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Aging Reimagined: Vital Living
One University of Rochester Aging Instituted pillar focuses on older adults in the Rochester community, creating a loop of learning that goes both ways between the University and community nonprofits ...
Aging Reimagined: Vital Discovery
Research at the University of Rochester Aging Institute ranges from basic science in the lab to data science and multidisciplinary aging studies. Scientific discoveries will be translated into ...
T. Franklin Williams: Geriatrics Visionary
Rochester’s reputation for aging expertise can be traced back to T. Franklin Williams, MD. Long before the specialty had a name, he trained a generation of geriatricians who went on to become leaders ...
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology Alumni Through the Decades: 2020s
Emma Norris (PhD ’20) joined the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology specifically to work under the mentorship of Denise C. Hocking, PhD, after spending the summer in her lab as an ...
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology Alumni Through the Decades: 2010s
Occasionally while creating content for a digital medical communications company, Jesi Lee Anne To (PhD ’18) will be transported back to the lab of her Department of Pharmacology and Physiology ...
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology Alumni Through the Decades: 2000s
Why does one person develop Alzheimer’s disease and another person doesn’t? Kristen O’Connell (PhD ’03) tries to answer that question in her work as an assistant professor and researcher at the ...
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology Through the Decades: 1990s
Henry M. Colecraft (PhD ’96) always held a deep appreciation for the hands-off style of his mentor, Shey-Shing Sheu, PhD, while at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Colecraft fondly ...
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology Alumni Through the Decades: 1980s
By the time Eduardo Rios (PhD ’85)—fresh from graduation in Uruguay—got to the then Department of Physiology, Chair Paul Horowitz, PhD, had assembled what Rios calls “a Dream Team” of researchers.
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology Alumni Through the Decades: 1970s
Theodore Slotkin (PhD ’70) entered the former Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology when it was ranked fourth in the country, largely because Harold Hodge—one of the founders of the Society of ...
A Century of Discovery: Pharmacology & Physiology Propels Its People and Their Research
The Department of Pharmacology and Physiology may be rooted in basic science, but its mission is complex—to be the leader in advancing research of the mechanisms and treatment of human disease; to ...