UC Answers: How are UC researchers tackling COVID-19?
July 29, 2020
Brett Kissela, MD, discusses ways UC researchers are making an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 29, 2020
Brett Kissela, MD, discusses ways UC researchers are making an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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
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.
August 26, 2020
Drugs.com reports on UC research that shows adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder may benefit from use of escitalopram.
June 15, 2020
Tamara Ward, a specialist in oncology nutrition at the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center, discusses nutrition and the immune system in this USA Today article.
June 2, 2020
CNN covers UC research that shows some patients with COVID-19 experience confusion and stroke.
June 1, 2020
Dr. Carl Fichtenbaum of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine was interviewed by CNBC on the safest ways to vacation this summer in the midst of COVID-19.
August 10, 2020
UC's Jeffrey Strawn was involved in developing an app to help patients combat anxiety related to COVID-19.
August 9, 2020
University of Cincinnati clinical psychologist Maria Espinola, PsyD, offers some insights on staying emotionally and mentally healthy in the midst of COVID-19. Learn more.
October 19, 2020
Alvin Crawford launched a program at the University of Cincinnati this year designed to mentor Black males in medical school. Black Men in Medicine Cincinnati (BMIMC), in its infancy, attempts to pair incoming medical students with older medical students and those who are closer to completing their medical degree with residents and attending physicians. The thinking is that camaraderie, networking and a defined support system might ease isolation and lead to a boost in numbers of Black male physicians.