June 3, 2020

Donald Lynch, MD, will conduct an observational study of 150 heart valve replacement patients at UC Medical Center and the University of Kentucky. These patients will undergo TAVR, a procedure in which a catheter-mounted valve is inserted through a small incision in the groin and is minimally invasive compared to open heart surgery. Patients who consent to participate in the study will have blood drawn before the procedure begins, prior to discharge and during clinic follow-ups to determine what biomarkers are predictive of short- and long-term clinical outcomes.

June 4, 2020

June 4, 2020

Marianne Emmert , a fourth-year student, excels and finds community in the Medical Sciences Program based in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Emmert, 21, is a Cincinnati native interested in attending medical school.

June 4, 2020

The COVID-19 Watcher, developed by two University of Cincinnati students, displays data from every county and 188 metropolitan areas in the country. Features of the dashboard include ranking of the worst affected areas and auto-generating plots that depict temporal changes in testing capacity, cases and deaths. The COVID-19 Watcher can provide the public with real-time updates of outbreaks in their area. The app pulls in data from the New York Times, which has been tracking COVID-19 cases since January, and merges it with sources from the U.S. Census to map cases for each county and metropolitan area.

June 5, 2020

Hundreds gathered on the UC Academic Health Center campus June 5 to silently protest the death of George Floyd and many others at the hands of police.

June 8, 2020

Researchers have discovered a new potential targeted treatment for pancreatic cancer. The next steps are clinical trials.

June 11, 2020

UC will follow enhanced health and safety measures as it begins with blend of in-person and virtual offerings for fall semester 2020.

June 15, 2020

Chitrali Mamlekar, a fourth-year doctoral student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department in the UC College of Allied Health Sciences, has developed a tool for health care workers interacting with COVID-19 patients who have communication challenges.

June 15, 2020

UPI covers new research from UC that details a potential new pancreatic cancer therapy.

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.