September 28, 2011

The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Doctoral Study Lounge in the College of Nursing s Procter Hall celebrated both a new collaborative study space and the legacy of former PhD Director Susan Elek, PhD.  More than 50 students, faculty, staff and friends of the college joined the Sept. 26 celebration, led by current director Donna Shambley-Ebron, PhD.

September 15, 2011

UC Health s newest attending radiation oncologist is Cincinnati proud: He grew up in Fairfield, completed medical school and residency at UC and launched his professional practice with UC Health in August 2011. 

September 8, 2011

When incoming UC medical students took their class oath on Aug. 12, 2011, they pledged to "adapt with a changing environment." It seems fitting for the class of 2015 to make this pledge as we mark the first year of a new curriculum at the College of Medicine. One of the most appreciable changes in the curriculum is the integration of hands-on clinical training in the first year.

September 27, 2011

The department of family and community medicine at the University of Cincinnati will create new educational programs and community outreach related to palliative medicine with the help of a grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

September 7, 2011

Unique challenges associated with revascularization for blocked intracranial arteries for preventing and treating stroke make aggressive medical therapy alone a preferable alternative for many patients with a recent transient ischemic attack or stroke, a University of Cincinnati neurologist writes in the New England Journal of Medicine.

September 8, 2011

Chalee Engelhard is the director of clinical education in the department of rehabilitation sciences in the College of Allied Health Sciences.

September 15, 2011

Charles Doarn is a research professor in the department of public health sciences.

September 7, 2011

Greer Glazer, PhD, dean and professor of nursing at the University of Massachusetts Boston, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, has been appointed dean of the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Nursing.

September 1, 2011

Tina Weitkamp, a registered nurse and instructor at the College of Nursing, has been interested in nursing since she was a child shadowing her mother at work. During her high school years, Weitkamp volunteered at a nursing home in Waukesha, a suburb of Milwaukee. It was there she decided nursing was her calling. 

September 22, 2011

Educators in the division of geriatrics are putting first- through third-year residents in the shoes of older adults who have numerous prescriptions to take but instead of those blood pressure or heart pills, these physicians will be downing some Mike and Ike or a few dozen M&Ms.

September 29, 2011

Mitchell Rashkin, MD, said he didn t expect to direct the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at UC Health University Hospital for long. But now, after 29 years, he s finally passing the baton.

September 22, 2011

Celiac disease is gaining more attention as more people are diagnosed, but a UC Health expert says that the illness is still under-recognized and needs to be discussed more in detail to help those whom it affects.

September 8, 2011

July marked the launch of a new four-week longitudinal teaching module as part of the required third-year family medicine clerkship on the evaluation and management of the older adult patient and caregiver with a focus on Alzheimer s disease. On Sept. 2, the module began for the third time ever at UC.

September 8, 2011

Although society s perception might be that surgeons endure greater mental challenges and stress in their work duties than a primary care doctor, new research from experts at the University of Cincinnati shows that this isn t necessarily the case.

September 14, 2011

University of Cincinnati research published in the Sept. 14, 2011, advance online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine shows that patients with hepatitis C who took a combination medication a telaprevir-based regimen that is commonly used to treat the illness for 24 weeks were cured.