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The University of Rochester Medical Center and the Patrick P. Lee Foundation have partnered to create Intercept, the first clinical-high-risk program in Upstate New York.
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The University of Rochester Medical Center and the Patrick P. Lee Foundation have partnered to create Intercept, the first clinical-high-risk program in Upstate New York.
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.
Rochester Clinical Research is among five centers in the United States evaluating a nicotine vaping cessation treatment.
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.
The federal grant will help researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center and other institutions study the mechanics that control the glymphatic system.
The University of Rochester Medical Center institute received the grants during the first half of this year.
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.
For more than four decades, labor organizing efforts at Rochester General had fallen short. But this time was different.
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.
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.