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 ...
Research NSF Awards UR Computer Science and EIOH Grant to Reduce Oral Health Disparities Using AI By Karen Black Aug. 24, 2023 A smartphone app that detects signs of tooth decay developed by University of Rochester scientists is one step closer to reality, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Research Wired for research By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Aug. 17, 2023 A biomedical engineering student explores how the brain processes speech syntax—and discovers the benefits of conducting research as an undergraduate.
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 Meet the Next Generation of Cancer Researchers By Susanne Pallo Jul. 30, 2023 Education is a hallmark of an academic cancer center, and Wilmot Cancer Institute is building a pipeline of research trainees with fresh energy and a special interest in cancer.
People Postdoctoral Spotlight: Allison Murphy, PhD By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jul. 24, 2023 Allison Murphy, PhD (’23), a postdoctoral associate in the lab of Farran Briggs, PhD, received a doctoral degree in Neuroscience from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Her ...
People Faculty Q&A: Lars A. Ross, PhD By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jul. 24, 2023 Lars A. Ross, PhD, is a research assistant professor of Imaging Sciences and Neuroscience at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He came to University of Rochester Medical Center in late ...
Research Protecting the vulnerable, informing the future By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jul. 24, 2023 This is not another story about COVID. This is a story about how a group of scientists—including a neuroscientist, virologist, and nephrologist—and school leadership rolled up their sleeves, stepped ...
Research URMC researcher receives $8.3 million to study chronic pain and the brain By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jul. 19, 2023 Understanding the role of chronic pain in the brain could transform treatment and care for a condition that inflicts more than 20 percent of US adults. An associate professor of Psychiatry at URMC ...
Patient Care Dialogue Magazine: Breast Cancer Services Thrive — As Do the Grad Student Researchers at Wilmot By Leslie Orr Jul. 19, 2023 In the latest edition of Dialogue (Vol 1, 2023), read stories about breast cancer care and research at Wilmot Cancer Institute, a community collaboration that is benefitting cancer research, and ...