Research Newest Data Links Inflammation to Chemo-brain By Leslie Orr Dec. 13, 2017 Inflammation in the blood plays a key role in “chemo-brain,” according to a published pilot study that provides evidence for what scientists have long believed.
People Taubman Tapped to Chair AMSNY By Mark Michaud Nov. 20, 2017 Mark Taubman, M.D., CEO of the University of Rochester Medical Center, has been selected as chair of the Board of Trustees of the Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMSNY). The 3-year ...
Education The Beauty of Team Research: Del Monte Institute Tackles Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Diseases from All Fronts By URMC Communications Oct. 27, 2017 John Foxe, PhD, has devoted his career to improving the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disorders. Now he is helping assemble the scientific teams and talent necessary to take on ...
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 ...
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 Eastman Institute Lands Third Training Grant By Karen Black Oct. 8, 2017 The Center for Oral Biology within UR Medicine’s Eastman Institute for Oral Health has been awarded $2.9 million to expand its renowned training program for oral biologists and dentist-scientists. ...
Patient Care URMC Collecting Personal Items to Help Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico Residents By Leslie White Sep. 26, 2017 University of Rochester Medical Center is joining a community effort to collect personal items for residents of Puerto Rico who are struggling to recover from the damaging winds and rain of Hurricane ...
Research University of Rochester Awarded $19 Million to Coordinate National Clinical and Translational Science Program By Susanne Pallo Jul. 26, 2017 With this new funding from the NIH, the university will create a new coordinating center for the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program. The new Center for Leading Innovation and ...
Research NIH Grant to Examine 'Person-Centered' Approach to Cognitive Training By Patrick Broadwater Jul. 20, 2017 The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant to University of Rochester Medical Center researchers exploring methods of making cognitive training more effective for older adults by improving ...
