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IU, Two Other Colleges Win $10M Grant to Study Bone-Muscle Health

Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine and two other institutions have won a $10.4 million grant to study new therapies to improve musculoskeletal conditions. The National Institutes of Health awarded the five-year grant to IU, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Texas at Arlington. IU announced the grant on Monday. […]

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University of Utah Health Improves Turnaround Time With New Imaging Tech

University of Utah Health provides care for residents of Utah and six surrounding states, with a referral area of about 10 percent to 15 percent of the continental United States. THE PROBLEM Given this large area, and the increasing number of imaging studies being performed, the health system found it had far too much data. […]

Sutter Health Opens Modern CPMC Van Ness Campus Hospital in San Francisco

Not-for-profit health system Sutter Health has opened a modern new hospital, California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) Van Ness Campus hospital in San Francisco. The new state-of-the-art facility, which includes 11 floors and 274 acute-care beds, offers inpatient and primary care services with a focus on maternity care, pediatrics, transplant, emergency and cardiac care and many […]

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Dr. Barbara Damron Returns to UNM College of Nursing as Associate Professor

Dr. Barbara Damron, a previous cabinet secretary of the New Mexico Higher Education Department, will return to The University of New Mexico College of Nursing faculty as an associate professor. “I am thrilled to have Dr. Damron return to the College of Nursing,” said Dr. Christine E. Kasper, dean of the College of Nursing. “Her […]

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Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Launches Doctorate Program

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) is launching a new 3-year Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program on its Colchester, VT, Campus. With students increasingly looking to fast-track their careers in order to begin earning income sooner and start gaining professional experience, the 3-year program helps address a growing need. The 3-year “accelerated” Pharm.D. […]

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Dr. Laura N. Gitlin Takes An Interdisciplinary Approach to Patient Care

An applied sociologist by training, Dr. Laura N. Gitlin grew up fascinated with the ways people and their families – including her own family – adapt to adversity and interact with the health care system. Today, that fascination has transpired into a number of psychosocial environmental home and community-based interventions the researcher-practitioner has developed with […]

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Initiatives Could Bolster NM’s Physician Ranks

“I wish there was a quick easy answer,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham lamented last week. Nevertheless, New Mexico’s new governor is offering a multi-pronged prescription intended to help alleviate the shortage of physicians and other health care professionals in New Mexico. Read More

Dr. Lee Anne Xippolitos: A Nurse Practitioner

As she prepares to retire as dean of the School of Nursing at Stony Brook University this spring, Dr. Lee Anne Xippolitos reflects on a health care career that spans almost two decades. “My career’s been an interesting one in the fact that it’s been a blend of service and academia,” Xippolitos says. When Xippolitos […]

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Dr. Betty N. Adams: A Commitment to the Profession

When Dr. Betty N. Adams’ father told her she would “make a good nurse,” it greatly influenced a child who already had demonstrated a commitment to helping other people, particularly those who were sick. Adams took his advice and went on to become one of the nation’s foremost nurse educators. Now dean of the College […]

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As Retirement Nears, Nursing Dean Reflects on Tenure

As Dr. Anita Hufft looks to retire this summer, she won’t be leaving a career as an astronaut that she envisioned when she was a youngster – she will depart Texas Woman’s University (TWU) as one of the nation’s foremost nurse educators. As dean of the College of Nursing at TWU’s three campuses in Denton, […]

Hospitals Welcome Foreign Nurses, Doctors to Fill Personnel Shortage

As the health care industry faces shortages in doctors and nurses, local providers are increasing recruitment efforts that include bringing in more employees from outside the United States. Geisinger is in its first year partnering with Medefis, a vendor management system that brings in experienced nurses from Jamaica, Philippines, India and Africa. The three-year program […]

Oklahoma College of Allied Health Faculty Receives Grant to Train Community Providers to Help Children With Disabilities

University of Oklahoma College of Allied Health faculty members received a $1.25 million federal grant to enact a training program that will will serve the needs of children with disabilities and health professionals in that field, according to a press release. The Office of Special Education of the U.S. Department of Education issued the grant, […]

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