Studying Healthcare as a Network: Does the Analysis Match the Question?

Studying the healthcare system as a network can help researchers uncover patterns of opioid over-prescription or predict how a virus outbreak might overtax a healthcare network. But researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center caution that the type of algorithms used to make these discoveries could provide misleading results.

Past CTSI Pilot Awardee Lands in PLOS ONE’s Top 25%

A UR CTSI-funded bladder cancer study is among the 25 percent most cited studies published in PLOS ONE in 2016. The study offers a biomarker and drug target candidate for bladder cancer, the fifth most common cancer.

Do the Drugs that Keep HIV Patients Alive Damage Their Brains?

URMC researchers are studying whether drugs used to keep HIV patients alive could be damaging their brains. Early results from their clinical study suggest that these drugs do not pose a threat to the brain - at least in the short-term. 

Nina Schor: Master Mentor for Under-Represented Scientists

Learn what it takes to become a Master Mentor for the NIH’s National Research Mentoring Network, which connects trainees under-represented in the sciences to professionals who can offer mentorship and guidance.

Researchers Unite to Address Maternal and Child Health Issues

Over 100 caregivers, researchers, students, and community partners from across Upstate NY attended the recent UNYTE Scientific Session focused on fostering maternal and child health.