Community Back-to-School Delivers Extra Stress to Parents with Cancer, other Serious Illness By Leslie Orr Aug. 26, 2020 URMC experts help families navigate sending children back to school when at-risk parents or grandparents are in their lives.
Patient Care From Nine States, Wilmot Warrior Walk Team Marty Unites Virtually By Ruth Harper-Rhode Aug. 21, 2020 After participating in the Wilmot Warrior Walk with friends in September 2019, Cyndi Lembo felt inspired. She pledged that next year, she’d create a team in honor of her late husband, Marty. COVID-19 ...
Patient Care Shared Heroism: Greece Firefighters Donate Bell to WCI Greece By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 30, 2020 After learning WCI Greece Radiation Oncology didn’t have a bell, the Ridge Road Fire District decided they wanted to help – and many came through to make a bell possible.
Research URMC, RRH Join Pfizer and BioNTech Late-Stage COVID-19 Vaccine Study By Mark Michaud Jul. 28, 2020 The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and Rochester Regional Health (RRH) are joining a phase 3 clinical trial for a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. Four ...
Community UR Medicine Opens City’s Largest Outpatient Mental Health Services Center By Barbara Ficarra Jul. 27, 2020 Access to mental health services expanded on July 27 with the opening of UR Medicine Adult Outpatient Mental Health Services, a community-based center in the heart of Rochester.
Research URMC Study Tests if COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Can Treat, Prevent Infection By Susanne Pallo Jul. 23, 2020 URMC is joining two national clinical trials testing whether transfusions of plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients (also called convalescent plasma) can prevent infection in healthy volunteers or ...
Research URMC Psychiatry Awarded Additional $2.5M to Combat Opioids in Rural Communities By Karin Gaffney Christensen Jul. 15, 2020 The University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry has been awarded an additional $2.5 million to expand the scope of its UR Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence project.
Patient Care URMC Leaders Call on HHS to Rescind Rule That Discriminates Against Trans Patients By Chip Partner Jul. 10, 2020 In a letter to Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), top leaders of the University of Rochester Medical Center urged HHS to rescind a rule that ...
Community The Eighth Annual Wilmot Warrior Walk Goes Virtual! By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 9, 2020 In light of COVID-19, Wilmot Cancer Institute will shift its annual 5K, 10K and 1-mile walk/run to a new format, taking place Sept. 12 and 13.
Research URMC Tapped to Advance Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities By Mark Michaud Jul. 8, 2020 URMC has been designated an Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center by the National Institutes of Health. The award recognizes the Medical Center’s national leadership in research ...
