Happening in Research
Working to help transplant patients, Upstate researcher awarded millions to help create treatment to fight HCMV infection
March
16,
2023
Gary Chan, PhD was awarded more than $3 million over five years from the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases to work to find a treatment for one of…
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Upstate MD/PhD student honored with American Heart Association fellowship, studying causes of heart disease
February
01,
2023
Gargi Mishra, an MD/PhD student at SUNY Upstate Medical University has been awarded with an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship to help fund her studies for the next two years.
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Expanding the definition of “researcher”; encouraging nurse researchers at SUNY Upstate
January
30,
2023
Who asks the questions in medical and healthcare research? Who examines hospital processes and patient care practices? To Jolene Kittle, PhD, RN, breaking down barriers to include a wider variety…
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Upstate researchers publish paper on empathy loss in dementia patients, make progress towards treatment
January
13,
2023
Postdoctoral associate Hannah Phillips, PhD leading SUNY Upstate graduate students in Dr. Wei-Dong Yao’s lab, is investigating why patients with dementia suffer empathy loss.
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Dr. William Spencer receives award to shed light on causes of incurable blindness
January
05,
2023
SUNY Upstate assistant professor William Spencer, PhD was chosen for 2022 funding by the E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind.
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Upstate Startup wins 2nd place at Inclusive Innovation pitch competition
November
22,
2022
Congratulations to DUB Biologics, who took second place in the 2022 Inclusive Innovation Pitch Competition.
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Dr. Tamara Jamaspishvili wins best poster for prostate cancer research at national conference
November
04,
2022
On the heels of winning the 2022 Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator award, Dr.
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Dr. Eric Olson plans to investigate fetal alcohol syndrome with $1.8 mil grant
October
28,
2022
Eric Olson, PhD, was awarded almost $2 million from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to study the effects of alcohol on kinase signaling pathways in brain…
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Dr. Tamara Jamaspishvili recognized nationally for work developing an AI-based diagnostic tool, named 2022 Young Investigator
October
26,
2022
Tamara Jamaspishvili, MD/PhD has been named a 2022 James Coulter-PCF Young Investigator by the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF).
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Dr. Samuel Herberg awarded over $2 mil to begin first studies of TM cells’ mechanical memory, improving understanding of its role in glaucoma
October
25,
2022
Samuel Herberg, PhD was awarded over $2 million dollars from the National Eye Institute to study the role of cellular memory in glaucoma.
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