Welcome to The EDU Ledger.com! We’ve moved from Diverse.

Welcome to The EDU Ledger! We’ve moved from Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.

Health: Page 86

Harvard Commences Search for New University Health Services Director

The University has begun its search for Harvard University Health Services Director Paul J. Barreira’s replacement, University Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 and Executive Vice President Katie Lapp announced in an email to Harvard affiliates Wednesday. Barreira announced in January that he would step down on June 30 after seven years in the position and […]

161123_1308966.JPG.1500x996_q95_crop-smart_upscale

Smoking Pot Versus Tobacco: What Science Says About Lighting Up

As more states make it legal to smoke marijuana, some government officials, researchers and others worry what that might mean for one of the country’s biggest public health successes: curbing cigarette smoking. Though there are notable differences in health research findings on tobacco and marijuana, the juxtaposition strikes some as jarring after generations of Americans […]

Telemedicine Tied to More Antibiotics For Kids, Study Finds

Sniffling, sore-throated kids seen via telemedicine visits were far more likely to be prescribed antibiotics than those who went to a doctor’s office or clinic, according to a new study. Many of those prescriptions disregarded medical guidelines, raising the risk they could cause side effects or contribute to the rise of antibiotic-resistant germs. Read More

drugs medicine pharmacy

Med School Cadaver’s Heart Was in The Right Place (But Her Other Organs Weren’t)

A woman’s body that was recently donated to a medical school in Oregon provided an anatomy lesson that was much stranger than instructors expected. When students at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland dissected the cadaver of the 99-year-old woman, they found that her liver and abdominal organs were transposed — as […]

Whitney Witt Presents a ‘Roadmap For The College of Health’

Inaugural College of Health Dean Whitney Witt shared her working vision for Lehigh’s new College of Health in a forum on April 2 during National Public Health Week. The college, which will be the second in the nation to offer students an undergraduate degree in population health, is set to open in the 2020-2021 academic year. A […]

web190403_WITT-TALK_PORT_028-702×336

How The NYU School of Medicine is Going Tuition-Free

Going to medical school today takes more than ambition, good grades in biology in college, and an appetite for hard work. It takes a willingness to incur a crushing amount of debt. Student debt in general is in crisis in this country. All told, borrowers owe $1.5 trillion, more than people owe in credit card […]

members-of-the-class-of-2021_0

University Hospitals Issues Statement After Unauthorized Disclosure of Patient Information

University Hospitals has revealed details behind a situation involving the unauthorized disclosure of patient information. The issue took place in late February when an employee had distributed an e-mail to a group of patients regarding a new billing policy. Read More

UH HospitalsCleveland—HFN (1)

Ashe Scholar Committed to Serving Others

During Khari Blasingame’s freshman year at Vanderbilt University, he was already speaking to academic support counselor Elizabeth Wright about graduate school. This year’s Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar has not wavered in his commitment to addressing systemic inequities in health care, and his long-term goal is to become a leader in health care administration.

NCAA Football: Vanderbilt Commodores vs. South Carolina Gamecocks

Turning Bystanders Into First Responders

One April morning in 2014, a sixteen-year-old sophomore at Franklin Regional Senior High, in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, stole two butcher knives from his parents’ kitchen, hid them in his backpack, and took them to school. He was wearing all black and, according to witnesses, had a “blank expression.” Just before first period, in the hall of […]

People-on-urban-city-street

Need For Nurses: Quad-Cities Colleges, Health Care Providers Work to Meet Growing Demand

We’re always going to need nurses. That’s what many Quad-Cities college students hear while picking a career. Baby boomers — a large portion of existing nurses — are graying, and upcoming generations aren’t large enough to completely replace them in the workforce. And as health-care needs expand, nurses are in high demand. Read More

OR-NURSE-Together-Slider-Image

Suicide Prevention And Mental Health Awareness Event Draws Crowd to URI

“Suicide prevention and mental-health awareness is something that’s just so important. It needs to be vocalized more on campus.” Thus did University of Rhode Island junior Kylee Harris capture the essence not only of the school’s annual “Be 5K” fund-raising walk and run Sunday but also URI’s overall approach to caring for the minds of […]

suicide mental health

Harvard Economics Department Begins Efforts to Improve Ph.D. Student Mental Health

The Harvard University Department of Economics has begun its efforts of advancing its graduate students’ mental health after a survey distributed to Ph.D. students in the department found that they are experiencing high percentages of anxiety and depression. Conducted by Harvard University Health Services in 2018, the mental health survey found that the rates of […]

161123_1308966.JPG.1500x996_q95_crop-smart_upscale

Page 86 of 354

The trusted source for all job seekers

We have an extensive variety of listings for both academic and non-academic positions at postsecondary institutions.

The trusted source for all job seekers