Patient Care Raising the Age to Buy Tobacco: Does It Really Make a Difference? By URMC Communications Jul. 18, 2019 Deborah Ossip, Ph.D., leads the University of Rochester Medical Centerâs Smoking Research Program and has studied tobacco use and nicotine for decades. She responds to some common criticisms of ...
Education Pediatrics and Pedagogy By Patrick Broadwater Jul. 17, 2019 A pediatric nurse practitioner with more than a quarter century of clinical experience, Erin Baylor has long advocated for using experiential learning techniques to sharpen critical-thinking skills ...
Research Face to Face: Paula Vertino and Her Defining Moments By Leslie Orr Jul. 17, 2019 Meet Paula Vertino, Ph.D., the Wilmot Distinguished Professor in Cancer Genomics, and the cancer institute’s highest-level leadership recruit in several years.
Patient Care Living Well, with Cancer By Lydia Fernandez Jul. 17, 2019 Melissa Sciortino was tired of being tired. She was eight months pregnant in 2014 when she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. When her cancer spread, she knew she had to do something, and that led ...
Research Identical Levels of Hearing Loss Can Have Different Effects By URMC Communications Jul. 12, 2019 The most common causes of hearing loss — age and excessive noise — have different effects on sound processing in the ear, reports a new study in The Journal of Neuroscience.
Research Harvey Selected to Lead University of Rochester Medical Center Imaging Sciences By Leslie White Jul. 11, 2019 Jennifer Harvey, M.D., F.A.C.R., of the University of Virginia, has been selected to serve as chair of Imaging Sciences, pending approval of the Provost. She succeeds David L. Waldman, M.D., Ph.D., ...
Patient Care Quick Questions with a Cancer Researcher: Using Genetics to Address Radiation Treatment Side Effects By URMC Communications Jul. 10, 2019 Sarah Kerns, Ph.D., M.P.H., conducts research in a field known as radiogenomics. Through her work with others around the nation, she hopes to find ways to use genetic markers to identify early on ...
Research NCI Awards $2M to Wilmot Team for Pancreatic Cancer Research By Leslie Orr Jul. 9, 2019 A Wilmot Cancer Institute researcher has launched an innovative new study, combining radiotherapy and immune therapy as a way to attack pancreatic cancer, a disease known for its dismally low ...
Research Perfect Timing: Making the 'Switch' from Juvenile to Adult By Mark Michaud Jul. 2, 2019 Very little is known about how the onset of puberty is controlled in humans, but the discovery of a new gene in the roundworm C. elegans could be the "missing link" that determines when it's time to ...
Patient Care "Treat Patients Like Family," Eastman Institute Graduates Advised By URMC Communications Jul. 1, 2019 Seventy-three people from 45 different countries received their degrees and certificates for completing their advanced, specialty training in various programs at Eastman Institute for Oral Health on ...
