Research Cancer Investigators Pivot, Take on Coronavirus Research By Leslie Orr Jun. 12, 2020 While other cancer researchers had to temporarily close their labs in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Isaac Harris, Ph.D., and Josh Munger, Ph.D., shifted their focus to the contagion that has ...
Community URMC Calls Out Health Disparities, Declares Racism a Public Health Crisis By Chip Partner Jun. 10, 2020 The University of Rochester Medical Center supports the declaration that racism is a public health crisis and commends the Greater Rochester Black Agenda Group for putting our institution on the ...
Research URMC Launches Clinical Trials to Test Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 Patients By URMC Communications Jun. 2, 2020 A pair of national clinical trials testing whether hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), an FDA-approved anti-malarial drug, can keep COVID-19 patients alive and out of the hospital were halted on June 19, 2020. ...
Research Wilmot Leader Earns $1.5M Grant for Breakthrough Clinical Trial By Leslie Orr Jun. 1, 2020 David Linehan, M.D., chief of clinical operations at the Wilmot Cancer Institute, is the inaugural recipient of a $1.5 million award from Gateway for Cancer Research.
Community Message of Support from the URMC Community By Chip Partner May. 30, 2020 None of us individually can solve our nation’s racial challenges or the COVID-19 pandemic. By working collectively, however, we believe the University of Rochester Medical Center can have a ...
Patient Care UR Medicine to Begin COVID-19 Antibody Testing Monday, June 1 By Chip Partner May. 29, 2020 UR Medicine Labs will begin testing blood samples for antibodies to novel coronavirus on June 1.
Research Wilmot Researchers Present Work at Virtual ASCO By Ruth Harper-Rhode May. 29, 2020 Due to COVID-19, the American Clinical Society of Oncology (ASCO) replaced its annual meeting in Chicago, attended by thousands, with a three-day virtual event, May 29 through 31. ASCO is one of the ...
Patient Care Coronavirus (COVID-19): Wilmot Offers Telemedicine Visits for Some Patients By URMC Communications May. 22, 2020 Wilmot Cancer Institute is offering some telemedicine appointments to help protect our patients, staff and community during the coronavirus pandemic. Here, we answer common questions Wilmot patients ...
Patient Care Organ transplant programs continue despite pandemic By URMC Communications May. 21, 2020 Greece resident Frank Rosinski received a heart transplant this spring, giving him what he calls a new lease on life. (University of Rochester photo)Though most elective surgeries were suspended ...
Research NCI Awards $3.85M to Wilmot for Collaborative Project on Aging, Cancer By Leslie Orr May. 20, 2020 Karen Mustian, Ph.D. and Supriya Mohile, M.D. Three Wilmot Cancer Institute researchers received a highly-valued type of National Cancer Institute award that supports team science, a strategy ...
