March 17, 2009
The UC Board of Trustees today approved the renaming of the Center for the History of the Health Professions. The new name the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions honors the president emeritus of UC and former chair of the Center s Advisory Board.
October 1, 2008
Professors in the UC College of Medicine will deliver a four-week public crash course on medicine and science during the eighth annual Mini Medical College, a health education series set to begin Tuesday, Oct. 7.
May 1, 2008
It s still too early to tell if popular diets that focus on eliminating some essential nutrients while loading up on others will lead to long-term health benefits, according to researchers at UC.
April 22, 2008
Sixteen Greater Cincinnati nurses will be recognized for delivering exceptional patient care during the University of Cincinnati s 16th annual Florence Nightingale Awards for Nursing.
March 18, 2008
The UC Board of Trustees today approved the naming of the health sciences library on the UC Academic Health Center campus. The new name the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library honors Donald Harrison, MD, a local cardiologist and former senior vice president and provost for health affairs at UC.
January 8, 2008
A UC founded health Web site has been awarded $421,000 in state funding to support operations in 2008. The funding will help sustain the $600,000 annual operational budget of NetWellness.org, a commercial-free, consumer health Web site produced by Ohio s three medical research universities.
December 4, 2007
The UC College of Medicine will host the fourth annual IvaDean Scholarship Benefit Concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, in the Medical Sciences Building s Kresge Auditorium, 231 Albert Sabin Way.
November 19, 2007
A $1 million gift from Ellen and the late George Rieveschl, PhD, will advance type 2 diabetes research at the UC College of Medicine. The gift will establish the Rieveschl Medicine Fund to support the work of UC family medicine researcher Robert Smith, MD.
November 5, 2007
A nationally acclaimed physician-author who says creative writing can improve a doctor s clinical skills will deliver UC's 2007 Hutton Lectureship in Ethics. Abraham Verghese, MD, will discuss The Pen and the Stethoscope How Literature Informs Medicine, at noon Tuesday, Nov. 13, in Kresge Auditorium.
February 19, 2007
The UC Academic Health Center has received a $1 million endowment to support research and education in the College of Medicine's division of infectious diseases.