Health and Medicine
Karma a driving force for senior
Sarah Petit won the Toppel Career Center’s #BreakThru Award for her commitment to overcoming obstacles.
Reinventing libraries in era of crises
University libraries, long situated at the heart of campuses, are expanding to include mindfulness and well-being programs that complement other campus mental health resources.
Businessman and philanthropist Kenneth C. Griffin celebrated for his landmark $50 million gift to Sylvester
The donation to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, the only NCI-designated cancer center in South Florida, marks a new chapter in its prodigious efforts to treat and find a cure for the disease.
Business leader and philanthropist Ken Griffin makes $50 million gift to University of Miami
The generous contribution will accelerate research efforts at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and rename the Transformational Cancer Research Building as the Kenneth C. Griffin Cancer Research Building.
US Surgeon General urges connection to combat mental health struggles
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy visited the University of Miami for a discussion with President Julio Frenk about how to reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation among college students.
Striving to ‘change the narrative’ on mental health in the Abacos
A University of Miami initiative is being launched that will help health care providers in the Abacos islands in northern Bahamas to diagnose and treat patients who suffer from the type of post-disaster mental disorders that were prevalent in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.
AI is sparking a revolution in health care
Representatives from across the health care spectrum touted the benefits that AI has already generated in the industry and imagined the technology’s potential to reduce inequities and free up medical professionals to “put the care back in health care.”
Satellites power research on Earth’s challenges
Using powerful Earth-observing satellites and data gleaned from geographic information systems, University of Miami scientist Julius Dewald has studied everything from the impact of slash-and-burn agriculture in Zambia to the effectiveness of tree-planting efforts in Miami-Dade County.
Do you get hiccups?
’Course you do. We all get this annoying condition. University of Miami experts explain why we get them and ways to get rid of them.
Mission to the Middle East brings aid to diverse patient population
Miller School of Medicine trauma surgeon Enrique Ginzburg and others recently traveled to Israel to assess the needs of hospitals and trauma centers in the country amid the war with Hamas.
A dive into the science of climate change leaves students ‘amazed’
Students from Miami Edison Senior High School spent a day at the Medical Campus, learning from Miller School of Medicine biochemistry and molecular biology Ph.D. candidates about the environment and the impacts of global warming.
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