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BEARCATS/Health: Nature as Medicine Webinar
Wednesday, April 15
Noon-1p.m. ET.
Virtual
Join us for an engaging, evidence-based session exploring the health benefits of nature, featuring a guided virtual forest immersion designed to help you relax, restore, and reconnect from wherever you are.
Learn how spending time in nature supports both physical and mental well-being, and leave with practical, easy-to-use strategies for incorporating moments of nature into your everyday life. Whether you live near a park, have access to a small green space, or want to bring elements of the natural world into your home or workplace, this session offers tools you can use right away. Featured Speaker: Barbara Walker, Ph.D., Professor and Integrative Health and Performance Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, College of Medicine.
View the UC Alumni Association BEARCATS/Health YouTube playlist of past virtual event recordings.
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February 11, 2026
The Cincinnati Business Courier spoke with David Gius, MD, PhD, who was recently named the next director of the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center.
February 11, 2026
The University of Cincinnati’s Fabiano Nery, MD, PhD, has received a five-year, approximately $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health to launch a clinical trial testing two new nonpharmacological treatments for teens and young adults with depression.
February 10, 2026
Following a highly competitive national search, the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center has appointed David Gius, MD, PhD, as its next director.
February 9, 2026
Research from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, recently published in the journal Nature Communications, is revealing how immune cells in the adult brain regulate the generation of new neurons.
February 5, 2026
A new study by the University of Cincinnati uses a novel artificial intelligence to predict substance use disorder-defining behaviors with up to 83% accuracy.
February 5, 2026
MedPage Today highlighted research led by the University of Cincinnati's Joseph Broderick that found administering a synthetic protein can reduce bleeding and improve outcomes for certain patients at the highest risk of continued bleeding following a type of stroke called an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).
BEARCATS/Health events are open to all University of Cincinnati alumni, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, or any other class or status protected by applicable law.
Senior Director, Alumni Engagement, College of Medicine
