UC researchers recommend universal screening to tackle rise in...

Cedric Ricks

Wed, October 17, 2018

Physicians are encountering a growing number of younger patients who are testing positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) fueled largely by the opioid crisis impacting communities around the country. That increase and more effective and tolerable drug regimens for HCV infection, means one-time universal screening of all adults for HCV is now cost effective and recommended, say physician-researchers in the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine.

UC researcher fighting breast cancer with light therapy

Katie Pence

Tue, October 16, 2018

Nalinikanth Kotagiri, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy and a cluster hire for the Cincinnati Cancer Center, is hoping to study ways ultraviolet light can activate light-sensitive drugs to treat metastatic breast cancer.

UC SNMA chapter hosts Midwest regional conference in the College...

Cedric Ricks

Tue, October 16, 2018

The University of Cincinnati (UC) chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) will host a Midwest regional conference Oct. 19-21, 2018, at the College of Medicine. The theme for this year’s conference is “Excellence Forever.”

$175K in pilot grants awarded to UC cancer researchers

Katie Pence

Thu, October 11, 2018

Pilot grants totaling $175,000 were recently awarded to University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers to fund projects dedicated to advancing science and finding new therapies for pancreatic and head and neck cancers.

Quantitative systems pharmacology model helps UC researchers...

Cedric Ricks

Wed, October 3, 2018

A team of researchers in the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine has developed a quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) approach, which uses computational models to predict interactions between a drug and its impact on the body’s biological systems and disease agents, to develop new treatments for Pneumocystis pneumonia, a lethal infection in immunosuppressed patients.

Cancer Biology chair reappointed, reflects on growth of...

Katie Pence

Wed, September 19, 2018

Jun-Lin Guan, PhD, Francis Brunning Endowed Chair and professor of cancer biology, as well as a leader within the Cincinnati Cancer Center and University of Cincinnati (UC) Cancer Institute, has fostered the growth and success of his department for the last five years, as he first came to UC in 2013.

Do blueberries and fish oil give our brains a boost?

Alison Sampson

Wed, August 29, 2018

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) set out to investigate whether steady long-term supplementation of blueberries and fish oil, either alone or combined, would show improvements in older adults with complaints of mild neurological deficits, like forgetfulness.

Herman Named UC Chair of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology

Cedric Ricks

Mon, August 27, 2018

James Herman, PhD, has been appointed chair of the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology.

UC College of Medicine and Pharmacy Students Will Now Learn...

Angela Koenig

Tue, August 21, 2018

For the first time in the history of the University of Cincinnati’s (UC) Academic Health Center, first-year students in UC’s colleges of medicine and pharmacy will take a required course—together.