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Nursing Leader and Researcher Keeps Patients First

What excites Dr. Cindy L. Munro about health care and the field of nursing today is not only the caliber of people who are choosing to enter health care professions, but also the shift in practitioners’ approach that emphasizes health and the prevention of problems, she says.

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Adolescent Researcher Named a Duke Health Scholar

Adolescent development researcher Dr. Sherika Hill has been named a Translating Duke Health Scholar in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Duke University School of Medicine. In addition to her new role, Hill currently serves as a senior research associate at the School of Medicine where she works on studies that look at […]

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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

Emotional Support Animals Are Becoming More Common on College Campuses

Since April 2017, Sam Goodin, director of Services for Students with Disabilities, has approved 14 applications for students to have live-in emotional support animals at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As a need for mental health treatments increases, this type of therapy may become more common on college campuses. Read More

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Academic Programs Aim to Close Diversity Gap in Medicine

Blacks and Latinos make up more than 30 percent of the U.S. population, but only 10.3 percent of medical school graduates, a number that hasn’t changed much in 50 years. It’s a stark reminder that even though the U.S. population is becoming more diverse, medicine isn’t. Now, universities and community organizations around the country are […]

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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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Joint Partnership Trains Nurses to Improve Health Care Outcomes in Alabama

Tuskegee University seniors Natasia Fanning and Roneshia Rudolph are part of an inaugural cohort of Registered Nurse Primary Care (RNPC) Scholars who are working collaboratively to provide quality health care and improve the health outcomes of underserved communities in the state of Alabama. By participating in the “Building a Resilient Primary Care Registered Nursing Workforce […]

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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.

Joint Partnership Trains Nurses to Improve Health Care Outcomes in Alabama

Tuskegee University seniors Natasia Fanning and Roneshia Rudolph are part of an inaugural cohort of Registered Nurse Primary Care (RNPC) Scholars who are working collaboratively to provide quality health care and improve the health outcomes of underserved communities in the state of Alabama.

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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.

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Ohio State Names New Executive VP, Chancellor for Health Affairs

Ohio State University (OSU) has announced the appointment of Dr. Harold “Hal” Paz as the new executive vice president and chancellor for health affairs of its health system, pending full approval from the board of trustees. Paz has over 20 years of experience working in the medical field. He currently serves as the executive vice […]

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