Education University of Rochester School of Nursing Repeat Winner of Excellence in Diversity Award By Patrick Broadwater Oct. 11, 2018 For the second straight year, the University of Rochester School of Nursing has been selected to receive the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into ...
Patient Care Taubman To Serve Another Five-Year Term as Dean of School of Medicine and Dentistry By Leslie White Oct. 9, 2018 University of Rochester President Richard Feldman has announced the appointment of Mark B. Taubman, M.D., to a new term as dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, effective July 1, 2019. ...
Patient Care Breast Cancer: Simple Steps May Reduce Your Risk By Lori Barrette Oct. 8, 2018 Breast cancer is the most common non-skin cancer among women. While treatments have improved significantly, prevention is always preferred. UR Medicine cancer specialist Dr. Alissa Huston shares some ...
Patient Care No Meat, Dairy, Added Sugar, or Processed Foods: Will it Help Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients? By Lydia Fernandez Oct. 8, 2018 Thomas Campbell, M.D., a worldwide bestselling author and authority on nutrition and a family physician at the University of Rochester Medical Center, is conducting an eight-week pilot study among ...
Research $2.16M Grant Funds Study of Disproportionate HIV Infection Rates Among Women of Color By Patrick Broadwater Oct. 8, 2018 Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have been awarded a $2.16 million grant to study disproportionately high HIV infection rates affecting women of color. Women account for 20 ...
Research UR Named National Center of Excellence for Parkinson’s Research By Mark Michaud Oct. 3, 2018 The University of Rochester has been selected as a Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence in Parkinson's Disease Research by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). The new ...
Research Study: Nursing Homes Increasingly Pushing Patients into Rehab at End-of-Life By Mark Michaud Oct. 3, 2018 A new study reveals a growing trend of potentially unnecessary – and harmful – high intensity rehabilitation services for residents of nursing homes. The study finds that this trend, which may be ...
Introducing the 2018 Graser Fellow By URMC Communications Oct. 3, 2018 Dr. Ali Aljumah from Kuwait City, Kuwait, was named this year's Eastman Dental's Graser Implant Fellow.
Patient Care Q and A: Breast Cancer Screening By Lori Barrette Oct. 3, 2018 It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which annually sheds light on the importance of early detection. UR Medicine women's imaging specialist Dr. Avice O'Connell answers a few questions women commonly ...
Patient Care NCI Awards $3M Grant to Study Geriatric Oncology By Leslie Orr Oct. 2, 2018 The National Cancer Institute award $3 million to Supriya Mohile, M.D., for a collaborative, five-year research project stemming from the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot initiative.
