UC takes innovative approach toward solving health challenges
October 31, 2019
The UC 1819 Innovation Hub hosted the Urban Serving Universities Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Innovation Workshop hosted by UC, Sept. 24-25, 2019.
UC partnership helps prepare for the 'silver tsunami'
December 4, 2019
UC College of Nursing students train on the latest telehealth technology at Maple Knoll Village in Springdale. The partnership between UC and Maple Knoll was recently recognized by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
UC Nursing faculty implements plan to fight opioid, meth problems in region
April 8, 2020
Jennifer Lanzillotta of the UC College of Nursing is implementing a three-year, $1M grant from HRSA to develop a community model to fight the opioid epidemic. She is working with agencies in Hillsboro, Ohio through Highland District Hospital.
UC researcher uses storytelling to share COVID-19 messages
May 20, 2020
Communities around the world are implementing a wide variety of tools to battle COVID-19. A researcher at the University of Cincinnati College of Allied Health Sciences (CAHS) is part of a project that uses storytelling and images to help people better understand the purpose and science behind public health recommendations about COVID-19.
UC research sees decrease in emergency visits for stroke care
July 9, 2020
Immediately following the announcement of COVID-19 prevention measures in March, the Greater Cincinnati Tristate region saw a nearly 40% decline in patients coming to the hospital in time for emergency stroke care, according to researchers from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The researchers are calling for urgent public education to mitigate a potential crisis of stroke patients avoiding needed emergency care due to concerns about COVID-19
FOX19: UC's DAAP helping address COVID-19
September 9, 2020
Claudia Rebola is an associate professor and the associate dean for research at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Arts, and Planning. She is part of a UC team using innovation and design expertise to respond to COVID-19.
UC researcher examines genetic role in addiction
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. Pharmacogenomics, a relatively new field, is the study of how genes affect a person's response to drugs.
UC Answers: How is UC using design to address COVID-19?
September 1, 2020
Claudia Rebola is an assistant professor and the associate dean for research at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Arts, and Planning. She is part of a UC team using innovation and design expertise to respond to COVID-19.