After years as practicing physician, Michael Krasner M.D. is turning to filmmaking to explore how a group of UR medical students balance their ideals and motivations with the realities of working in a hospital.
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Mental health’s racial gap
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Blacks, Latinos and other people of color struggling with depression and other mental health issues often have difficulty forming close bonds with therapists, most of whom are white.
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RCR taking part in vaping cessation study
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Rochester Clinical Research is among five centers in the United States evaluating a nicotine vaping cessation treatment.
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RRH hires Eslinger for new systemwide leadership role
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Jennifer Eslinger has been named Rochester Regional Health’s president of health care operations and chief operating officer. She previously worked with RRH CEO Richard “Chip” Davis.
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UR brain researchers get $15 million
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The federal grant will help researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center and other institutions study the mechanics that control the glymphatic system.
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Wilmot Cancer Institute secures $13.6 million in grants
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The University of Rochester Medical Center institute received the grants during the first half of this year.
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The Parkinson’s risk next door
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Once on the wane, the devastating disorder is now the world’s fastest-growing brain disease. Ray Dorsey M.D., a neurologist and UR Medical Center researcher, says harmful chemicals that pervade our environment are a key factor.
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Inside RGH nurses’ fight to unionize
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For more than four decades, labor organizing efforts at Rochester General had fallen short. But this time was different.
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RGH nurses vote to unionize
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A total of 759 Rochester General Hospital nurses cast votes in the election, with 431 voting in favor of forming a union and 239 voting no.
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UR deal to boost Sana Biotechnology
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The agreement will allow the Seattle-based firm to build out its operations at the UR Medical Center’s cell-based manufacturing facility to support research and development of investigational therapies.
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Rochester General Hospital president steps down
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Kevin Casey leaves the post after a tumultuous two years in which the coronavirus pandemic stressed hospitals’ staffs and management here and nationwide.