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Doctoral Student Aiming to Encourage Residents Pursuing Wellness Goals With New Class
A Mary Baldwin University student is using her studies to help local residents of all ages reach wellness goals. Virginia native Catherine Western will lead a four-week wellness program at the Staunton-Augusta Family YMCA as part of her doctoral work starting Tuesday. She hopes the course – which she designed herself – will equip community members with knowledge […]
March 4, 2019
Policies
This N.J. Hospital ER Billed Thousands For a Stomach Ache. The Patient Fought Back — And Won.
Who knows whether it was the stuffing, cranberry sauce, or that vegetable casserole, but something at Thanksgiving dinner didn’t sit right with Evan Acuna. Two days after the big feast he was still feeling the effects of what the 27-year-old suspected was food poisoning. When he couldn’t even keep down water and started to get […]
March 4, 2019
Nursing
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 […]
March 4, 2019
Nursing
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 […]
March 4, 2019
Health
Racial Equality, Social Justice Advocate Dr. Bill Jenkins Dies at 73
Dr. Bill Jenkins, an advocate for racial equality and social justice who tried to stop the Tuskegee syphilis experiment that utilized Black patients as guinea pigs, died recently at the age of 73. Jenkins worked as an epidemiologist battling racism in health care. The cause was due to complications of an inflammatory disease called sarcoidosis, according […]
March 4, 2019
Other News
Medical College of Wisconsin Contemplates Adding New Programs, Campuses to Meet Workforce Needs
In an effort to more effectively meet health care workforce needs in Wisconsin, officials from the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) are discussing the possibility of adding new programs at its Wauwatosa campus. If implemented, the new programs could include a physician assistant master’s program and a master’s degree in genetic counseling, which would help […]
March 4, 2019
Disparities
Racial Equality, Social Justice Advocate Dr. Bill Jenkins Dies at 73
Dr. Bill Jenkins, an advocate for racial equality and social justice who tried to stop the Tuskegee syphilis experiment that utilized Black patients as guinea pigs died recently at the age of 73. Jenkins worked as an epidemiologist battling racism in health care. The cause was due to complications of an inflammatory disease called sarcoidosis, according […]
March 4, 2019
Nursing
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. […]
February 27, 2019
Policies
Yale Health Premiums Continue to Rise For Employees, Postdoctoral Fellows
Yale employee health care premiums — monthly fees paid to insurance or health plans — have risen through the years, reflecting a nationwide trend in employee benefits for universities. The cost of Yale Health plans have steadily increased over the years and have been matched with increased costs for employees, whether they are single or […]
February 27, 2019
Other News
$20 Million Gift Helps Loyola University Chicago Start School of Health Sciences
Loyola University Chicago is set to launch a new school of health sciences and public health in the fall, thanks in part to a $20 million donation. “As we prepare to celebrate 150 years as one of the nation’s largest Jesuit, Catholic universities, this new school is a bold expression of our mission to form […]
February 27, 2019
Other News
University of Wisconsin-Madison Names Jacob Baggott Executive Director of UHS
The University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) has named Jacob Baggott as executive director of its University Health Services, effective May 1. Under this new role, Baggott will lead the establishment of university policies and programs that protect and promote the health of everyone in the Madison campus community. Badger said he sees the position as a […]
February 27, 2019
Disparities
Ohio Governor Appoints First Woman as Director of State Department of Health
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has announced the appointment of Dr. Amy Acton as the first woman to serve as director of the Ohio Department of Health. Acton has decades of experience working as a doctor and administrator, and most recently served as a community research and grants management officer at the Columbus Foundation. She also […]
February 27, 2019
Nursing
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 […]
February 27, 2019
Disparities
Dr. Melissa Weddell Appointed Department Chair in ASU’s Beaver College of Health Sciences
Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Health Sciences (BCHS) has appointed Dr. Melissa Weddell as chair of the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education (RMPE). Weddell has worked at Appalachian State for nine years, most recently as an interim chair for the RMPE department. She also served as program director of the department’s recreation […]
February 27, 2019
Health
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.
February 27, 2019
Disabilties
Disability Rights Attorney Carrie Ann Lucas Dies at 47
Nationally known disability rights attorney Carrie Ann Lucas, has died. She was 47 years old. “[Lucas] died after an arbitrary denial from an insurance company caused a plethora of health problems, exacerbating her disabilities and eventually leading to her premature death,” her family and friends wrote in a Facebook post on Lucas’ page. The ultimate […]
February 26, 2019
Health
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.
February 25, 2019
Disparities
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 […]
February 25, 2019
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