October 8, 2020
WVXU reports on UC's latest venture with the Ohio Department of Transportation to study the economics of autonomous aerial systems and other drone applications.
October 9, 2020
Chris Lewis, MD, vice provost for academic affairs at UC, spoke with a reporter from Fox 19 about an increase in COVID-19 cases on the UC campus. Lewis was able to provide some context. "Considering we have a campus of 46,000 students plus and 12,000 plus faculty and staff, I would say that’s darn good,” explained Lewis, also an assistant professor of family medicine in the UC College of Medicine and a UC Health physician. Since the pandemic began, the university says it has had 585 total positive COVID-19 cases. 567 of those cases were among the students while 18 were employees. But a recent rise in cases shows 184 infected students live on-campus and 383 who do not. “We’ve seen a little bit of a pattern of a mid-week spike that we attribute to likely events, you know, off-campus on the weekends," explained Lewis. "People just tend to be more social.”
October 10, 2020
The Cincinnati Enquirer spoke with Dr. Shailendra Patel, a professor and director of the UC Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and UC Health physician, about a US Food and Drug Administration recall of an anti-diabetes medication. He offered a message for patients who use metformin: do not quite the drug cold turkey.
October 12, 2020
In one of the first studies of its kind, a University of Cincinnati researcher is using a grant from the Ohio attorney general’s office to research the pharmacogenomics of opioid addiction. The grant was awarded to Caroline Freiermuth, MD, associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the UC College of Medicine, the principal investigator for the study. The initial year will be supported with $1.63 million from the attorney general’s office, secured through money collected from pharmaceutical companies involved in opioid lawsuits.
October 12, 2020
Angelo Colosimo, MD, an associate professor in the UC College of Medicine and a UC Health orthopedic surgeon, discussed the benefits of regular workouts with weights and flexibility exercises no matter how old you are. He spoke to the Cincinnati Enquirer for an article that remembered U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg but also touted the benefits of strength training.
October 13, 2020
WKRC-TV, Local 12 aired a story on efforts by UC Hoxworth Blood Center to distribute convalescent plasma to the U.S. Department of Defense. Dr. David Oh, the chief medical officer at Hoxworth is quoted for the story..
October 13, 2020
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine was interviewed for a story published by Good Housekeeping on ways we can all help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
October 13, 2020
The American Medical Association interviewed Louito Edje, MD, associate dean of graduate medical education and designated institutional official at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, about the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and Edje’s decision to take part in a clinical trial. Too few of the people participating are Black, but it’s not surprising given the long-running difficulty that clinical trials have encountered in recruiting Black research subjects given high levels of historical mistrust.
October 13, 2020
When Dr. Beth Shaughnessy, a UC professor and UC Health cancer surgeon, found out that she had cancer, she used it as an opportunity to share her path towards recovery and shed some light for others who might find themselves in the same situation.
October 14, 2020
Michael Thomas, MD, professor and chair of the UC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and UC Health physician, spoke with STAT about barriers black women face in obtaining fertility services. Studies suggest that black women might be twice as likely as white women to have fertility problems but far less likely to receive infertility treatment.