Research RIT, URMC Receive NIH Funding to Study AI-Enabled Toilet Seat Technology for Heart Failure By Leslie White Oct. 6, 2020 Toilet seats with high tech sensors might be the non-invasive technology of the future that could help reduce hospital return rates of individuals with heart disease.
Patient Care Ear and Throat Pain Led Woman to Urgent Care, Has Surgery Few Hours Later By Karen Black Oct. 5, 2020 A woman experiencing ear and throat pain first went to urgent care and ended up in surgery a few hours later.
Education UR School of Nursing Honored with 4th Consecutive Diversity Award By Patrick Broadwater Oct. 2, 2020 The UR School of Nursing and the UR School of Medicine and Dentistry are among 46 health professions schools selected to receive the only national honor recognizing U.S. medical, dental, pharmacy, ...
Research Fresh Faces, New Energy: Patrick Murphy, Ph.D. By Leslie Orr Oct. 1, 2020 Working with zebrafish, Patrick Murphy, Ph.D., wants to understand some of the most fundamental questions in cancer including how cells divide and change inappropriately.
Research Fresh Faces, New Energy: Stephano Mello, Ph.D. By Leslie Orr Oct. 1, 2020 Stephano Mello, Ph.D., has always lived for those “eureka” moments in the lab, but it was a series of personal eureka moments that shifted him toward cancer research.
Research Fresh Faces, New Energy: Isaac Harris, Ph.D. By Leslie Orr Oct. 1, 2020 After a friend died of breast cancer at age 34, Isaac Harris, Ph.D., felt the urgency of his work to better understand how cancer cells grow and resist treatment.
Research Fresh Faces, New Energy: Rachael Turner, M.D., PH.D. By Leslie Orr Oct. 1, 2020 A family history of cancer pushed Rachael Turner, M.D., Ph.D., into an oncology career, where she’s studying an ovarian cancer biomarker, HE4.
Research Fresh Faces, New Energy: Ian Kleckner, Ph.D., M.P.H. By URMC Communications Sep. 30, 2020 Ian Kleckner, Ph.D., M.P.H., has always found the mind-body connection fascinating, and today, his work focuses on discovering whether exercise may help with a common cancer treatment side effect: ...
Research Cells Sacrifice Themselves to Boost Immune Response to Viruses By Mark Michaud Sep. 30, 2020 Whether flu or coronavirus, it can take several days for the body to ramp up an effective response to a viral infection. New research appearing in the journal Nature Immunology describes how ...
Research Fresh Faces, New Energy: Michael Giacomelli, Ph.D. By Leslie Orr Sep. 30, 2020 Michael Giacomelli, Ph.D., has two babies: His daughter, born just as he was setting up his lab in Rochester, and a prized invention, a novel 3D imaging device that helps surgeons detect whether a ...
