Research URMC Mourns Loss of Great Mentor, Founding Chief of Pulmonology By Leslie White Nov. 4, 2014 Richard Witherington Hyde, M.D., founding chief of pulmonary medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, died Oct. 30, 2014, at his Scottsville home. He was 85 and continued to mentor ...
Research URMC Researchers Receive $6.1M to Develop LungMAP By URMC Communications Oct. 29, 2014 Researchers at University of Rochester Medical Center have launched a five-year effort to develop a comprehensive map that measures lung development from birth through childhood. The project includes ...
Education Brad Berk: The Next Big Adventure By URMC Communications Oct. 28, 2014 On December thirty-first, CEO Brad Berk will turn leadership of the URMC over to Mark Taubman, dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry. Berk is stepping down to start the wheels rolling on a new ...
Research New Network Will Tackle Global Health Challenges By Mark Michaud Oct. 22, 2014 The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry will serve as the hub of a new network that will develop and carry out public health research and interventions in the U.S. territories in ...
Research Food 0, Sex 1 By URMC Communications Oct. 16, 2014 In a study that will probably elicit a collective “duh” from the average college student, researchers have discovered that male brains – at least in nematodes – are wired to ignore food so that they ...
Research Are Male Brains Wired to Ignore Food for Sex? By Mark Michaud Oct. 16, 2014 Choosing between two good things can be tough. When animals must decide between feeding and mating, it can get even trickier. In a discovery that might ring true even for some humans, researchers ...
Research $2.9M NIH Grant Supports Research to Help Urban Teens Manage Asthma By URMC Communications Oct. 15, 2014 For more than a decade, nurse researcher Hyekyun Rhee, Ph.D., R.N., P.N.P., associate professor at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, has been working to develop unique interventions to ...
Patient Care UR Medicine a Leader in LGBT Health Care By URMC Communications Oct. 14, 2014 UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial and F.F. Thompson Hospitals have been named 2014 Leaders in Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF). They are the only Western New York ...
Research Wilmot Awarded $3M to Study Yoga for Cancer-Related Insomnia By Leslie Orr Oct. 13, 2014 Armed with a $3.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, the Wilmot Cancer Institute is launching the first study ever to test whether a unique yoga therapy can treat insomnia among cancer ...
Community 27th annual Gala to Bring the "Jungle Boogie" with Kool & the Gang By Rebecca Youmell Oct. 13, 2014 The Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center will be transformed into a safari for the 27th annual Golisano Children’s Hospital Gala on Oct. 18. Hundreds of advocates for sick and ...
