News from the UM Miller School of Medicine

Research to Develop Cocaine Addiction Therapy Wins NIH Grant

5.16.2012

drug-like molecule developed to treat cocaine addiction has proven so promising that two University of Miami Miller School researchers have been awarded a NIH grant to continue their research in developing it further.

Class of 2012 Graduates Eager for New Responsibilities

5.15.2012

With an abundance of enthusiasm and several reminders of their new responsibilities, the Miller School of Medicine’s Class of 2012 accepted their doctor of medicine degrees and contemplated their futures as they exited the BankUnited Center on the University of Miami Coral Gables campus on May 12.

Director and Co-Director Named for William Lehman Injury Research Center

5.15.2012

Carl I. Schulman, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.P.H., associate professor of clinical surgery, has been named director of the William Lehman Injury Research Center in the DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, and Antonio Marttos Jr., M.D., assistant professor of surgery, has been named co-director.

Epidemiology and Public Health Researchers Surpass $51 Million in NIH Funding

5.15.2012

With $6.8 million in grants awarded by the NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse this fiscal year, the Miller School-based Florida Node Alliance of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinic Trials Network has surpassed $51 million in funding over the 12 years of its ongoing NIDA grant to conduct a broad range of drug abuse treatment trials.

Dr. Dileep R. Yavagal First in South Florida to Use FDA-Approved Stroke Device

5.15.2012

The first physician in South Florida to use the newly FDA-approved Solitaire FR revascularization device, Dileep R. Yavagal, M.D., successfully removed blood clots from the brain of a stroke patient, restoring blood flow and mobility.

Public Health Springboard Program Supports Eight New Research Projects at the Miller School

5.15.2012

Thanks to a generous $100,000 gift to the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, 10 public health graduates and Miller School students have received eight grants under the Public Health Springboard Program that supports innovative, independent projects by students who are working toward or recently earned a Master of Public Health.

UM/Jackson Surgeons Help Daughter Give Mother Gift of Life

5.11.2012

As Yolanda Mixon smiled broadly and joked easily with reporters on the morning of May 11, it was difficult to imagine that, just two days earlier, she had received a new kidney – donated by her daughter – at UM/Jackson Memorial Hospital. “The best Mother’s Day ever,” Mixon quipped.

Class of 2012 Can Celebrate Match Day Successes at Commencement

5.10.2012

After striding across the stage to pick up their M.D. degrees at the BankUnited Center on May 12, members of the Class of 2012 will head to some of the most competitive residency programs and prestigious institutions in the country. The class could, in fact, take a collective bow for their notable Match Day success, which created a buzz among underclassmen and is sure to be a great recruiting tool for prospective students.

White House and Center on Aging Host First LGBT Conference on Aging

5.09.2012

The White House and the University of Miami Center on Aging hosted the first White House LGBT Conference on Aging on the Miller School campus on April 30 to address the many issues lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults are facing as they age, a timely meeting that David Loewenstein, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, noted came just as the center begins focusing on LGBT research.

Dr. Eugene Sayfie Receives Distinguished Master Clinician Award as Pavilion Opens in His Name

5.08.2012

Hundreds of supporters and friends joined UM President Donna E. Shalala and Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the Miller School, as they hosted the grand opening of the Eugene J. Sayfie, M.D., Pavilion for Excellence in Patient Care, and bestowed upon Sayfie the University’s inaugural Distinguished Master Clinician Award.