Education Health and Technology: Meeting People Where They Are By URMC Communications Oct. 24, 2017 The Center for Health + Technology will tap into new technologies – such as smartphones, wearable sensors, remote monitoring, and virtual house calls – to both improve care and research for patients ...
Patient Care URMC Providers Join Forces for Relief Efforts in Puerto Rico By Karin Gaffney Christensen Oct. 23, 2017 Eleven providers left Oct. 24 for Puerto Rico, deploying as part of a larger Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) team that will spend two weeks on the hurricane-ravaged island that is ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Uses ‘Bionic Eye’ to Restore Some Vision to Blind Syracuse Woman By Leslie White Oct. 23, 2017 A 71-year-old woman blinded by an inherited disease recently thrilled University of Rochester doctors by reaching out and grabbing her ophthalmologist’s hand after receiving a “bionic eye.” The ...
Research FDA Approves Landmark Cancer Therapy; Wilmot Among First to Offer It By Leslie Orr Oct. 20, 2017 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute will be among the first sites in the world to offer CAR T-cell therapy —a new type of immunotherapy—to adults with aggressive lymphoma. The engineered gene ...
Education Augmented and Virtual Reality: The Next Frontier By URMC Communications Oct. 19, 2017 Scientists are harnessing a new wave of technologies that will allow them to study, at an unprecedented level, how patients integrate sensory information with balance, motor and muscular activity.
Education Intellectual and Developmental Disorders: Creating a Model System By URMC Communications Oct. 19, 2017 New center will build upon URMC’s longstanding place as a national hub for the development and application of behavioral interventions for autism spectrum disorder and other childhood ...
Research University of Rochester School of Nursing Receives National Award for Excellence in Diversity By Patrick Broadwater Oct. 15, 2017 The University of Rochester School of Nursing has been selected to receive the 2017 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the ...
Research Study to Explore Possible Synergistic Effects of Exercise, Brain Training in Preventing Dementia By Patrick Broadwater Oct. 11, 2017 Feng Vankee Lin's new $3.67 million NIA grant will look to see if the benefits of engaging in a rigorously designed program of aerobic exercise and brain training will produce greater gains in ...
Research Study Will Explore Link Between HIV, Micro-Strokes, and Dementia By Mark Michaud Oct. 1, 2017 New research will seek to understand why people who are HIV positive are more susceptible to a progressive cerebrovascular disease that can ultimately give rise to dementia. One of the goals of the ...
Research Study: Medical School Debt on the Rise By URMC Communications Sep. 11, 2017 New research shows that the amount the average medical student will owe upon completing their degrees has risen to almost $190,000. This study also indicates that debt is becoming more concentrated, ...
