September 1, 2011
The Parkinson's Disease Exercise Initiative, a new collaboration between the Gardner Center at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute and the Cincinnati YMCA, is taking aim at a progressive disease by meeting it head-on with progressive exercise.
August 7, 2011
A new study supports the use of a DNA-based "biomarker" blood test as a complement to the prostate-specific antigen test currently offered to screen men for prostate cancer.
July 27, 2011
Fourth-year medical student Rachel Robitz has received a $2,300 "Helping Hands Grant" to continue her outreach at Cincinnati's Union Bethel "Off the Streets" program.
July 16, 2011
Honors students in a spring Humanitarian Design class completed that course with a two-week summer trip to rural Tanzania where they tested their projects and came up with some new ones.
July 31, 2011
UC researchers have developed the first lab-on-a-chip sensor to provide fast feedback regarding levels of the heavy metal manganese in humans. The sensor is both environmentally and child friendly, and will first be field tested in Marietta, Ohio, where a UC researcher is leading a long-term health study on the potential health effects of heavy metals.
February 20, 2012
March 16, 2012 Senior medical students from UC will find out where they will conduct their residency training.
February 3, 2012
A UC project to design and help build a clinic in rural Tanzania will receive one of only three national awards from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. The ACSA is the premier professional organization dedicated to advancing the quality of architectural education.
February 15, 2012
The UC Cancer Institute is one of three centers internationally approved to test an experimental drug's safety and pharmacokinetics and also assess the clinical benefit against recurrent malignant glioma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.
February 29, 2012
The eighth-annual "Looking Upstream for Environmental Links to Breast Cancer" public education forum will feature leading breast cancer researcher Julia Brody, on Saturday March 17, 2012, from 8 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at UC's Reading Campus, 2189 E. Galbraith Road.
August 16, 2012
Nearly 50 members join the ranks of A&S faculty, adding to the college s already deep and experienced roster of teachers, researchers and administrators.