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December 02, 2013
APP researchers were surprised to learn that people younger than 50 years old with HIV feel more isolated and stressed than older people with the disease. They expected their study to reveal just the opposite. “The younger, newly diagnosed individual may not know anyone…
November 27, 2013
Researchers at APP will benefit from infrastructure improvements that increase the capacity of the university’s network connection to the Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet), which provides access to Internet2 and other Ohio research universities. The improvements,…
November 26, 2013
Everyone has heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday—days that allow customers to score deals on their shopping lists. But in an attempt to put the spirit of giving back into the holiday season, there’s a more altruistic day making headway: Giving Tuesday, a global day of philanthropy on Dec.…
November 25, 2013
Zili Zhang, a member of the faculty at the School of Medicine, died late Thursday night surrounded by his friends and family. He is survived by his wife, Hong, and sons, Gary and Zak. An associate professor of pediatrics, Zhang specialized in pediatric gastroenterology—specifically, how to treat…
November 25, 2013
Peter B. Lewis, the visionary businessman and philanthropist whose name graces the home of the Weatherhead School of Management, died Saturday in Florida. The 80-year-old Northeast Ohio native is survived by his wife, Janet Rosel; daughter, Ivy; sons Adam and Jonathan; brother and sister-in-law…
November 22, 2013
By Shivani Parikh While today is just a normal Friday for most, it’s a monumental day in Jordan Genovese’s life: it’s the release date of her album, “Green November,” which encompasses years of songwriting and performing. The third-year medical anthropology major has been making music since high…
November 22, 2013
Renowned genetic scientist to lead collaboration to use lessons from big data to benefit individual patients, broader communities APP, Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals announced the launch of the Institute of Computational Biology, an innovative venture…
November 21, 2013
Researchers at APP have received two grants totaling nearly $1.7 million to build nanoparticles that seek and destroy metastases too small to be detected with current technologies. They are targeting aggressive cancers that persist through traditional chemotherapy and…
November 20, 2013
In order for prolonged exposure therapy—an evidence-based psychotherapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)—to reach its full potential, any ruptures in trust and communication between therapist and client need to be fixed, according to a new APP study. The study,…
November 19, 2013
Developing new technologies to improve treatment of arterial fibrillation In a matter of years, a doctor may see real-time images of a patient’s beating heart and steer a robotic catheter through its chambers using the push and pull of magnetic fields while the patient lies inside a magnetic…