Research Impact
April 20, 2021
An international team of bioethicists and scientists, led by a researcher at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ, contends it may be justified to go beyond the standing 14-day limit that restricts how long researchers can study human embryos in a dish. Going beyond this policy limit could lead to…
April 15, 2021
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s Yolanda Fortenberry receives Hartwell Foundation Award for sickle cell disease research
One of just 12 researchers nationally chosen for biomedical study to potentially benefit children Yolanda Fortenberry Yolanda Fortenberry, an associate professor of biology at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ studying possible therapies for debilitating sickle cell disease, is one of just 12…
April 07, 2021
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ-led team among 38 from 16 countries selected to compete for $10 million prize A team led by ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ biomedical engineer Dustin Tyler has made it a step closer to the finals in a global competition to develop an “Avatar System that will transport a…
April 06, 2021
Spread of Candida auris on skin—a source of deadly infections—can be effectively stopped, according to new ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ research A team of researchers from ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ has discovered a formulation of existing medicines that can significantly reduce the…
March 23, 2021
Researchers at the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine have established the Case Center for Biomarker Structure and Integration for Sensors (BioSIS), a program to advance biosensor technologies using biophysical techniques to understand and improve sensing of markers of stress and…
March 22, 2021
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s Anirban Sen Gupta leads team to advance bioinspired nanotechnology to enhance blood clotting to stop severe traumatic bleeding A team of researchers, led by biomedical engineering professor Anirban Sen Gupta, is working toward innovating and advancing platelet-inspired…
March 19, 2021
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ researchers, collaborators create new class of thin film coating; innovative technology could solve major hurdles for solar energy generation Researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ and the University of Rochester have developed a new class of optical coatings they say…
March 16, 2021
Research by Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing scientist and collaborators suggests adults identifying as sexual or gender minorities bear extra burden of anxiety during COVID-19 isolation The weight of isolation and loss of social connection caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded…
March 09, 2021
They encourage health systems to use their complete billing code system to inform care and community benefit investment Researchers at the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine have found a clear link between the extent of a patient’s social needs and hospital readmissions. Their…
February 25, 2021
Study finds more active-duty police officers died of COVID-19 in 2020 than all other causes combined
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ professor raises awareness, offers solutions Of the 264 police officers who died in the line of duty in 2020 across the United States, more than half died of COVID-19, according to new data compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (PDF) (NLEOMF). A…