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Reception Launches New Mental Health Research Center to …

WEBThe University of Miami officially launched CHARM — its new Center for HIV and Research in Mental Health — at a reception held June 11 at the Miller School of Medicine. Co-directors Deborah Jones Weiss, Ph.D., M.Ed., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Daniel Feaster, Ph.D

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More Green Spaces Can Help Boost Air Quality, Reduce Heart …

WEBData presented by University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researchers shows that green spaces — trees, shrubs and grasses — can improve air quality and may lower heart disease deaths, according to the team’s preliminary research, which will be presented at the American Heart Association’s

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Teamwork Allows UM Scientists to Answer Call for Increased

WEBIn the fall of 2020, while American universities operated fully online, used a hybrid approach or offered in-person classes, the University of Miami was able to offer a choice of in-person or hybrid learning, safely welcoming students back to campus. And at the Miller School of Medicine, despite

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Dr. Ralph Sacco Opens Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series with …

WEBAt the inaugural presentation of University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Dean Henri Ford’s distinguished lecture series, Ralph Sacco, M.D., MS, told an overflow crowd on Jan. 30 about the groundbreaking advances his teams have made in predicting stroke and cognitive decline — advances that inspire him to forecast a brighter future for preventing …

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UM Researcher to Play Prominent Role in NIH Effort to Develop …

WEBA University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researcher is taking a prominent role in a high-priority National Institutes of Health research consortium designed to identify promising new targets for drug development. It’s part genomics, part big data, and all about driving discoveries that

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South Florida Couple Uses Injury as a Catalyst for Change

WEBFor Dave and Hilary Gershman, access to health care is something they will never take for granted, particularly since Dave was injured after he was hit by a large landscape truck while walking almost two years ago.

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Health Data Field Fuels New Department at Miller School of …

WEBAzizi Seixas, Ph.D., interim chair of the new Department of Informatics and Health Data Science, aims to increase data’s impact on human health. Azizi Seixas, Ph.D. The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is about to take a giant leap in how it acquires, manages, and interprets health data to inspire action.

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Gold Foundation Honors Champions of Humanistic Care at

WEBThe Arnold P. Gold Foundation has honored individuals from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and UHealth - the University of Miami Health System as 2021 Champions of Humanistic Care for their compassion and courage during the …

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The Latest in Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine

WEBRecent advances in regenerative medicine and the promise of future therapeutics based on stem cell research came together in a series of presentations at the 2019 ISCI Symposium. A welcome and introduction by University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Dean Henri R. Ford, M.D., M.H.A., kicked

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Transforming Lives for Low-Income Families, Women, and Children

WEBNestled in the University of Miami Miller School’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, within the Center for Translational Sleep and Circadian Sciences, lies the Holistic Families Program.

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University of Miami to Begin Phase 2 Zika Vaccine Trial

WEBMulti-Site Study Will Evaluate NIH’s Experimental DNA Vaccine The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine will soon begin one of the nation’s first full-scale Zika vaccine clinical trials testing the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) experimental DNA-based vaccine. As Miami-Dade County

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A Clinic without Walls Aims to Conquer HIV/AIDS

WEBAs the nation observed National HIV Testing Day, the University of Miami’s street-based, rapid-HIV testing program holds the promise of becoming a model for reaching at-risk communities. The door to community health worker Jakisha Blackmon’s office was festooned with red, white, and black

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Dr. David J. Lee Named Chair of Department of Public Health …

WEBDavid J. Lee, Ph.D., has been named chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Lee, who has served as acting chair of the department throughout the devastating COVID-19 public health crisis, brings 30 years of experience on the UM faculty as a public health leader in research, education, and …

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Dr. Miguel Saps Joins UHealth as Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology

WEBMiguel Saps, M.D., has joined the University of Miami Health System as Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics and the George E. Batchelor Endowed Chair in Pediatrics.

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Faculty, Resident and Student Teams are Creating a Curriculum

WEBMiller School of Medicine Dean Henri R. Ford, M.D., M.H.A., issued a bold challenge to participants in a showcase of proposals from the NextGenMD curriculum renewal planning teams: “We need to bring together the convergence of all the excellence that exists at the University of Miami to devise a

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Researchers Take Another Step Toward Healing Chronic Venous …

WEBBuilding on their previous success, Marjana Tomic-Canic, Ph.D., and colleagues report molecular and genetic discoveries that could further the potential to transform chronic venous leg ulcers into normally healing wounds. This could be good news for the 1% of people worldwide who live with the

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A National Tragedy’s Legacy of Hope: Research Shows Opioid Crisis

WEBIn the past few years, the number of organs available for transplant has increased dramatically. This is great news for transplant patients on long waiting lists, but the reason for these record-setting years is an ongoing national tragedy. In a paper published in the journal Clinical

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Miller School Mobilizes to Help Puerto Rico and the Caribbean

WEBBy sending non-perishable medical supplies, setting up an international communications network and arranging transport for patients needing urgent care, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is mobilizing its resources to help Puerto Rico’s medical community after the devastation of

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UHealth Breaks Ground on New North Miami Location

WEBJoanna Palmer September 9, 2022 https://physician-news.umiamihealth.org/uhealth-breaks-ground-on-new-north-miami-location/ 1 / 4 UHealth Breaks Ground on New

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Sylvester at Plantation Patient Support Services Now Open

WEBThere’s a new type of healing space adjacent to the waiting area in the Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute inside Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Plantation.

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