Community Gaining Perspective: Community Health Education Initiatives Strengthen Students’ Learning By Rebecca Youmell May. 23, 2025 The Community Health Education initiatives at the Center for Community Health & Prevention offer students, at all levels of training, opportunities to engage with their community and explore how ...
Research A Downside of Taurine: It Drives Leukemia Growth By Leslie Orr May. 14, 2025 Leukemia cells use taurine to produce energy and grow, a study in Nature by a Wilmot Cancer institute team shows.
Research Why Are Urban Children More Prone to Allergies? By Scott Hesel May. 12, 2025 Scientists discovered that a previously uncharacterized subset of immune cells may play a critical role in the development of allergic diseases and explain differences between urban and rural ...
Community Annual Satcher Awards Honor Faculty for Work in Health Equity By Rebecca Youmell May. 9, 2025 The 16th annual Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards and Special Public Health Grand Rounds celebrated health advocacy and innovative community health partnerships.
People Henry Ford Hospital VP Deirdre Salanger Selected as Strong Memorial's New COO By Barb Ficarra May. 5, 2025 Deirdre Salanger, MHA, a health care administrator with deep experience at high-profile urban health systems, will join URMC as chief operating officer of Strong Memorial Hospital beginning July 21. ...
Research The Long Game: Unraveling the Adolescent Brain By Kelsie Smith Hayduk May. 2, 2025 More than 11,000 kids across America are providing critical information about biological and behavioral brain development, including in Rochester.
People Faculty Q&A: John Onukwufor, PhD By Kelsie Smith Hayduk May. 2, 2025 John Onukwufor, PhD, is an assistant professor of Pharmacology and Physiology and Environmental Medicine. His research project investigates the role of metal neurotoxicity and mitochondrial ...
People Student Spotlight: Yue Guzhang By Kelsie Smith Hayduk May. 2, 2025 Yue Guzhang is a fourth-year student in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) Program at the University of Rochester. She received her undergraduate degree in BCS from the University. Guzhang works ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Among Elite Group of Leaders in Heart Failure Care By Leslie White Apr. 29, 2025 UR Medicine Strong Memorial Hospital recently provided its 1,000th heart pump, a lifesaving therapy for patients with advanced heart failure. This milestone has been attained by only a handful of ...
Research Researchers Find Temporary Anxiety Impacts Learning By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 21, 2025 A brief episode of anxiety may have a bigger influence on a person’s ability to learn what is safe and what is not.
