January 8, 2021
Brett Kissela, MD, senior associate dean for clinical research at the UC College of Medicine and chief of research services at UC Health, learned he received the placebo in the Moderna vaccine clinical trial. He then received the real vaccine to show that he believes in the science.
February 17, 2021
Millions of Americans are living without power in their homes during frigid temperatures this week. Safety and security comprise the second of five facets of wellness design, and being secure in your living space is essential to your well-being. A UC expert weighs in on ways to cope.
March 12, 2021
For the first time, a visual correlation has been found between the severity of COVID-19 in the lungs using CT scans and the severity of effects on patient’s brains, using MRI scans, according to a new UC study.
March 22, 2021
A UC study reveals a visual correlation between the severity of COVID-19 in the lungs (using CT scans) and the severity of effects on patients' brains (using MRI scans).
March 17, 2021
Charles Prestigiacomo, MD, created the Advanced Anatomy of the Head and Neck elective, offered to fourth-year students at the UC College of Medicine who are getting ready to match in surgical residencies and begin performing procedures on patients. He and colleagues are seeing how this class is better preparing students to begin their careers with a little more “real-life” practice.
March 15, 2021
University of Cincinnati researchers say for the first time they have a visual correlation between the severity of COVID-19 in the lungs and the effect on patients' brains, WVXU-FM reports.
August 27, 2018
Since taking the role as chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine on July 1, 2017, Joseph Cheng, MD, has been working to grow his academic and clinical team to meet patients’ needs. Over the last year, the college has hired sixeight neurosurgery faculty with expertise in the areas of brain tumor, cerebrovascular, spinal and functional neurosurgery, rounding out Cheng’s specialty in all aspects of spinal surgery, including treatment for degenerative disease, deformities, trauma, tumors spinal cord injury and complex revision spinal surgeries.
November 23, 2018
University of Cincinnati graduate student trustee working on her PhD in neuroscience and epilepsy research, Christin Godale says while growing up she struggled to manage the seizures that would strike without warning.
December 9, 2020
Children with epilepsy with no previous psychiatric diagnosis have alarmingly high rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, new research suggests. UC's Michael Privitera weighs in.