November 14, 2022
David Moskowitz, a UC College of Nursing graduate, is profiled by Spectrum News about his battle with pediatric stroke and a rare genetic condition.
January 11, 2023
Public health agencies and advocates in Ohio will no longer be breaking the law when they hand out potentially life-saving fentanyl test strips. Cincinnati.com reported that Governor Mike DeWine signed a bill into law Jan. 3 decriminalizing the paper test strips that detect fentanyl and its analogues in drugs. The law takes effect sometime in April. Tasha Turner-Bicknell of the UC College of Nursing was one of the experts interviewed for the story.
June 20, 2024
Tasha Turner-Bickell, an associate professor in the UC College of Nursing, spoke with the Cincinnati Enquirer for a story about heat-related deaths. Many people are dying within their homes during periods of excessive heat and lack of air conditioning is a factor.
January 29, 2021
Samantha Boch, PhD, of the UC College of Nursing was part of a just-published research study showing that when housing quality is poor, the health of children suffers.
March 8, 2021
Students from the UC College of Nursing were featured in a story on WCPO-TV on their work at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in a Cincinnati suburb.
September 8, 2020
Five African-American researchers and healthcare professionals on UC’s medical campus have received sizable grants from the National Institutes of Health during the past 18 months. The faculty members were interviewed by WCPO to help showcase innovation and the diverse voices and perspectives they bring as the healthcare community attempts to ease health disparities in communities of color in Cincinnati and beyond.
November 20, 2020
The Collaboration Network held a virtual conference on Racial and Health Inequities Exposed by COVID-19 featuring several presentations for the Cincinnati community including discussions or commentary from Andrew Beck, MD, a Cincinnati Children’s physician and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati; Karen Bankston, PhD, professor of emerita of the UC College of Nursing; and Amy Rule, MD, a Cincinnati Children’s physician and assistant professor of pediatrics at UC.
August 25, 2021
Bearcats are returning to in-person classes and activities at the University of Cincinnati this fall with excitement and a dose of caution for COVID-19 restrictions. Cincinnati media are reporting that more than 46,700 students are expected to begin instruction with a more traditional fall term.
April 21, 2022
A study by a UC College of Nursing researcher examines the impact of mass incarceration on young people and their families. Samantha Boch, PhD, worked as a nurse in several correctional systems in Ohio, which sparked an interest in the role mass incarceration of young people has on them and their families.