May 7, 2003
Nursing students will apply concepts from their community health nursing course to improve health priorities in Price Hill, East End and the city of Hamilton
May 6, 2003
The College of Medicine will host their annual Postdoc Research Forum on Friday to display and judge posters.
April 29, 2003
Karen Bankston, RN, MSN, visiting assistant professor in the graduate program at the UC College of Nursing, was selected for the Marie Brown Award in recognition of her problem solving efforts for the hospital.
April 23, 2003
The Board of Advisors of the UC College of Nursing has announced the winners of the 2003 Florence Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing.
April 23, 2003
The UC Department of Psychiatry and College of Nursing, in collaboration with the Center for Holocaust & Humanity Education at Hebrew Union College and the Ohio Humanities Council, will host a May 1 lecture. Roger Ritvo will speak on the roles of women who, with courage and ingenuity, served as nurses and caretakers in the indecent and horrific environments in concentration camps.
April 21, 2003
Cancer survivors from the Tristate area are welcome to join hundreds of other local survivors for an afternoon of food, fun, entertainment, complimentary photos and prizes aboard a two hour BB Riverboat Cruise on Sunday, June 1, 2003.
April 18, 2003
Daniel Acosta, Jr., PhD, dean of the UC College of Pharmacy, was reappointed to serve as chair of the Science Advisory Board to the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
April 15, 2003
A migraine study led by researchers at the UC Medical Center appears as the lead article in the April issue of Headache, the official journal of the American Headache Society.
April 8, 2003
A recent study conducted at UC found that a low carbohydrate (Atkins) diet was more effective than a low fat, calorie-controlled diet for short-term weight loss. The study, is published in the April issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
April 4, 2003
The UC Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health Sciences stand among the nation's most reputable graduate colleges and programs, according to the latest U.S.News & World Report rankings.
April 3, 2003
The UC Medical Center and the VA Medical Center take part in a major new study to lower the risk of heart disease and stroke in adults with type-2 diabetes.
April 2, 2003
The VA Medical Center and the UC College of Medicine establish a site to study adults with complex medical or psychiatric disorders.
April 2, 2003
UC Just Community will host a free spring lecture titled "Living in Uneasy Times: Strategies for Coping" on April 14 from noon to 1 p.m. in E351 of the Medical Sciences Building.
March 20, 2003
The University of Cincinnati (UC), with partners Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and The Ohio State University (OSU), will receive $750,000 in federal funding to support NetWellness (netwellness.org), the Internet health resource founded at UC in 1995
March 19, 2003
A presentation sponsored by the UC College of Medicine entitled Ethics and Policy in the Age of Genetics and Medicine will be given by Eric M. Meslin, PhD, director of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics, on Thursday, March 20, from 4-5 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium, UC College of Medicine Medical Sciences Building.
March 10, 2003
The University of Cincinnati College of Nursing has awarded the National Speaking of Women's Health (SWH) Scholarship for a Women's Health graduate student at the UC College of Nursing to Holly Hinkle, RN, BSN.
March 7, 2003
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Harvard have newly published studies showing that mutations of the human PLN gene are linked to heart failure. The UC research, led by Litsa Kranias, PhD, professor of pharmacology and cell biophysics, appears in the February 26 edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigations.
February 28, 2003
Marilyn Hughes Gaston, MD, University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine alumna and former assistant surgeon general and director of the Bureau of Primary Health Care, is the keynote speaker at a town meeting hosted by UC and The Health Alliance on March 11.
February 28, 2003
Elwood V. Jensen, PhD, visiting professor in the Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Vontz Center for Molecular Studies at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Medical Center, is the first person to receive the John and Gladys Strauss Chair in Cancer Research.
February 19, 2003
The Board of Advisors of the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing is seeking nominations for the 11th annual Florence Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing.