April 6, 2021
UC researchers are opening a national clinical trial to see if a therapy that has shown promise in treating lung and uterine cancer could be applied to pancreatic cancer, too.
April 7, 2021
Karthikeyan Sakthivel, a senior medical sciences undergraduate at the University of Cincinnati, has adopted Coy Field in an attempt to keep the green space clean and ready for use by UC students, area high schoolers and the community. Sakthivel is planning another cleanup event for Coy Field, which is adjacent to the university campus.
April 8, 2021
UC pediatrics assistant professor Elizabeth Lanphier, PhD, shared her thoughts about vaccine guilt — a feeling associated with getting immunized for protection against COVID-19 before others — in an opinion piece on Yahoo News. Lanphier is an ethicist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
April 8, 2021
Reader’s Digest cited the research and expertise of Gaurav Gulati, MD, assistant professor in the UC Division of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology. Gulati has stated that particulates in air pollution and ultraviolet light can serve as an environmental triggers for lupus 'flares.'
March 31, 2021
Research from Lynne Haber, PhD, a toxicologist in the UC College of Medicine, uses patient data from multiple locations and mathematical models to estimate an “eliciting dose” — or the amount of peanut protein that will cause or elicit an allergic reaction in a certain percentage of peanut sensitive patients. The study was published in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology and has been featured in media reports.
April 9, 2021
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the UC College of Medicine was featured in an article in Good Housekeeping on when we can expect to see COVID-19 vaccines ready to be given to children.
March 31, 2021
A new study reveals that an evidence-based treatment may help predict treatment outcomes for adolescents with anxiety disorders. University of Cincinnati researchers say this could determine medication effectiveness more quickly to help patients.
March 30, 2021
Clair Kronk, a doctoral student studying biomedical informatics with faculty at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, speaks with STAT about ways to health researchers relying on electronic health records can better identify transgender patients during research study.
May 24, 2021
The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine awarded 176 medical degrees during Honors Day, Sunday, May 23 in Fifth Third Arena. UC President Neville Pinto, UC Board of Trustees Chair Ronald Brown and Dean Andrew Filak, MD, of the College of Medicine offered remarks. Farzaan Kassam, a fourth-year medical student, was this year's class speaker.
May 25, 2021
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the UC College of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases was interviewed by two local TV stations for a story they did on myocarditis and COVID-19 vaccines. An advisory committee to the CDC is looking into reports that some teenagers and young adults who have received the COVID-19 vaccine have experienced heart inflammation. They’re reviewing these cases to see if there’s a possible connection.