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August 2007 News Archive

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

SUNY Upstate study to find risk factors for breast infection in breastfeeding women

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — SUNY Upstate Medical University is conducting a study examining whether the presence of a mircoorganism in the mother or child’s nasal passages may be a risk factor for mastitis or breast infection in women who are breastfeeding. ... read more

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Setnor Academic Building opens brimming with new classrooms and technology

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — SUNY Upstate Medical University will officially open the $10-million Setnor Academic Building at a ceremony Aug. 28 on the SUNY Upstate campus. The five-story, $10 million, 46,000 square foot building will be the first new classroom... read more

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

University Hospital brings message of healthy living to the State Fair Aug. 23 to Sept. 3

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Issues ranging for childhood heath concerns to how to quit smoking and eat right will be front and center as dozens of physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals from University Hospital will be on call at the hospital’s exhibition... read more

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Physician shortage lecture to be held Aug. 28 at SUNY Upstate

Howard Rabinowitz, M.D., Pfizer/American Academy of Family Physicians Visiting Professor in Family Medicine, will present “Increasing the Rural Physician Supply: Three Decades of Success,” Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 4 p.m. in the Medical Alumni Auditorium of... read more

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Four win Chancellor Awards for Excellence

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Robert B. Barlow, Ph.D., Nancy Dobbins, Chaitanya V. Haldipur, M.D., and Paula Trief, Ph.D., have been named as recipients of the 2007 Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence. Barlow, a resident of Jamesville, is a professor in the Departments... read more

Monday, August 20, 2007

Study to test non-surgical approach to relieve lower back pain, improve disc healing

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A clinical study to test the effectiveness of a non-surgical approach to resolve or manage chronic low back pain (LPB) is under way at SUNY Upstate Medical University. The purpose of the study is to determine if a therapeutic protocol... read more

Monday, August 20, 2007

Dr. Wanda Thompson named associate senior vice president

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Wanda M. Thompson, Ph.D., will join the Office of the President as associate senior vice president at SUNY Upstate Medical University, effective Aug. 20. Thompson was the deputy executive commissioner for System Support Services at... read more

Friday, August 17, 2007

Dr. Wanda Thompson named associate senior vice president

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Wanda M. Thompson, Ph.D., will join the Office of the President as associate senior vice president at SUNY Upstate Medical University, effective Aug. 20. Thompson was the deputy executive commissioner for System Support Services at... read more

Monday, August 13, 2007

Nursing receives $39,000 in scholarship aid

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The College of Nursing at SUNY Upstate Medical University has been awarded $39,766 from the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) to provide scholarships for nurses pursuing advanced degrees in nursing. HRSA is a program... read more

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Arnold Moses, M.D., honored by SUNY as Distinguished Service Professor

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Arnold M. Moses, M.D., has been named a Distinguished Service Professor by the State University of New York Board of Trustees. Moses is professor of medicine, director of the Clinical Research Unit, medical director of the Metabolic... read more

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