport Health clinic at the University of Rochester School of Nursing is among a limited number of sites chosen to administer yellow fever immunizations during a period of anticipated shortages ...
Research Joseph to Head Urology Department By Mark Michaud Dec. 7, 2017 Jean Joseph, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S., a pioneer in the field of robotic surgery, will become the next chair of the University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Urology. Joseph will assume the ...
Research Wilmot Scientists Reap Awards, Presentations at Hematology Meeting By Leslie Orr Dec. 7, 2017 Wilmot Cancer Institute has a longstanding strength in the study of blood cancers—and from Dec. 9-12, many of our scientists will be presenting research at the 59th annual meeting of the American ...
Research Q&A: A Fishy Formula for Measuring Mercury By URochester Medicine Communications Dec. 6, 2017 Fish are loaded with nutrients important for brain development and overall health, but they can also carry a toxic form of mercury that can harm the developing brain. Environmental Medicine ...
Research Open, Honest Talk about Death Does No Harm By Leslie Orr Dec. 4, 2017 Talking through bad news can be good for the doctor-patient relationship—debunking a common myth among patients, according to a study co-authored by the University of Rochester Medical Center’s ...
Research School of Nursing Professor Recognized by American Heart Association By Reagan McNameeKing Nov. 29, 2017 Only 25 percent of patients who suffer cardiac arrest while hospitalized survive to hospital discharge. It’s a daunting statistic, but Mina Attin, Ph.D., R.N., an assistant professor at the ...
People Taubman Tapped to Chair AMSNY By Mark Michaud Nov. 20, 2017 Mark Taubman, M.D., CEO of the University of Rochester Medical Center, has been selected as chair of the Board of Trustees of the Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMSNY). The 3-year ...
