Janet Davison Rowley, the Blum-Riese Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology and Human Genetics, is one of three physician-scientists who will receive the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research for 2013. The prize, one of the largest for medicine and science discoveries in the ...

Addressing on the challenges that accompany transitions between health care settings could be a key strategy for improving clinical outcomes for people living with HIV, according to researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The team’s plan, which calls for identifying potential challenges before they ...

Hawkeye golfer DiGrazia spends break learning about diseases University of Iowa senior women's golfer Gigi DiGrazia was intrigued by an email she received last August for a class offered over winter break called “Diagnosing Diseases.” DiGrazia, a health and human physiology major, wants to attend medical school, so this was right up ...

Genomics, the topic of this year's lecture series at the University of Arizona's College of Science, is not an inherently controversial topic. It is the realm of scientists who sequence and assemble the entire set of DNA contained in each cell of an organism. Genomics provides a road map for researchers in ...

The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine will begin seeing patients Jan. 7 at its newest outpatient location, in south St. Louis County. Located at Interstate 55 and Butler Hill Road, Siteman Cancer Center-South County offers access to the same advanced treatments, including more than ...

On the first day of school each year at the UCF College of Medicine, Dean Deborah German asks our incoming class of students what they think makes a “good doctor.” That has led me to reflect on what I believe it means, too. We recently completed a module for the first-year medical ...

UofL nursing students are helping refugees in Louisville stay healthy. They and other students and faculty from the Schools of Nursing, Medicine and Public Health & Information Sciences provided project oversight and gave vaccinations at the Catholic Charities offices on Market Street to refugees working toward citizenship. The inoculation clinic was ...

Dr. Marjorie Mau in JABSOM's Lau Ola Clinic 2012 marks a decade since the Department of Native Hawaiian Health was established at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). It remains the only accredited medical school in the country with a clinical department aimed at ...

PHILADELPHIA — As researchers work on reconfiguring cells to take on new regenerative properties, a new review from Penn Medicine plastic surgeons sheds additional light on the potential power of adipose-derived stem cells - or adult stem cells harvested from fatty tissue - in reconstructive and regenerative medicine. Reconstructive plastic surgeons ...

par Jorge Piedrahita, a professor of genomics in North Carolina State University'e2'80'99s College of Veterinary Medicine, has been appointed director of the NC State Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research (CCMTR).par par Piedrahita'e2'80'99s appointment by Dr. Paul Lunn, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, follows a national search.par par Piedrahita will oversee CCMTR ...

Jessica Kuester, MD, has been appointed assistant professor of medicine (general internal medicine) at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). She sees patients at Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center. Board-certified in internal medicine, Dr. Kuester’s clinical interests include primary care geriatrics, care transitions between practice settings, dementia and polypharmacy. Prior to joining the MCW ...

Yokoyama Wayne M. Yokoyama, MD, and Charles F. Zorumski, MD, have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, a part of the National Academy of Sciences. Membership in the organization is one of the highest honors physician-scientists in the United States can receive. Yokoyama is the Sam J. Levin and Audrey ...

Agnes Libot, MD, has been appointed assistant professor of medicine (general internal medicine) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She sees inpatients at Froedtert Hospital. Dr. Libot’s clinical interests include gastroenterology and hepatology. She is currently involved in a study to compare the screening, management and mortality outcomes of liver cancer patients at ...

September 21, 2012 Mathematical modeling being tested by researchers at the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the IU School of Medicine has the potential to impact the knowledge and treatment of several diseases that continue to challenge scientists across the world. The National Science Foundation recently recognized the ...

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 A study conducted by The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice found that seven out of 10 Americans die from chronic diseases, and though Americans are living longer, many families have not made end-of-life plans, NBC News’ Rock Center With Brian Williams reports. “The uncertainty over how to handle a loved ...