Children’s Hospital Supporter J. Michael Smith Gives $1.3 Million J. Michael Smith and his wife Alice have always had a passion for giving back. Smith serves as co-chair of the fundraising campaign for Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and Alice has been a lifetime educator and volunteer. The Smiths have pledged to […]

Chancellor Proposes New Approach to Secure UCSF’s Financial Future … Chancellor Proposes New Approach to Secure UCSF’s Financial Future UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, proposed to the University of California Regents on Jan. 19 that a small working group be formed to help UCSF explore options to secure its financial future so it can […]

HHS releases more than $863 million to help low-income households with energy costs stay safe and healthy The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is releasing more than $863 million today to grantees to help low-income households with their heating and other home energy costs under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program […]

Children’s Hospital Board Chair Commits $1M toward Campaign Mark Siewert, chair of the Golisano Children’s Hospital Board of Directors and co-chair of the hospital’s campaign, has committed to a $1 million gift toward the hospital’s campaign. Siewert and his wife, Marcia, are among the first individual donors to provide large gifts to the $100 million campaign, […]

Eaton Takes Lead as Chair of Anesthesiology at URMC Michael P. Eaton, M.D., was named chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center after serving as interim chair for the past seven months. A faculty member since 1995, Eaton is also the executive director of Perioperative Services and director of the fellowship program in Cardiac […]

Enlightened eating. Color-coded labels, rearranged items encourage healthy choices in study. A simple program involving color-coded food labeling and adjusting the way food items are positioned in display cases was successful in encouraging healthy choices in a large hospital cafeteria. The report from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers will appear in the March American Journal of Public Health and has […]

URMC Names Yuhchyau Chen, M.D., Ph.D.Chair of Department of Radiation Oncology Yuhchyau Chen, M.D., Ph.D., has been named chair and Philip Rubin Professor of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s James P. Wilmot Cancer Center. Chen has been serving as acting chair of the department since December 2009. Her formal appointment […]

Saving Dogs with Spinal Cord Injuries Department of Defense Funds UCSF and Texas A&M Collaboration to Test Therapy that May Help People … Saving Dogs with Spinal Cord Injuries Dogs with spinal cord injuries may soon benefit from an experimental drug being tested by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Texas […]

Clues to addiction Research showing how neurons interact could lead to new treatments Naoshige Uchida (above) and colleagues report in the Jan. 18 issue of Nature that reward prediction error is actually the product of a complex interplay between two classes of neurons — one that relies on dopamine and an inhibitory class of neurons […]

New National Biodefense Science Board members will advise HHS Federal advisory committee provides insight for disaster preparedness, response and recovery Seven experts from outside the federal government will join the National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB), a federal advisory committee which provides expert advice and guidance on preventing, preparing for, and responding to adverse health effects […]