Researchers led by John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD, at the School of Medicine, have designed a way to mitigate graft-versus-host disease, a common and often life-threatening complication of bone marrow transplants used to treat leukemia and other blood cancers. The method also employs a molecular imaging tool to help doctors identify patients most likely to develop this condition.

There’s a small room in Rudolph Hall that most students walk right past without noticing. But when anyone finds it, they usually insist all their friends come and look as well. It’s one of those special things about the university no student ever forgets, and this is the story of how it came to be there.

​IdealTap, a medical device that would make spinal taps easier and more efficient for the patient and physician, has won $25,000 in cash in the 2015 Discovery Competition in the School of Engineering & Applied Science.

Rahel Ghenbot has roots in another continent and a longtime interest in health and cultural issues, so a career in global health is a good fit. The medical student spent January in Ethiopia, learning about the difficulties of practicing medicine in a developing country. She will do her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.