University of Toledo leaders met July 19 with Speaker of the House John Boehner and National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins to discuss the importance of medical research to UT and other institutions across the state and the country. President Lloyd Jacobs and Dr. Jeffrey Gold, chancellor and executive vice president for biosciences [...]
Patients in northwest Ohio can now contribute to the advancement of medical research. Today, ProMedica and The University of Toledo (UT) announced the opening of the Academic Health Center BioRepository (AHCBR) to help researchers find new and improved treatments for cancer and other medical conditions, including autism, Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes. Human blood and tissue [...]
The medical college in Pakistan where Dr. S. Amjad Hussain received his medical degree recently named a new clinical skills laboratory in his honor. Hussain, UT trustee and professor emeritus of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, was recognized by the Khyber Medical College in Peshawar, Pakistan, in January when the school named its new $1.5 million [...]
The UT College of Medicine and Life Sciences will host the regional American Medical Association (AMA) Medical Student Section Meeting Friday and Saturday, Feb. 17 and 18, on Health Science Campus. The theme of the meeting is “Launching New Frontiers in Medicine,” and programming will be focused on the future of the medical field. More [...]
ProMedica and The University of Toledo will commit to the development of a new $36 million Interprofessional Immersive Simulation Center™(IISC) that will enable students and clinicians to use cutting edge technology to enable teams to learn, enhance outcomes, and improve patient safety in a simulated, low-risk environment. Working with the University’s economic development arm, Innovation [...]
The unique clinical education and research relationship between ProMedica and The University of Toledo returned to a national audience for its one-year checkup Sept. 24 as Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold presented some of the lessons learned in northwest Ohio to academic medical center leaders at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Health Centers [...]
One year ago, ProMedica and The University of Toledo established the Academic Health Center, a relationship intended to enhance clinical education and research in the community and help ensure that a new generation of health-care professionals will be ready to care for community members in the decades ahead. The relationship between the two organizations continues [...]
Thanks to the University of Toledo’s relationship with ProMedica, students in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have more opportunities for clinical rotations and other professional experiences. “We’re doing more experiential education with our students. We used to provide clinical rotations only for seniors, but now our students get experiential education across all four [...]
Nobel Laureate Dr. Ferid Murad will discuss how chemicals can provide signals to cancer and stem cells in a keynote speech Friday, April 29, at 1 p.m. in the Dana Center Auditorium during The University of Toledo Health Science Campus’ Research Day. Murad later will receive an honorary doctor of science degree at 5 p.m. [...]
The second annual University of Toledo Health Science Campus Research Day, “Biomarkers, Therapeutics and Individualized Medicine,” will be held Friday, April 29, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Dana Center. Six UT researchers will give presentations on their work, and more than 70 posters outlining ongoing basic, translational and clinical research will be [...]