Deaf-to-Deaf Weight Loss Program Helps Participants Drop Pounds
UR CTSI's National Center for Deaf Health Research shows that a weight loss program designed by Deaf people for Deaf people works in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial.
UR CTSI and Vanderbilt Team Up to Make Surveys More Accessible
A Deaf health research center within the UR CTSI and the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research have launched a user-friendly tool that makes it easier for anyone to create research surveys that are accessible for use with Deaf and DeafBlind people.
Continued CDC-Funding Allows Deaf Health Research to Expand Beyond Rochester
With renewed funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the UR CTSI’s National Center for Deaf Health Research will expand its programming to Buffalo and Syracuse.
Understanding Health Needs of the Deaf Community: New York State Deaf Health Survey
The Rochester Prevention Research Center (RPRC) and National Center for Deaf Health Research (NCDHR) have launched the third round of their Deaf Health Survey, a culturally and linguistically accessible health survey that was designed by Deaf people for Deaf people. The survey, which was previously released in 2008 and 2013 to the Rochester Deaf community, will be available across New York state for the first time this year.
UR and RIT Host One of the Largest Groups of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Scientists in US
Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals are vastly under-represented in biomedical fields, making networking and mentorship difficult. URMC and RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf sought to remedy this by bringing together Deaf and hard-of-hearing scientists at all career levels at the first ever Rochester Summer Research Training Institute.