Education The Power of Prevention: URMC Looks to the Future to Prevent Suicide By Sally Parker Sep. 6, 2023 Earbuds, phone apps, text messages. This is the future of a new kind of suicide prevention, especially with hard-to-reach populations like teens. But technology and new approaches are also being used ...
Education No One Left Behind: U.S. Air Force Rolls Out Suicide-Prevention Technique to Every Base in the World By Sandra Parker Aug. 14, 2023 A University of Rochester Medical Center program is taking a different approach to address rising suicide rates in the military, harnessing the power of groups and social networks to prevent thoughts ...
Education Aging Reimagined: A New View of Old Age By Sally Parker Nov. 4, 2022 Scientists and clinicians in the University of Rochester Aging Institute are blowing stereotypes of old age out of the water, proving older adults can be capable of far more—cognitively, physically, ...
Education Aging Reimagined: The Age-Friendly Health System By Sally Parker Nov. 4, 2022 At every level of care and in every setting, age-friendly health systems follow four elements of high-quality care, the 4Ms.
Education Annie Medina Walpole: The Possibilities of ‘Yes’ By Sally Parker Nov. 4, 2022 Annie Medina-Walpole, MD, has built a career around one word: yes. “I said ‘yes’ more than ‘no’. I think that opens so many doors,” says the chief of the Division of Geriatrics & Aging, the Paul H. ...
Education Aging Reimagined: Vital Care By Sally Parker Nov. 4, 2022 The primary aim is to increase access to high-quality geriatrics care—driven by technology and data—in the region. The University of Rochester Aging Institute makes sure best practices and care ...
Education Aging Reimagined: Vital Living By Sally Parker Nov. 1, 2022 One University of Rochester Aging Instituted pillar focuses on older adults in the Rochester community, creating a loop of learning that goes both ways between the University and community nonprofits ...
Education Aging Reimagined: Vital Discovery By Sally Parker Nov. 1, 2022 Research at the University of Rochester Aging Institute ranges from basic science in the lab to data science and multidisciplinary aging studies. Scientific discoveries will be translated into ...
Education T. Franklin Williams: Geriatrics Visionary By Sally Parker Nov. 1, 2022 Rochester’s reputation for aging expertise can be traced back to T. Franklin Williams, MD. Long before the specialty had a name, he trained a generation of geriatricians who went on to become leaders ...
Education A Century of Discovery: Pharmacology & Physiology Propels Its People and Their Research By Robin Flanigan Jan. 6, 2022 The Department of Pharmacology and Physiology may be rooted in basic science, but its mission is complex—to be the leader in advancing research of the mechanisms and treatment of human disease; to ...