The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences

Last fall, Emma Bonnell enrolled in the Transplantation and Donation Sciences master’s program, the first and only academic program in the country to prepare students to coordinate and oversee organ donation and transplantation.

“The curriculum, hands-on opportunities and the program’s strong connections within the donation and transplantation community all made it clear that this was the right path for me,” she shared with UToledo News. 🚀

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The Department of Neurology recently held its 2026 Neurology Research Day, which provides faculty members, fellows, residents and students with opportunities to showcase their research endeavors among colleagues and the community at large.

This celebration included an address from keynote speaker, Dr. Laurie Gutmann, chair in the Department of Neurology at Indiana University School of Medicine, who spoke on "The Accidental Clinical Trialist."

Participation in the annual Research Day was open to all faculty, residents, and fellows in the Department of Neurology. Thanks to everyone in the Department of Neurology for making this a successful event. 👏

We are thrilled about our partnership with the Maurer Family Cancer Care Center that provides hands-on experience to our students. This rotation allows them to apply their didactic knowledge in patient care, treatment delivery and interdisciplinary collaboration within multiple radiation oncology facilities. 🚀

The Maurer Family Cancer Care Center is partnering with the University of Toledo to provide clinical rotations for students in the university’s Radiation Therapy undergraduate program.

The partnership began in January with our first student and beginning in the summer semester, the Cancer Center will host one student per day on select days each week.

The new program also creates future employment opportunities for radiation therapists at the Cancer Center.

“𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨,” said Cathy O., director of radiation oncology.

🚀 HAPPY MATCH WEEK! 🚀
Congratulations to all of our fourth-year medical students who matched this morning. Can't wait until Friday to see where everyone is headed!

Dr. Jian-Ting Zhang, Senior Associate Dean for Research and director of the Northwest Ohio Cancer Research Institute, discusses the regional impact of the new collaborative initiative to advance detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer with WTOL 11.

WTOL 11: New Effort to Fight Cancer Here in Toledo Dr. Jian-Ting Zhang, director of the Northwest Ohio Cancer Research Institute, discusses the regional impact of the new collaborative initiative to advance d...

Congratulations to our fourth-year medical students who recently learned where they will continue their training in urology! 👏

🚀 Surina Patel
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

🚀 Ameisha Tutwiler
Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital
Royal Oak, MI

🚀 Matthew Wainstein
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

After completing their final months of medical school, these students will relocate to begin their residency programs.

The remainder of our fourth-year medical students will learn their residency placements on Match Day, Friday, March 20. 🚀

Dr. Mersiha Hadziahmetovic, associate professor and chair in the Department of Radiation Oncology and a UToledo Health radiation oncologist, sits down with The Blade to explain the benefits of earlier cancer screenings for cancer detection and prevention, and the need for people to incorporate more fiber into their diets.

Unusual movement: More younger people struck by colorectal cancer Fewer older people are dying of colorectal cancer, due to screening tests. That’s not as much the case for younger people who’ve seen an increase of 1.1 ...

Only ONE WEEK until Match Day! 🚀 🩺

A touch of snow on campus today. Welcome to Midwest March. ❄️
Just when spring starts to peek through, winter reminds us it’s not quite done yet.

The Council of Biomedical Graduate Students (CBGS) is excited to announce the upcoming Graduate Research Annual Forum (GRAF) 2026 on March 19-20, a celebration of our biomedical graduate scholars and their scientific discoveries.
GRAF will feature poster presentations, oral talks and a keynote address by Dr. Jiaoti Huang, Johnston-West Distinguished Professor of Pathology at Duke University School of Medicine.

This two-day event will provide engaging scientific discussions and valuable opportunities for collaboration, networking, and shared learning across our graduate community. 🚀

Last week, The University of Toledo inaugurated the Northwest Ohio Cancer Research Institute on March 3 with a ceremony that included University administrators and institute members, in the Health Education Building on campus.

Among the program’s speakers was Dr. Jian-Ting Zhang, the director of the Northwest Ohio Cancer Research Institute, UToledo President, Dr. James Holloway, as well as recorded remarks from a broad range of elected officials including both Ohio U.S. Senators.

The Northwest Ohio Cancer Research Institute aims to advance the detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer by facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration among clinicians and researchers at UToledo as well as partners including ProMedica.

More than 60 experts have been identified for inaugural membership, including more than 50 UToledo faculty whose active cancer research is supported by nearly $13 million in grants from federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health.
Members will collaborate through working groups established to specialize in breast, pancreatic and prostate cancer. They will also benefit from shared resources including service cores designed to support high-impact cancer research and to translate laboratory discoveries into patient-centered care innovations.