December 1, 2020
Northern Kentucky businessman Carl Fox is taking part in UC's Trailblazer study and is telling his story to WCPO-TV, Channel 9. The TRAILBLAZER study aims to change the parts of a patient’s white blood cells that HIV latches onto, and is led by Dr. Carl Fichtenbaum, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
December 1, 2020
Donald Lynch, MD, assistant professor of cardiovascular health and disease in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, is partnering with researchers in Missouri and Georgia to create a smartphone app that delivers COVID-19 information tailored to Black communities.
December 1, 2020
Jarelle Marshall, the first patient dosed in the UC/UC Health Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial was interviewed by CNN about his experience.
December 1, 2020
Northern Kentucky businessman Carl Fox is taking part in UC's Trailblazer study and is telling his story to WCPO-TV, Channel 9. The TRAILBLAZER study aims to change the parts of a patient’s white blood cells that HIV latches onto, and is led by Dr. Carl Fichtenbaum, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
December 1, 2020
Donald Lynch, MD, assistant professor of cardiovascular health and disease in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, is partnering with researchers in Missouri and Georgia to create a smartphone app that delivers COVID-19 information tailored to Black communities.
December 1, 2020
Jarelle Marshall, the first patient dosed in the UC/UC Health Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial was interviewed by CNN about his experience.
November 28, 2020
Suruchi Thakore, MD, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UC, warns that patients who source their own drugs may compromise their own fertility treatment. Medications from unconventional sources, whether it’s a neighbor, Instagram follower, or overseas pharmacy are more likely to have been improperly stored. And that can lower their effectiveness, Thakore, a UC Health physician, told Insider.
November 24, 2020
University of Cincinnati researchers have discovered new clues into why some people with head and neck cancer respond to immunotherapy, while others don’t.
November 24, 2020
Cincinnati.com posted a story on what COVID-19 experts would recommend in regards to traditional family activities during the holidays. One of the experts consulted was Jennifer Forrester, MD, of the UC College of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases.
November 20, 2020
The Collaboration Network held a virtual conference on Racial and Health Inequities Exposed by COVID-19 featuring several presentations for the Cincinnati community including discussions or commentary from Andrew Beck, MD, a Cincinnati Children’s physician and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati; Karen Bankston, PhD, professor of emerita of the UC College of Nursing; and Amy Rule, MD, a Cincinnati Children’s physician and assistant professor of pediatrics at UC.
November 20, 2020
UC researchers treated their first study patient this week using a new cancer therapy that takes less than one second. This clinical trial is being hosted at the Cincinnati Children's/UC Health Proton Therapy Center.
November 18, 2020
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, was interviewed by several media outlets including WLWT-TV, after Moderna reported 95% efficacy in preliminary analysis of its COVID-19 trial. Fichtenbaum is the co-investigator of the trial of the vaccine at UC.
November 17, 2020
A national study being led by UC researchers is investigating whether a medication already used to treat opioid use disorder in women who are pregnant may be more beneficial in an extended-release form.
November 17, 2020
Richard Becker, MD, director of the University of Cincinnati Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute, also weighed in on a research finding out of Spain. The observational study of 9,000 elderly patients on oral anticoagulants suggests bleeding thought related to antithrombotic therapy may be an early warning sign for as-yet-undetected cancer.
November 15, 2020
Donald Lynch, MD, assistant professor in the UC Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, is developing a smartphone app designed to provide better information and education that will reach African-American communities which are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
November 14, 2020
Two investigators in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine present their research findings at the 2020 American Heart Association Virtual Scientific Sessions. Brittany Duncan, a doctoral student in molecular, cellular and biochemical pharmacology, is testing an investigational drug’s impact on diabetic cardiomyopathy in animal models. Her colleague, Sholeh Bazrafshan, MD, a visiting scholar, is examining the impact exercise-related stress can have on individuals who carry a genetic variant of a heart protein linked to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, commonly known as an enlarged heart.
November 13, 2020
A University of Cincinnati immunologist is recommending that individuals with contact dermatitis choose facial masks made without elastic or rubber that allow them to stay safe in the midst of COVID-19 while avoiding possible allergic reactions. Yashu Dhamija, MD, a first-year fellow in the UC Division of Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology, presented his findings in an abstract while discussing a medically challenging case at the virtual American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) scientific meeting held November 13-15.
November 12, 2020
A UC expert discusses a new study from the University of Oxford that shows around 20% of COVID-19 survivors are struggling with mental health issues after recovering from the disease.