TBS Student Wins International Mini-Documentary Competition

Jishyra Serrano was announced today as the first place winner of the inaugural Capturing the Future: A Smartphone Mini-Documentary Competition at the AAAS annual meeting in Seattle, WA.

TBS Student Selected as Yale Ciencia Academy Fellow

Denisse Vega-Ocasio will begin a year-long fellowship this week at the Yale Ciencia Academy for Career Development, which provides doctoral students from underrepresented backgrounds opportunities for mentoring, networking, skills development, and science outreach.

UR CTSI Incubator Project on Social Ties and Aging Leads to $3.6M NIH Grant

Recipients of the 2017 UR CTSI Incubator Award have just received a program gran from the NIH to further their work on social connectedness among older adults. The Incubator project laid the foundation for the new grant, which focuses on older adult caregivers of individuals with dementia.

Tiffany Panko Named AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador

Tiffany Panko, M.D., M.B.A., credits her success to a handful of strong mentors. As the only Deaf IF/THEN® ambassador, she looks forward to being a role model for the next generation of women and Deaf researchers.

Vaping Linked to Higher Risk of Self-Reported COPD Diagnosis

A new study challenges e-cigarette companies’ claims that vaping is a safe alternative to smoking by demonstrating a link between vaping and higher risk of self-reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.