Research URMC Taps Paige Lawrence, Ph.D., to Lead the Department of Environmental Medicine By Susanne Pallo Jul. 25, 2017 B. Paige Lawrence, Ph.D., a faculty member in the Department of Environmental Medicine for 11 years, will replace Deborah Cory-Slechta as chair of the department as of August 1. Lawrence will also ...
Research Study: VA Efforts to Improve End of Life Care are Working By URochester Medicine Communications Jul. 24, 2017 New research shows that efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase access to hospice care to veterans of the Armed Forces have been successful. The results of the study, which show ...
Education Match Day 2017 By URochester Medicine Communications Jun. 30, 2017 Photos from Match Day 2017.
Education Commencement 2017 By URochester Medicine Communications Jun. 30, 2017 Photos from the 2017 School of Medicine and Dentistry Commencement.
Community ‘Repeal and Replace’ Legislation in Congress: An Update from URMC CEO Mark Taubman By Mark Michaud Jun. 26, 2017 Uncertainty surrounding proposals in Congress to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is generating concern for faculty and staff members of the University of Rochester Medical Center, ...
Research Significant Racial Disparities Persist in Hospital Readmissions By Mark Michaud Jun. 26, 2017 A new study in the journal Health Affairs shows that, despite being designed to more effectively manage care and control costs, black patients enrolled with Medicare Advantage are far more likely to ...
Patient Care #ILookLikeASurgeon: Female Surgical Residents Reflect on Training at URMC By Leslie Orr Jun. 19, 2017 They’ve been mistaken for many other types of hospital employees. A few times, patients would only speak to their male counterparts. But when Bianca, Candice, Kristin, and Sandra officially end their ...
Patient Care Men’s Health Day Promotes Wellness, Prevention By Mark Michaud Jun. 12, 2017 UR Medicine’s 13th Annual Men’s Health Day will be held on Friday, June 16, 2017. Caregivers from across UR Medicine will discuss a range of important health topics that will give men the knowledge ...
Research Parkes Family’s Mission of Advancing Asthma Care Continues with UR Professorship By Leslie White Jun. 8, 2017 The family of the late Mary M. Parkes, for whom the UR Medicine asthma center is named, is continuing its mission of advancing care and research with creation of the Walter & Carmina Mary Parkes ...
Research Grant Helps Build Understanding of Environmental Health with Hands-on Science Kits By URochester Medicine Communications Jun. 6, 2017 Environmental health science kits developed by Science Take-Out, a URMC start-up company, will get a makeover with support from a new Small Business Technology Transfer grant. The kits will be ...
