University Health Services (UHS) offers four-star care in many areas which patients value most, according to a survey published in the current issue of Consumer Reports magazine.
Released by Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP), a coalition working to promote improvements in the quality of health care services, the survey rated 487 adult, family and pediatric practices throughout Massachusetts. As part of a pilot program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, results are published as a June insert in Consumer Reports.
The survey asked about aspects of patient experience
Stephen Miller, associate professor of Japanese language and literature, recently published a monograph with the Cornell University East Asia Series titled “The Wind from Vulture Peak: The Buddhification of Japanese Waka in the Heian Period.”
Developmental biologists Dominique Alfandari and Helene Cousin of the Veterinary and Animal Sciences Department recently received a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate craniofacial development in a frog model to better understand genetic control of cell migration. The work is expected to advance knowledge of how cancer cells migrate away from primary tumors to cause metastatic disease in new sites, among other processes.
With the campus in the midst of a $1 billion capital improvement program, the university has adopted a new physical master plan that looks 50 years into the future. The plan matches academic vision with facilities to strengthen a sense of community and enhance the campus's beauty.