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3/19/2010 - Ransom Everglades Students Applauded for Generosity to Haiti
When Miller School Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., and Barth Green, M.D., professor and chair of neurological surgery, addressed a packed auditorium of high school students Friday morning, the message wasn’t about medicine, but about . . .

3/19/2010 - The Class of 2010 Celebrates Match Day with Tears of Joy and Shouts of Glee
Kicking off the Miller School Class of 2010’s Match Day, Aylin Tansel spelled out the rules to fellow fourth-year medical students anxiously waiting to learn where they’ll spend the next three to seven years in residency training: . . .

3/16/2010 - UM Miller School of Medicine Records Large Growth in Research Funding
The research enterprise at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has reached a new milestone in funding from the National Institutes of Health. Propelled in large part by stimulus grants, the Miller School has moved into the top third . . .

3/16/2010 - Nanette H. Bishopric, M.D., Earns Distinguished Scientist Award for Research on Novel Treatments
A Miller School physician-scientist has received one of the most prestigious awards presented by the American College of Cardiology. Nanette H. Bishopric, M.D., professor of medicine, molecular and cellular pharmacology and pediatrics, received the . . .

3/12/2010 - Miller School's D-CFAR Hosts Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Nobel Laureate and Renowned HIV Expert
The Miller School's Developmental Center for AIDS Research (D-CFAR) hosted one of the world's foremost scientists engaged in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Ph.D., co-winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine . . .

3/9/2010 - Pinning Ceremony Marks Official Welcome to Medicine for the Class of 2013
With proud parents, supportive friends, faculty and classmates watching from the audience, the Miller School formally welcomed the Class of 2013 to the medical profession. Following encouraging words from Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., and a . . .

3/8/2010 - Thousands to Gather at Pap Corps Walkathon to Raise Money for Cancer Research
On Saturday, March 13, thousands of Pap Corps members, their families, friends, and other supporters will come together on behalf of cancer research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of UHealth – University of Miami Health System. . . .

3/8/2010 - UM's D-CFAR Hosts Timely Symposium on Aging with HIV
Three decades into the AIDS crisis, the population of people living with HIV is aging. In fact, 25 percent of people newly diagnosed with HIV in Miami-Dade County are older than 50 and, by 2015, half of the HIV patients treated by University of . . .

3/8/2010 - Awards Banquet Gathering Hears About Haiti, Distinguished Grads
A record Miller School alumni crowd attended the annual Medical Alumni Weekend Awards Banquet Saturday night, March 6, at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. More than 300 graduates, along with family members and friends, watched in rapt . . .

3/8/2010 - University of Miami Field Hospital in Haiti Establishes Telemedicine with Support from Swinfen Charitable Trust
The University of Miami's relief effort in Haiti is expanding its reach with the help of telemedicine and the generosity of an international trust. UM's TeleHealth Program has forged an agreement with the Swinfen Charitable Trust (SCT) to use its . . .

3/5/2010 - Sylvester Researchers Awarded Five-Year Grant to Study Cancer Viruses
Viruses are believed to be the cause of as many as 20 percent of all cancers, but some viruses can infect human cells and remain latent. To remain latent, they may have to suppress anti-viral host mechanisms, which can pave the way for cancer. The . . .

3/5/2010 - Sylvester Researchers Awarded Five-Year Grant to Study Cancer Viruses
Viruses are believed to be the cause of as many as 20 percent of all cancers, but some viruses can infect human cells and remain latent. To remain latent, they may have to suppress anti-viral host mechanisms, which can pave the way for cancer. The . . .

3/5/2010 - William O'Neill, M.D., Recounts 50 Years of Cardiovascular Advances in Lemberg Lecture
When William W. O'Neill, M.D., executive dean for clinical affairs, was an intern and resident in the late 1970s, doctors could offer little more than hope to patients who suffered severe heart attacks. "All we did for patients with acute . . .

3/3/2010 - Dr. William O’Neill to Deliver Annual Lemberg Lecture Today
The 18th annual Miriam Lemberg Visiting Professorship in Cardiovascular Disease lecture will be delivered this afternoon by William O’Neill, M.D., executive dean for clinical affairs and professor of medicine and cardiology. His presentation . . .

3/2/2010 - UM Hosts Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Engineering Joint Regional Meeting
On the same day that President Barack Obama and Congressional representatives met in Washington to discuss health care reform, a historic gathering of a different sort—one composed not of lawmakers, but of scientists and . . .

3/2/2010 - Miller School and Jackson Memorial Medical Campus Now Smoke Free
The Miller School of Medicine, UHealth - University of Miami Health System and Jackson Health System medical campus is now smoke free. The health care systems officially opened the new chapter yesterday. The initiative aims to "promote health . . .

3/1/2010 - Sylvester Hosts 8th Annual Landon-AACR Cancer Research Award Lectures
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center proudly hosted the American Association for Cancer Research and Kirk A. Landon and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation awards and lectures on Friday, Feb. 26, with Kirk Landon on hand to personally congratulate the . . .

3/1/2010 - Sylvester Hosts 8th Annual Landon-AACR Cancer Research Award Lectures
The Miller School’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center proudly hosted the American Association for Cancer Research and Kirk A. Landon and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation awards and lectures on Friday, February 26, with Kirk Landon on hand to . . .

2/26/2010 - Miami Transplant Institute Honors Alonzo Mourning with First Humanitarian Award
When the man of the moment, Miami Heat all star and philanthropist Alonzo Mourning, walked on stage to accept the inaugural Miami Transplant Institute Humanitarian Award, a crowd of nearly 400 stood up and applauded thunderously. Mourning, with . . .

2/25/2010 - Sylvester Researchers Discover Regulating Mechanism of Key Transcription Factor
In many cancers, scientists have discovered that key gene regulators which normally control cell growth have either been turned off or mutated.  That change in the regular pattern then allows unrestricted cell production and the creation of . . .

2/25/2010 - Sylvester Researchers Discover Regulating Mechanism of Key Transcription Factor
In many cancers, scientists have discovered that key gene regulators which normally control cell growth have either been turned off or mutated. That change in the regular pattern then allows unrestricted cell production and the creation of tumors. . . .

2/24/2010 - The New England Journal of Medicine Showcases Miller School Insights on Providing Rapid Medical Relief in Haiti
In an article published today in The New England Journal of Medicine , six Miller School faculty members involved in the University's initial response to Haiti's catastrophic earthquake shared valuable insights on organizing immediate emergency . . .

2/24/2010 - GEAR Enrolls 100th Participant and Turns Early Recruits into Devoted Fans
It's been a few short months since participants in the Miller School's Genetics, Exercise, and Research, or GEAR, study started working out and already they are seeing results. "It's the best thing we've ever done," Bob Radziewicz, . . .

2/22/2010 - Drs. Thurer and Keitz Named to New Positions at the Miller School
Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., has announced the appointment of Richard Thurer, M.D., and Sheri Keitz, M.D., Ph.D., to new positions dedicated to enhancing the careers of all Miller School faculty. Dr. Thurer will become the medical school's . . .

2/19/2010 - President Shalala Addresses the 36th Annual Eastern-Atlantic Student Research Forum
As the Obama administration’s stimulus package pours more than $1 billion into comparative effectiveness research, President Donna E. Shalala urged 50 of the world’s next generation of physicians and scientists to pursue rigorous . . .