News Archives for 2018

President Laraque-Arena to co-lead state task force on maternal mortality
May 10, 2018
The task force is part of an initiative to target maternal mortality and reduce...

Upstate wins Business of the Year for Community Involvement award from CenterStateCEO
April 20, 2018
Award honors Upstate's dozens of programs that support, educate, enrich and...

Three will receive honorary degrees at Commencement May 20
April 16, 2018
Carolyn Jones, Jean William Pape, MD, and Tracy Shenandoah will speak to...

Upstate to offer free nicotine replacement therapy to campus visitors who smoke
April 12, 2018
The comfort kit will include two 4 mg nicotine-replacement lozenges, plus...

Upstate researchers inch closer to a prototype saliva test to diagnose autism
March 30, 2018
Researchers are looking at microRNA in saliva for clues on autism.

Winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine to speak at Upstate March 27; part of scientific lecture doubleheader
March 21, 2018
Neuroscientist Thomas C. Südhof, MD, won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine for...

Hoping to increase breastfeeding rates, Upstate hires new lactation consultant and expands services
March 7, 2018
With an additional lactation consultant now on board, Upstate's Breastfeeding...

Center for autoimmune and inflammation disorders named for emeritus professor Paul Phillips, MD
February 8, 2018
The Phillips Center focuses on the metabolic control of autoimmunity,...

Study, using brain imaging technology in use at Upstate, shows doctors have more time for clot removal procedure, than first thought
February 8, 2018
Previously, the window for performing a thrombectomy was about 6 hours, but...

Upstate now offers Watchman implant to reduce stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation
February 8, 2018
The Watchman implant is designed to keep harmful blood clots from entering the...