Research Copper Identified as Culprit in Alzheimer’s Disease By Mark Michaud Aug. 19, 2013 Copper appears to be one of the main environmental factors that trigger the onset and enhance the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by preventing the clearance and accelerating the accumulation of ...
Research Pushing Personalized Therapy for Lung Cancer By URMC Communications Aug. 15, 2013 Personalized medicine – or matching a patient’s tumor with an appropriate treatment – is transforming lung cancer and bringing a measure of hope to patients, according to a review by Eric S. Kim, ...
Patient Care URMC Offering Free Physicals for Youth By URMC Communications Jul. 16, 2013 On four upcoming evenings, the University of Rochester Medical Center will be conducting free physicals for youth ages four through 19 years old. The School, Sports, and Work Permit Free Physicals ...
Research Ritchlin to Lead Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology Division By URMC Communications Jul. 15, 2013 Effective immediately, Christopher T. Ritchlin, M.D., M.P.H, assumes his new role as chief of Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Education Alumni News: Answers on Ice By URMC Communications Jul. 8, 2013 Last November, when Warren M. Zapol (M '66) appeared as a witness before a U.S. House Congressional Science committee hearing on the country's Antarctic Research Program, he didn't wait for lawmakers ...
Education New Leaders for New Times, Part 2 By URMC Communications Jul. 8, 2013 Biostatistician Robert L. Strawderman III, Sc.D., is about to get his hands dirty. Harvard-trained, the former Cornell University scholar is no longer spending his days theorizing about study design ...
Education New Leaders For New Times, Part 1 By URMC Communications Jul. 8, 2013 On a clear day, the view from the top floor of the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center stretches well beyond the City of Rochester, and that is where Director Jonathan W. Friedberg, M.D., M.M. Sc. & ...
Education Team Players By URMC Communications Jul. 8, 2013 Extensive changes in health care and rapidly developing technology require new and creative approaches to teaching and training. To accomplish this, the University of Rochester Medical Center has ...
Education Chin-To Fong By URMC Communications Jul. 8, 2013 "In Dr. Fong, we found someone good, honorable, wise, insightful, and someone who knew each of us individually and had traveled through life with us as a mentor,"Weymann said. Many of Fong's patients ...
Research Foundational Pediatric Leader Passes By URMC Communications Jun. 30, 2013 Stanford B. Friedman, M.D., who helped launch the field of Behavioral Pediatrics, a loyal alumnus of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry class of 1957, died June 23 in the ...
