Widow of UM Board of Trustees chair gave millions to UM and other causes Ten thousand dollars wasn’t enough. Susan “Sue” Miller wanted million-dollar gifts. So, using the remarkable talent she possessed for convincing others to open their wallets and purses, she led the charge to make sure those six-figure donations started rolling in. It […]
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From Dab2 to Flab
R+D Update From Dab2 to Flab More than 20 years ago, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher Xiang-Xi Michael Xu, who is also a professor of cell biology at the Miller School of Medicine, discovered Dab2, a protein long linked to cancer. He has studied its relationship to the disease ever since. Now he’s found that […]
New Dean Renowned in Critical Care
Wake Forest’s Edward Abraham tapped to set course for Miller School of Medicine Edward Abraham, an internationally renowned pulmonary medicine and critical care physician, is scheduled to begin his tenure as dean of the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine July 1. During six years as dean of the Wake Forest School of Medicine in […]
Pen Ultimate
R+D Update Pen Ultimate Using 10,000 pens, Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos, an assistant professor of civil, architectural, and environmental engineering at the University of Miami, along with AAU Anastas and Yann Antere, fashioned “The BIC Structure,” an experimental suspended pavilion, for the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures 2015 Symposium on Future Visions in Amsterdam. “The BIC […]
Sound Device
Alumni awarded $120K for medical startup with musical roots. Take two University of Miami engineering alumni with the pluck and ingenuity of MacGyver, a Frost School of Music program rooted in the sounds of Elvis Presley, and the life-and-death stakes of earthquake-ravaged Haiti and you’ve got the makings of potentially game-changing medical technology. In October […]
Changing the Face of Cancer
Lifesaving research, patient-centric care, and access to the latest trials and technology are just a few reasons Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center director Stephen Nimer is bullish about scoring South Florida’s first and only National Cancer Institute designation. BY Robert S. BENCHLEY Cristina Espinal was an energetic 14-year-old in Colombia who noticed a strange bump on […]
Fair Treatment
BY Maya Bell PHOTOS BY Andrew Innerarity For more than 40 years, Miller School of Medicine students have been bringing free health care screenings to people across South Florida who otherwise might never see a doctor. Now, a film series and national training effort are ensuring that the legacy and impact of these vital DOCS […]
The Eyes Have It, Again
National report renames Bascom Palmer as its pick for the number one eye hospital For the 11th year in a row, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute has been named the nation’s top spot for eye health in the U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals” issue for 2014-15. “To be named No. 1 is a great […]
UQuit Helps Diverse Smokers Kick the Habit
More than half of study subjects stopped smoking by the end of the four-week program For nearly 30 years, cigarettes ruled Jerome Hicks’ life. But one Monday morning in 2013, the disabled concrete finisher woke up with the determination, the support system, and, most important, the tools to conquer the deadly addiction that disproportionately harms […]
Body Tune-Up
Christopher Bennett, B.S.E.E. ’05, M.S.M.E.T. ’07, Ph.D. ’10, instructs Kelly Elizabeth in the functions of an iPad app that can “talk” to her prosthetic leg. By Meredith Camel, M.F.A. ’12 Photos by versatile light studios Songs and sounds that can help amputees walk better, safer, stronger? Researchers are merging music, engineering, and medical disciplines to […]
