Patient Care $4.65M to Enhance Resident Training Experience, Advance Medical Home Model By Karin Gaffney Christensen Jan. 30, 2013 The state Department of Health has awarded the University of Rochester Medical Center $4.65 million to expand the training experience for primary care residents by increasing their exposure to the ...
Patient Care URMC Teams Up with Student Musicians to Bring Patients 'The Healing Power of Music' By URMC Communications Jan. 21, 2013 Increasing numbers of studies show that music can have a therapeutic effect on patients in a healthcare setting, triggering powerful mental and physical changes that contribute to healing.
Community URMC Offering Free Physicals By URMC Communications Jan. 17, 2013 On two upcoming evenings, the University of Rochester Medical Center will be conducting free physicals for people of all ages. The UR School Health and Physicals program will be offered on January 31 ...
Education URMC Students Helping Disadvantaged Youth Become Doctors By URMC Communications Jan. 13, 2013 Becoming a physician is not easy, particularly for young people who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. With that in mind, University of Rochester Medical Center students are organizing the 4th ...
Education High School Students “Perform” Surgery at URMC By URMC Communications Jan. 10, 2013 Thirty-six young women selected from 16 area high schools are performing simulated surgeries Saturday at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Participants will be correcting a scoliosis ...
Education Noted Neurosurgeon to Discuss Diversity in Medicine By URMC Communications Jan. 8, 2013 Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, M.D., will give the second annual Tana Grady-Weliky, M.D. Lecture on Women and Diversity in Medicine from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, in the ...
Research Insight from an Unlikely Source: Waste Removal in Worms Reveals a New Mechanism to Regulate Calcium Signaling By Emily Boynton Jan. 4, 2013 Calcium is so much more than the mineral that makes our bones and teeth strong: It is a ubiquitous signaling molecule that provides crucial information inside of and between cells. Calcium is used to ...
Research URMC Biochemistry Professor Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science By Emily Boynton Dec. 2, 2012 Eric M. Phizicky, Ph.D., dean’s professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Rochester Medical Center, was named a Fellow of the American Association for the ...
Research Being Neurotic, Conscientious, a Good Combo for Health By Leslie Orr Nov. 12, 2012 Under certain circumstances neuroticism and conscientiousness can be good for your health, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study.
Education United Way to Honor Brenda D. Lee with Leadership Award By URMC Communications Nov. 6, 2012 Brenda D. Lee will receive the United Way’s Howard Wilson Coles Community Leadership Award at an event at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at the Hyatt Rochester Hotel, 125 Main St. Lee is assistant dean ...