Education Meet the Next Generation of Cancer Researchers By Susanne Pallo Jul. 30, 2023 Education is a hallmark of an academic cancer center, and Wilmot Cancer Institute is building a pipeline of research trainees with fresh energy and a special interest in cancer.
Patient Care Breast Cancer Survivor Says She Found Stability in the “Village” at Wilmot By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 28, 2023 Cheryl Rivers is used to being a rock to the people around her. She’s a hardworking mom who raised two children on her own. But after a stage 2 breast cancer diagnosis, she had trouble finding ...
People Postdoctoral Spotlight: Allison Murphy, PhD By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jul. 24, 2023 Allison Murphy, PhD (’23), a postdoctoral associate in the lab of Farran Briggs, PhD, received a doctoral degree in Neuroscience from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Her ...
Research Protecting the vulnerable, informing the future By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jul. 24, 2023 This is not another story about COVID. This is a story about how a group of scientists—including a neuroscientist, virologist, and nephrologist—and school leadership rolled up their sleeves, stepped ...
Research URMC researcher receives $8.3 million to study chronic pain and the brain By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jul. 19, 2023 Understanding the role of chronic pain in the brain could transform treatment and care for a condition that inflicts more than 20 percent of US adults. An associate professor of Psychiatry at URMC ...
Patient Care Dialogue Magazine: Breast Cancer Services Thrive — As Do the Grad Student Researchers at Wilmot By Leslie Orr Jul. 19, 2023 In the latest edition of Dialogue (Vol 1, 2023), read stories about breast cancer care and research at Wilmot Cancer Institute, a community collaboration that is benefitting cancer research, and ...
Research Racial Disparities Discovered in Patients with Implantable Cardiac Devices By URMC Communications Jul. 17, 2023 Black patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators have a higher burden of disease than white patients with the same device, according to new URMC cardiology research.
Research Study Shows Surprisingly Low Use of COVID Antiviral Treatments in Nursing Homes By Mark Michaud Jul. 14, 2023 Only 18 percent of COVID cases in nursing homes received antiviral treatment, despite the known benefit of these drugs and the high risk of nursing home residents to adverse outcomes due to COVID.
Research An Unexpected Doorway into the Ear Opens New Possibilities for Hearing Restoration By Mark Michaud Jun. 28, 2023 An international team of researchers has developed a new method to deliver drugs into the cochlea, repair inner ear hair cells, and restore hearing in deaf mice.
Patient Care New Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy a “Monumental Advance” By Mark Michaud Jun. 26, 2023 Emma Ciafaloni, MD, describes how the new drug works, why the FDA chose to limit its use, and what it means for patients and their families.
