Research Researchers Pinpoint Gene Central to Brain Degeneration By URMC Communications Oct. 9, 2014 Rochester scientists believe they’ve found a gene that might have the potential to protect the brain from diseases such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s, and filed a patent to protect the technology.
Residents and Rocks Motivate This Alum By URMC Communications Oct. 9, 2014 Len Fishman is kind and unassuming, and almost always is wearing a broad, contagious smile. “I love this phase of my life,” he said matter of factly. “I live simply and want for nothing.” His life is ...
Research Researchers Receive $4 Million to Study Common and Costly Cause of Death: Sepsis By Emily Boynton Oct. 9, 2014 A diverse team of immunologists, engineers and critical care clinicians received $4 million from the National Institutes of Health to study sepsis, an over-the-top immune response to an infection ...
Research Wilmot Scientist Earns Exceptional Investigator Award to Study Chemo-Brain By Leslie Orr Oct. 6, 2014 Michelle C. Janelsins, Ph.D., M.P.H., of UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute, has received an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, the highest honor conferred by the National Institutes of Health ...
Education Making PhDs More Employable: New Education Initiative Paves the Way By Leslie Orr Oct. 1, 2014 Preparing graduate students and post-doctoral trainees for jobs outside of academia is the goal of a new career-training program at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, ...
A Fitting Tribute to a Man with a Perfect Smile By URMC Communications Oct. 1, 2014 Ready or not, life often presents unexpected, difficult situations that we don’t quite know what to do with. Like when Waterloo residents Mandee Rauscher-Woodring and her husband Kenny Woodring ...
Patient Care Donors Get First Look Inside New Golisano Children’s Hospital By URMC Communications Oct. 1, 2014 About 150 generous individuals who have supported building UR Medicine’s new Golisano Children’s Hospital will get a first look inside the new building under construction Thursday evening at an event ...
Research CDC Renews Support, $4M, for Deaf Health Research at UR By Leslie Orr Sep. 29, 2014 The Rochester Prevention Research Center (RPRC): National Center for Deaf Health Research (NCDHR) received a $4.35 million award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue ...
Research URMC Joins NIH Network to Help Find New Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus By Emily Boynton Sep. 25, 2014 URMC is one of 11 research groups across the country chosen by the National Institutes of Health to join the NIH Accelerating Medicines Partnership in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus Network to ...
Research Satran, Founding Member of the Department of Neurology, Dies By Mark Michaud Sep. 23, 2014 Richard Satran, M.D., a professor emeritus with the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, passed on Saturday, September 20 at the age of 85. Satran was one of a key group of ...
