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Local 12: UC's Pinder named Cancer Moonshot Scholar

October 23, 2023

The University of Cincinnati Cancer Center's Leeya Pinder joined Local 12's What's Happening in Health to discuss her Cancer Moonshot Scholars research project focused on cervical cancer prevention for women living with HIV in Zambia.

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Capital B: The racism Black kids endure is spiraling Into a health crisis

October 23, 2023

Four Black students sued a Georgia school district in federal court earlier this year, saying teachers and administrators violated their civil rights by fostering “a longstanding and ongoing environment of racial discrimination.” The American Civil Liberties Union filed the civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Effingham County School District in southeast Georgia. The unnamed teenage plaintiffs, identified only by their initials, allege that school officials ignored complaints of white students casually using racist slurs, and at times made Black students feel like troublemakers for reporting them. Capital B published a story on the health impact of racism on young blacks, citing several experts including Steven Kniffley, Jr., PsyD, senior associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion at the UC College of Medicine.

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Supporting the next generation of researchers

October 23, 2023

The American Cancer Society has awarded the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center a $360,000 Institutional Research Grant that will provide pilot grant support for early-stage investigators working in cancer-related fields.

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What do moms and roaches have in common?

October 20, 2023

Beetle-mimic cockroaches suppress their immune systems to accommodate their babies. Understanding how these systems work in insects can help improve treatments for fibromyalgia and other immune disorders, University of Cincinnati researchers said.

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UC researcher joins pediatric immunotherapy network

October 19, 2023

The University of Cincinnati’s Timothy Phoenix is one of the investigators on a research team that is part of a new NCI Pediatric Immunotherapy Network and studying how to improve immunotherapy treatments for pediatric brain tumors.

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Local 12: UC cancer treatment goes beyond treating the disease

October 17, 2023

Local 12 highlighted local life coach Krista Powers' breast cancer journey, including the importance of the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center's Oncology Care Clinic that provides primary care designed for patients with a cancer diagnosis.

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Learning more about how cancer affects stroke risk

October 16, 2023

A collaborative team led by University of Cincinnati, University of North Carolina and Duke University researchers is studying how specific cancers and treatments affect patients' risk of stroke.