News Archive for 2017
Upstate gears up for Heart Walk April 1
February 3, 2017
Upstate named top corporate fundraiser for 2016 Syracuse Heart Walk, raising more than $42,500.
Upstate study highlights key principles of a successful malaria elimination program
February 3, 2017
A region of land on the Ecuador-Peru border, home to more than 800,000 people, has been free of malaria since 2012. A new study highlights how that happened.
Social issues, discrimination faced by low-wage workers in Syracuse highlighted in report
January 24, 2017
The Low-Wage Workers' Health Project report was released Jan. 18 by Upstate Medical University's Occupational Health Clinical Centers (OHCC), in partnership with the Workforce Development Institute.
Upstate University Hospital performed the most kidney transplants ever in 2016
January 18, 2017
In addition to doing more transplants, wait times for patients at Upstate have decreased and are the lowest in New York state.
Paige's Butterfly Run gives $232,000 to support pediatric cancer research, patient services
January 5, 2017
Representatives from Paige's Butterfly Run arrived at Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital Dec. 28 with an oversized check in the amount of $232,000 to support pediatric cancer research, patient and family services.
First baby of 2017
January 3, 2017
INTRODUCING MASON LEE WOOD, the first baby of the New Year born in Syracuse. He made his debut at 6:41 a.m., New Year's Day at Upstate University Hospital's Community Campus and weighed 8 pounds, 11 1/2 ounces. Congratulations to parents, Kristen and Zachary, on their first-born child.