Wyatte Hall Awarded $3.4M to Study Language Acquisition in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children The assistant professor of Public Health Sciences and graduate of the UR CTSI-supported Rochester Postdoc Partnership will track language acquisition outcomes for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing children…

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Deaf children are at risk for #LanguageDeprivation, which can impact overall development. In May, @wyattehall.bsky.social got a $3.4M grant to track how families teach their deaf children language & how that impacts their success: https://buff.ly/4gqrfyM

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#URochesterResearch led by UR CTSI PhD program alum Zahira Quiñones shows those who vape fruity flavors have a higher risk of nighttime dry cough, an early sign of lung disease.

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At-Home Exercise Program is Safe for People Recovering from Pulmonary Embolism A UR CTSI-supported trial shows that an early at-home rehabilitation exercise program is safe for patients recovering from pulmonary embolisms.

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UR CTSI-supported #URochesterResearch showed that an at-home rehab exercise program is safe for patients with pulmonary embolism: https://buff.ly/3BCvJDj

Former KL2 scholar Daniel Lachant, who led the study, hopes the program will improve #healthequity.

It’s all in the timing: delayed feedback in autism may weaken predictive mechanisms during contour integration

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KL2 scholar Emily Knight published an @apspublications.bsky.social study showing people w/ autism have difficulty using past experience or integrating parts into a whole to make sense of visual info due to visual feedback delays: https://buff.ly/3DjC1Io
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Ventilation during COVID-19 in a school for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) Background This study examined the correlation of classroom ventilation (air exchanges per hour (ACH)) and exposure to CO2 ≥1,000 ppm with the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 over a 20-month period in a…

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UR CTSI Co-Director @mszand1.bsky.social co-authored a #URochesterResearch study showing that good airflow & filtration in schools helped kids w/ intellectual & developmental disabilities #IDD & their teachers avoid COVID.

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AI Analysis May Improve Vaping Cessation Efforts on Social Media Artificial Intelligence for effective communication to promote vaping cessation on social media,” UR CTSI researchers will use natural language processing techniques and deep learning models…

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The NIH funded a new project led by @urochester.bsky.social researchers who are using AI to analyze social media posts about vaping and e-cigarettes to develop more effective cessation outreach: https://buff.ly/3DyqAN0

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UR CTSI (@ur-ctsi.bsky.social) We're new here! Allow us to introduce ourselves. We are an institute @urochester.bsky.social that conducts #translationalscience to improve care & health for ALL people. Not familiar with…

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URMC holds Deaf Strong Hospital event ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The University of Rochester held its annual Deaf Strong Hospital event Friday. The goal is to educate first year medical students about what deaf individuals, people with h…

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In Aug, med students @urochestersmd.bsky.social experienced how Deaf patients navigate healthcare. Deaf Strong Hospital, an exercise run by UR CTSI's National Center for Deaf Health Research, builds empathy in the next generation of doctors: https://buff.ly/3DAGDda

Building Better Tools to Predict Kidney Injury in Kids Expanding on work supported by the UR CTSI KL2 Career Development Program, Adam Dziorny, MD, PhD, is building a tool using artificial intelligence to predict acute kidney injury risk in children…

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Kids in the ICU often develop acute kidney injury, which can be deadly. In Feb, KL2 scholar Adam Dziorny got a new grant to develop an #AI tool to predict #AKI in kids & warn their doctors: https://buff.ly/3P1vHrM
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