Community Red Wings Feature Hands-Only CPR Training Kiosk at Innovative Field through June 16 By Leslie White May. 28, 2024 The Rochester Red Wings are thrilled to announce a collaboration with UR Medicine and the American Heart Association (AHA) to introduce the HeartSaver Hub Mobile Kiosk at Innovative Field. This ...
Patient Care David Gill to Lead Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology By Mark Michaud Apr. 1, 2024 David Gill, MD, has been appointed chief of the Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology at URMC. A highly respected local clinician and academic, he returns to the institution where he ...
Research Nedergaard Recognized with Nakasone Award for Pioneering Research By Mark Michaud Mar. 26, 2024 Maiken Nedergaard has been recognized by the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization for her “groundbreaking discovery and exploration” of the glymphatic system.
Patient Care Palliative Care: Creating a New Model to Address Suffering for Neurological Illnesses By Mark Michaud Jun. 21, 2023 In a review commissioned by the journal Lancet Neurology, an international team of experts argue that current models of care do not adequately address the needs of people living with neurologic ...
Research A chance observation finds potential hearing biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jun. 7, 2023 Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester found where plaques are found in the brain may impact hearing in Alzheimer's disease.
Patient Care Eastman Institute is First in U.S. to be Named an Oral Health Age-Friendly Health System Participant By Karen Black May. 25, 2023 Eastman Institute for Oral Health’s Specialty Care Clinic is the first oral healthcare provider in the nation to be recognized as an Age-Friendly Health System Participant.
Research New Study Will Explore COVID’s Potential Link to Dementia By Mark Michaud Aug. 31, 2022 A new $3.7 million grant will allow researchers to more precisely understand how the virus triggers damage in the brain and the long-term impact on cognitive performance.
Research New Grant Will Unlock Workings of Brain’s Waste Removal System By Mark Michaud Aug. 15, 2022 A new $15 million grant from the NIH will bring together several teams of researchers to accelerate our understanding of the complex mechanics that control the brain's unique waste removal system, ...
Research Researchers provide insight into how the brain multitasks while walking By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jan. 24, 2022 New research turns the old idiom about not being able to walk and chew gum on its head. Scientists with the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester have shown that the ...
Education Department of Pharmacology and Physiology Alumni Through the Decades: 2000s By Robin Flanigan Jan. 6, 2022 Why does one person develop Alzheimer’s disease and another person doesn’t? Kristen O’Connell (PhD ’03) tries to answer that question in her work as an assistant professor and researcher at the ...
