Study will explore link between HIV, micro-strokes, dementia
New research will seek to understand why people who are HIV-positive are more susceptible to a progressive cerebrovascular disease that can ultimately give rise to dementia.
Medical Center joins landmark brain development study
Rochester is participating in the largest long-term study of brain development and child health, following the biological and behavioral development of more than 10,000 children from ages 9-10 through early adulthood.
Grant will examine link between ‘dirty’ brains and Alzheimer’s
A $3.2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging brings together scientists from the Medical Center and engineers from the River Campus to develop a detailed understanding of the brain’s waste removal system.
Rochester leads new multi-institutional effort to study ‘extreme matter’
Institutions including Cornell, Michigan, Princeton, and Stanford will join Rochester in developing an instrument to produce and study matter that exists under pressures far higher than either on or inside Earth.
Rochester awarded $19M to lead national clinical and translational science program
The grant will support a network of more than 50 institutions across the country aimed at turning scientific discoveries into health benefits faster.
Can the sunshine vitamin help lymphoma patients?
A new $3 million grant to the Wilmot Cancer Institute allows oncologists to evaluate whether adding vitamin D to standard therapy will help cancer patients live longer.
‘Federal support for research is critical to the University’s scientific enterprise’
The proposed cuts would severely impact our research programs and University operations and significantly diminish the University’s contribution to regional economic growth.
Partnership will help create ‘eyes and ears’ for photonics technologies
A new Defense Department project will help researchers develop sensors for photonics-based systems with applications in environmental monitoring, disease diagnosis, and detection of chemical and biological weapons.
URMC awarded up to $9M to study infectious threats
The grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention renews the University’s role as a member of the Emerging Infections Program, a national network that monitors several infectious threats and conducts studies that guide policy related to prevention and treatment.
Aluie awarded hours on supercomputer at Argonne
Most academic grants come with money, but Hussein Aluie has received a research boost that money can’t buy. The assistant professor of mechanical engineering has been awarded access to the supercomputer Mira, which will allow his team to do in four days what it would take a desktop computer more than 2,000 years to complete.