Community Theatre and Medicine - An Unlikely Pairing Addresses Oppression and Bias By Andrea Westerlund Jun. 28, 2018 Can a theatre workshop help medical faculty do their jobs more effectively? Faculty, students, residents and members of senior leadership learned the answer to this question at a recent event hosted ...
Education Students Care For City's Most Vulnerable By URMC Communications Jun. 20, 2018 More than 60 medical students a year take part in volunteer programs that bring health care services to those who need it most: Rochester’s homeless community, and others living in poverty or lacking ...
Education Part IV: Preparing the Next Wave By URMC Communications May. 8, 2018 As years of dedication to her research is catapulting RNA biologist Lynne Maquat into the scientific spotlight, she remains intently focused on training and encouraging the next wave of scientists to ...
Education Part III: The Power and Promise of RNA By URMC Communications May. 5, 2018 RNA presents an entirely new pool of drugs targets and provides an opening to correct diseases that don’t respond to conventional drugs. Lynne Maquat is working to gain a deeper understanding of RNA ...
Education Part II: Making Sense of Nonsense By URMC Communications May. 3, 2018 As in most areas of life, mistakes in cells happen all the time. Luckily, the human body has built-in systems to eliminate potentially harmful slip-ups. Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is one of ...
Research NIH Study to Examine Long-Term Effects of Pregnancy on Maternal Health, Biology By Patrick Broadwater Apr. 16, 2018 Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center are examining which metabolic changes of pregnancy may persist into the postpartum years and how this may contribute to an increased risk for ...
People Campbell to Step Down as Family Medicine Chair in 2019 By Lori Barrette Mar. 28, 2018 Thomas L. Campbell, M.D., has chosen to step down as chair of the University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Family Medicine in July 2019, having served as the department’s leader for 15 ...
Research Ilan Goldenberg Named Director of Clinical Cardiovascular Research at URMC By Emily Boynton Mar. 27, 2018 Ilan Goldenberg, M.D., an expert in sudden cardiac death, defibrillators, and the management of clinical trials, will consolidate all clinical cardiology research into one team and expand the ...
Education Bone-Doctor Boot Camp By URMC Communications Mar. 26, 2018 Learn how we're giving orthopaedics trainees a fast start.
Education Matches Made in Medicine: SMD Grads Learn Where They’re Headed Next By Christine Roth Mar. 15, 2018 On Match Day 2018, 100 soon-to-be physicians from the UR School of Medicine and Dentistry excitedly found out where they’re headed for the next three-to-seven years of their residency training. ...
