Topic: Health and Medicine
Dr. Dipen Parekh named chief executive officer of UHealth
Parekh, an award-winning COO of UHealth, renowned surgeon scientist, and director of the Desai Sethi Urology Institute has been elevated to lead patient-focused care, biomedical research, and medical education.
Why do we yawn?
Christian Agudelo, a neurologist at the University of Miami, provides some insights on why we do and whether it is contagious.
Positive parenting strategies for anxious children
A University of Miami child and adolescent specialist offered a range of strategies, tips, and tools in a recorded webinar to help parents better socialize their distressed child and to develop their self-efficacy.
Trailblazing philanthropist fuels cancer research breakthroughs
The Jean and Flora Schnall Computational Hub will allow Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators to accelerate scientific discovery and rapidly share transformative results with clinicians worldwide.
Student innovators garner a boost of support
Five teams of students each won $100,000 in support funding for their innovations at the second annual USTAAR pitch competition recently.
Smooth Sailing: A Melanoma Success Story
Metastatic melanoma survivor expresses gratitude to Dr. Jose Lutzky with a gift to support his clinical science research.
A lesson in compassion and strength
#CaneGrad Lexie Hackman’s own health emergency reinforced her passion for nursing.
Dean Joins National Conversation on Indoor Air Quality and Heat
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine invited leading experts to the School of Nursing and Health Studies recently to address “Excessive Heat and the Indoor Environment."
Recognizing faculty excellence across campus
The annual Provost’s Awards Ceremony honored the work of University of Miami faculty and staff members using innovative techniques in class, as well as through their research and scholarship.
Ph.D. Candidates Inducted into Honor Society
Tericka Cesar and Alexa Parra are among the newest members of Yale’s prestigious Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.
Health and well-being tips from the Middle Ages
A millennium before Tik-Tok and podcasts added an express lane to the self-help industry superhighway, “regimen sanitatis”—the genre of handwritten texts prescribing health and wellness tips—circulated during the late Middle Ages.
Unpacking the youth mental health crisis
Dr. Thomas Insel, former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, came to campus to deliver the Provost’s Distinguished Lecture and spoke about how the nation can help lower mental health struggles in youth.
