December 17, 2020
The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is seeing an uptick in medical school applications in the midst of a pandemic. More than 6,000 applicants or a 20% increase over last year are competing for 180 positions in the UC medical school, says Abbigail Tissot, PhD, assistant dean for admissions and recruitment for the College of Medicine.
December 17, 2020
A recent study led by University of Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers shows the impact the pandemic had on lung cancer screening, which experts say could be bad for both screening programs in general and for the overall well-being of patients.
December 18, 2020
The UC College of Medicine is looking at an increase of 20% in medical school applications. That’s 6,000 people vying for 180 slots in the medical school. Local 12 spoke with Abbigail Tissot, PhD, an Assistant Dean for Admissions and Recruitment at UC College of Medicine. She interviews many of the medical school applicants at UC.
December 17, 2020
UC's Brett Kissela, MD, discusses participating in the Moderna vaccine trial on an African Alliance podcast.
December 21, 2020
Louito Edje, MD, associate dean for graduate medical education at the UC College of Medicine and UC Medical Center, spoke with Newsy for a televised segment about the history that leads to hesitation for some in the Black community when it comes to vaccinations. The Tuskegee experiment that left Black men untreated for syphilis and the brutal gynecological studies on enslaved Black women are only some of the examples.
December 21, 2020
New UC research shows a dangerous trend in lung cancer caused by the pandemic.
December 21, 2020
Michael Donaworth, assistant professor of orthopaedics in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and a UC Health physician, spoke with Local 12 news about ways to safely begin exercising after recovering from COVID-19. Donaworth, who specializes in sports medicine, says the advice doctors give with COVID-19 is different from what you might hear after recovering from the common flu or cold.
December 9, 2020
Doctoral student Angela White is among the 2,348 students who will be receiving 2,457 degrees from the University of Cincinnati during the virtual 2020 fall commencement ceremonies set for Dec. 11 and 12. Some UC programs allow students to earn dual degrees. The College of Medicine is granting degrees to 37 students — 12 doctoral, 24 master’s and one bachelor’s.
December 14, 2020
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the UC Division of Infectious Diseases, was interviewed by Spectrum News for a roundup of how the COVID-19 vaccines work.
November 28, 2020
Suruchi Thakore, MD, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UC, warns that patients who source their own drugs may compromise their own fertility treatment. Medications from unconventional sources, whether it’s a neighbor, Instagram follower, or overseas pharmacy are more likely to have been improperly stored. And that can lower their effectiveness, Thakore, a UC Health physician, told Insider.