June 1, 2021
Goodnet, an online publication, discussed some common mistakes individuals make when working from home office spaces. Kermit Davis, PhD, a University of Cincinnati College of Medicine professor, offered a few tips about your chair, desk and placement of your laptop in your home office space.
June 6, 2021
It seems incidents of unruly behavior have intensified as the nation emerges from lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cincinnati radio personalities Eddie and Rocky of WLW 700 asked Maria Espinola, PsyD, a clinical psychologist and assistant professor in the UC College of Medicine, to discuss ways to manage anger.
July 25, 2021
Local health experts hope more students will get the vaccine especially now that the more transmissible delta variant of COVID-19 is on the move. Louito Edje, MD, an associate dean of graduate medical education at the University of Cincinnati shared her thoughts with WLWT-TV.
February 5, 2021
Christy O’Dea, MD, an associate professor of family medicine at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, discusses COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among undocumented individuals in Greater Cincinnati. Despite assurance from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security concern over arrests and deportation remains among undocumented residents.
January 4, 2021
Tina Cheng, MD, chair of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and director of the Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, spoke with CNN Health about the depression Asians are experiencing as a result of pandemic-related racism.
February 11, 2021
Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, is quoted in the online nutrition publication, Eat This, Not That, about the signs an individual is likely to be infected with COVID-19. Among various symptoms is the loss of a sense of smell. Dr. Sedaghat authored a study of COVID-19 patients which reported at least 61 percent experienced a loss or reduced sense of smell.
December 11, 2020
Louito Edje, MD, associate dean of medical education at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and UC Medical Center, speaks with CNBC about her participation in a Phase 3 clinical trial for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine after three of her relatives died from the coronavirus. UC is one of approximately 90 sites in the country to host a trial for the mRNA-1273 vaccine developed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases scientists and collaborators at biotechnology company Moderna.
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 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
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.