March 8, 2021

The Center for Environmental Genetics (CEG) in the Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences will host a virtual daylong symposium on Friday, March 19, while the UC Department of Internal Medicine will hold its 10th annual research symposium, titled “Building the Next Generation of Researchers,” starting Tuesday, March 30 and continuing until Thursday, April 1.

March 25, 2021

A team of UC College of Medicine researchers tackled a cardiac condition in Maine Coon cats after a baffled owner reached out for help. Sakthivel Sadayappan, PhD, lead a team that was able to identify a mutation in a gene known as troponin-T (TNNT2), which regulates heart contractility. It is present in humans, but this was the first time it was associated with heart disease in cats.

March 15, 2021

COVID-19 can lead to inflammation of the blood vessels in the lungs and other key organs, says Richard Becker, MD, a UC cardiologist and director of the UC Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute. Vasculitis is a contributor to acute respiratory syndrome in COVID-19 patients.

October 11, 2018

A pilot study led by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine suggests Jewish men who practice wearing tefillin, which involves the tight wrapping of an arm with leather banding as part of daily prayer, may receive cardiovascular health benefits.

December 1, 2020

Donald Lynch, MD, assistant professor of cardiovascular health and disease in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, is partnering with researchers in Missouri and Georgia to create a smartphone app that delivers COVID-19 information tailored to Black communities.

February 5, 2019

March 1, 2019

Three faculty from the UC College of Medicine were selected to attend an AAMC leadership development seminar for early career women. The seminar aims to increase the number of women faculty in academic medicine and in leadership positions.

October 21, 2019

March 19, 2020

Dr. Rekha Chaudhary talks about music during meditation.

March 23, 2020

Kevin Haworth, PhD, thinks he may have found a solution to the reperfusion injury paradox by using a technique that involves ultrasound and microbubbles targeted to an impacted site in the heart.