Research in the News

Mother-son duo collaborate on mobile app for clinicians

The University of Cincinnati’s Pooja Khatri and her son Ajai Nelson have collaborated to launch the NIH StrokeNet Trial Finder app.

Honoring excellence in nurse anesthesia

Since the first formal nurse anesthesia education program was established nearly 120 years ago in Portland, Ore., much has progressed in the profession and health care. Similarly, the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing Nurse Anesthesia program, established as the Cincinnati General Hospital School of Anesthesia in 1945 and currently ranked No. 11 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, has evolved to meet changing demands by preparing nurse anesthetists ready to meet with excellent clinical and leadership skills.

Study examines blood vessels’ role in neuropathic spontaneous pain, potential treatments

The University of Cincinnati’s Jun-Ming Zhang has received a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to research the effect of blood vessel movement inside sensory ganglia on neuropathic spontaneous pain.