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Miller Faculty Members Host Film Screening to Raise Alzheimer’s Awareness

December 15, 2014 in /by

To help raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease, the University of Miami Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Neurology and Volunteers of America hosted a screening of the “Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me” documentary on December 2 at the Regal Cinemas on Miami Beach. The film chronicles Campbell’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease while on the […]

NIH Funds ALS Research Consortium Headed by UM Neurologist

October 15, 2014 in /by

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, have awarded University of Miami Miller School of Medicine neurologist Michael Benatar, M.D., Ph.D., a $6.24 million cooperative agreement award to establish a Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortium that will study amyotrophic […]

Alberto Ramos, M.D., M.S.P.H. featured speaker at the 2014 Florida Society of Neurology Annual Meeting in Orlando

October 7, 2014 in /by

Alberto Ramos, M.D., M.S.P.H., assistant professor of clinical neurology and Co-Director of the Sleep Disorders Program, was a featured speaker at the 2014 Florida Society of Neurology Annual Meeting in Orlando. In his presentation, titled “Clinical Research in Sleep Disorders,” Ramos discussed recent basic, epidemiologic and clinical research in sleep medicine, how these concepts apply […]

New Study Helps Hispanic Seniors in Miami Fight Depression with Exercise

October 7, 2014 in /by

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine psychologist Daniel Jimenez, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, has just kicked off a study that uses exercise and social engagement as a way to stem depression and anxiety among local Hispanic seniors. Using a small army of local health promoters or promotoras de salud, Jimenez […]

Sample Clinical Trial One

July 21, 2014 in /by

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Our Memory Program

June 25, 2014 in /by

Welcome to the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Memory Program, which draws on the knowledge and experience of a multidisciplinary team of professionals at one of the country’s leading academic medical centers. Our Memory Program includes experienced physicians and researchers in neurology, psychiatry and other specialties. Because memory problems can have many causes, […]