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URMC Study Tests if COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Can Treat, Prevent Infection
URMC is joining two national clinical trials testing whether transfusions of plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients (also called convalescent plasma) can prevent infection in healthy volunteers or speed recovery in people with mild COVID-19 infections. The trial will enroll 28 local volunteers: 9 healthy volunteers who are at high risk of infection – like frontline healthcare workers – and 18 people with mild-COVID-19. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - July 23, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

URMC Receives Another $24 Million to Translate Research Discoveries into Health Improvements
URMC has been awarded another $24.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue efforts to translate scientific discoveries into therapies that improve health. This is the fourth consecutive grant of this kind to be awarded to URMC, bringing the total funding to $132 million over 19 years. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - July 21, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

URMC Psychiatry Awarded Additional $2.5M to Combat Opioids in Rural Communities
The University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry has been awarded an additional $2.5 million to expand the scope of its UR Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence project. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - July 16, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

Coordinating Coronavirus Research: Creating Options for Our Sickest COVID-19 Patients
When the first COVID-19 cases hit Rochester, a team of URMC clinicians and researchers mobilized to bring the most promising clinical trials - that address the broadest swath of patients ’ needs - to the community. Since then, URMC has joined several clinical trials that have provided extra treatment options for some of the sickest COVID-19 patients. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - July 14, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

Rochester Community Initiative Increases Teenage Use of Effective Contraception, Study Finds
A University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) partnership resulted in adoption of long-acting reversible contraception five-times greater than the U.S. overall rate. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - July 9, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

NCI Funds Urban-Rural Cervical Cancer Screening Research
A new University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine study aims to reduce the screening disparity for cervical cancer, a highly preventable disease, with a study conducted at UR Medicine emergency departments in urban and rural locations. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - July 8, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

URMC Tapped to Advance Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The University of Rochester has been designated an Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The award recognizes the Medical Center ’s national leadership in research for conditions such Autism, Batten disease, and Rett syndrome, will translate scientific insights into new ways to diagnose and treat these conditions, and provide patients and families access to cutting edge care. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - July 8, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

University Medical Imaging to Join UR Medicine July 1
University Medical Imaging (UMI), a private practice that has served the Rochester region for 30 years, will join UR Medicine effective July 1. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - June 25, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

UR Medicine Hospitals Resume Limited Inpatient Visitation
As COVID-19 cases decline in New York, limited visitation for patients will resume at UR Medicine hospitals beginning June 25. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - June 23, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

New Therapy Reduces Chronic Low Back Pain in Large International Study
A new study has found that tanezumab, a monoclonal antibody that inhibits nerve activity, provides relief in patients with chronic low back pain, one of the leading reasons why people seek medical care and the number one cause of disability worldwide. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - June 19, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

COVID-19 Toll in Nursing Homes Linked to Staffing Levels and Quality
A new study shows that residents of long-term care facilities with lower nurse staffing levels, poorer quality scores, and higher concentrations of disadvantaged residents suffer from higher rates of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - June 19, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

Golisano Behavioral Health and Wellness Building Opens with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
The Golisano Behavioral Health and Wellness Building opened on June 18 with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony. This building, established in 2017 thanks to $5 million gift from Tom Golisano, and completed thanks to the contributions of additional donors, will help address the rising need for pediatric behavioral health in the region. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - June 19, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

University Makes Self-Screening Technology for COVID-19 Symptoms Available to Nation ’s Employers as Open Source Code
Employers across the country can advance reopening efforts with technology developed by the University of Rochester to check employees for potential COVID-19 symptoms before they report to work each day. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - June 12, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

URMC Launches Clinical Trials to Test Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 Patients
URMC researchers are joining a pair of national clinical trials this week that will test whether hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), an FDA-approved anti-malarial drug, can keep COVID-19 patients alive and out of the hospital. The two trials, will enroll 20 hospitalized COVID-19 patients at Strong Memorial Hospital and up to 200 people from the greater Rochester region who are diagnosed with COVID-19, but don ’t need to be hospitalized. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - June 2, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

UR Medicine to Begin COVID-19 Antibody Testing Monday, June 1
UR Medicine Labs will begin testing blood samples for antibodies to novel coronavirus on June 1. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - May 29, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news