Some of the world’s leading experts on dengue, including those responding to the current dengue crisis and those developing vaccines and other countermeasures to fight the disease, will participate in an international dengue summit Aug. 7 through 9 at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y.
Upstate researcher Juntao Luo, PhD, continues to attract funding—securing a more than $2 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)—in his effort to find an effective treatment for severe sepsis, which has a mortality rate of 30 to 40 percent.
Upstate Medical University medical student Katie Farkouh has been awarded a Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health for the 2024-2025 school year to conduct research in Ghana.
As a Fulbright-Fogarty fellow, Katie Farkouh will spend nine months in Accra, Ghana, studying urinary tract infection (UTI) risk and treatment outcomes in children with sickle cell disease.
David R. Hootnick, M.D., reveals clinical evidence that most human congenital long bone deficiencies of lower limbs are the result of downstream effects of embryonic arterial dysgenesis, similar to that of thalidomide embryopathy; such limb deficiencies are, in fact, indistinguishable from those seen in the thalidomide epidemic of the ‘50s and ‘60s.
The largest trial in limited-stage small cell lung cancer ever suggests similar outcomes and long-term survival in patients treated with twice-a-day versus once-a-day radiotherapy.
Analysis of calls to poison control centers by people misusing or abusing amphetamines, usually prescribed for ADHD, via IV injection, nasal or oral routes also links non-medical use to increased risk of admission to critical care units, attempted suicide and death.
SUNY Upstate Medical University's Stephen Albanese elected president of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, a professional society of more than 1,400 surgeons, physicians and allied health professionals dedicated to improving the care of children with musculoskeletal disorders.
Stephen V. Faraone, PhD, Distinguished Professor at Upstate and a leading researcher on ADHD, has been elected president of the World Federation of ADHD.
As Ecuador and other South American countries receive influx of Venezuelan migrants, the public health sector struggles to control infectious disease epidemics, including malaria, presenting a regional public health threat. As a result, migrant populations and people living near border crossings are susceptible to these infectious diseases.
Jada McMahon, a senior at Binghamton University from Hempstead, N.Y., has been selected as the first recipient for the Dr. Sarah Loguen Fraser Dean’s Student Distinction Award. McMahon will enter Upstate's College of Medicine as a first-year student this fall.
Studies found that non-medical use of prescription stimulant medications is a growing problem in the U.S. and that using these medications in ways not prescribed can lead to serious adverse health outcomes, with the risk increasing if they are taken by non-oral routes.
A study, which evaluated the prevalence and clinical consequences of prescription amphetamine (AMP) misuse among adolescents and adults, found severe medical outcomes occur when people snort or inject stimulant medication.
Geriatrics is being elevated to its own clinical department, just like other specialties, such as Surgery, Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery. The move comes as the population over the age of 65 continues to increase.
When Jayne Charlamb, MD, FACP, FABM, IBCLC, started Upstate’s Breastfeeding Medicine Program in 2015, she set out to help the most complex medical situations with newborns and mothers. Three years later, Dr. Charlamb, who serves as the director of the Division of Breast Health and Breastfeeding Medicine at Upstate Medical University, has added a new lactation consultant and the program now has the capacity to assist breastfeeding families with a range of difficulties.
A synthetic protein that disrupts the ability of bacteria to perform basic life functions—moving, eating, attaching to hosts—could be a key to fighting infectious disease and preventing bacteria from evolving into drug-resistant pathogens.
The findings could help guide doctors to determine how best to treat patients with Crohn's disease.
Mixed methods research design is an innovative research methodology for health science (including nursing science), social science, and behavioral sciences.
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world, according to the World Health Organization. It is estimated that more than 3 million Americans have glaucoma, but only half of those know they have it.
Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital will offer for the first time a three-year pediatric fellowship with a special focus on treating child abuse and neglect.
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