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Released: 15-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
University Hospitals and Northeast Ohio Medical University Experience Early Success, Extend Major Affiliation
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

University Hospitals (UH) and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) extended the reach of their July 2022 major affiliation agreement. The organizations aim to build on their early successes through their major affiliation and have identified significant opportunities to collaborate throughout this year and beyond.

Newswise: Pediatric urologist Anthony Atala, MD, FACS, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, elected Chair of ACS Board of Regents
Released: 15-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Pediatric urologist Anthony Atala, MD, FACS, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, elected Chair of ACS Board of Regents
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

Anthony Atala, MD, FACS, a distinguished pediatric urologist from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has been named the new Chair of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Board of Regents. The announcement of his election to a one-year term came following the ACS Clinical Congress 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Newswise: Docs Who Rock
Released: 15-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Docs Who Rock
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack University Medical Center's physicians performed in a Battle of the Bands and won! Raising money for a good cause while having some fun!

Newswise: Sarosh Rana named UChicago Medicine's inaugural Chief Obstetrical Transformation Officer
Released: 15-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Sarosh Rana named UChicago Medicine's inaugural Chief Obstetrical Transformation Officer
University of Chicago Medical Center

Sarosh Rana, MD, MPH has been named the inaugural Chief Obstetrical Transformation Officer for the University of Chicago Medicine health system.

Newswise: Cigall Kadoch, PhD, of Dana-Farber awarded 2023 Paul Marks Prize for cancer research
Released: 13-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Cigall Kadoch, PhD, of Dana-Farber awarded 2023 Paul Marks Prize for cancer research
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is proud to announce three innovative investigators as the recipients of this year’s Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research.

Released: 13-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
AAPM Appoints C. David Gammel, FASAE, CAE as New Executive Director
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine is pleased to announce C. David Gammel as its incoming Executive Director.

   
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Released: 10-Nov-2023 4:00 PM EST
Business and Society Podcast: The Labor Movement
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

On this episode of the Business and Society podcast, Professors Jerry Davis and Cindy Schipani discuss the state of labor from an economic, industry, and organizational development perspective. They explore the factors of modern labor, recent striking action, CEO pay, and more.

Released: 8-Nov-2023 9:30 AM EST
Analyzing the New Workday Dead Zone: The Power Dynamics and Science of It
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Whether they’re working from home or on site, many employees are taking a break between 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and making up the time later that night. Smith expert Nicole Coomber says, “sometimes it’s worthwhile to take a step back from work, rather than trying to just keep grinding.”

   
Newswise: Giles Robinson, M.D., named director of the Neuro-Oncology Division at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Released: 7-Nov-2023 10:00 AM EST
Giles Robinson, M.D., named director of the Neuro-Oncology Division at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

He has also become co-leader of the Neurobiology and Brain Tumor Program within the St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center. These combined units comprise one of the largest clinical brain tumor programs in North America.

Newswise: AANS Announces Departure of CEO Following 23 Years of Dedicated Service to the Organization
Released: 6-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EST
AANS Announces Departure of CEO Following 23 Years of Dedicated Service to the Organization
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) has announced the upcoming departure of its CEO, Kathleen T. Craig, following 23 years of dedicated service — the last seven as CEO.

Released: 3-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Paid family leave boosted postpartum wellbeing, breastfeeding rates
Northwestern University

Postpartum people are 9% more likely to breastfeed at six months postpartum in states with generous paid family leave.

Released: 2-Nov-2023 3:25 PM EDT
Ochsner Health Nurses Honored by The DAISY Foundation
Ochsner Health

Tena Barnes Carraher, DAISY Foundation cofounder and board member, was in New Orleans to award ten Ochsner Medical Center-New Orleans nurses with the DAISY Award.

Newswise: Despite Barriers and Naysayers, Former Hospital Unit Secretary Is Now a Sylvester Nurse Practitioner With a Doctorate
Released: 1-Nov-2023 8:05 PM EDT
Despite Barriers and Naysayers, Former Hospital Unit Secretary Is Now a Sylvester Nurse Practitioner With a Doctorate
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Dr. Anastasia Santiago began her career in healthcare as a hospital unit secretary. Despite barriers and naysayers, the determined young woman went on to earn a doctorate as a nurse practitioner, and today is the advanced practice provider supervisor for Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Division of Hematology.

Newswise: Soy expansion in Brazil linked to increase in childhood leukemia deaths
Released: 30-Oct-2023 3:00 PM EDT
Soy expansion in Brazil linked to increase in childhood leukemia deaths
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Over the past decades, Brazil has become the world’s leading soybean producer, as well as the leading consumer of pesticides. Despite concerns about potential public health consequences, little is known about the effects of pesticide exposure in the general population.

   
Released: 24-Oct-2023 1:35 PM EDT
From nanoplastics to airborne toxins: Pollution stories for media.
Newswise

Read the latest research news on air pollution, nanoplastics, waterborne illnesses and more in the Pollution channel on Newswise.

       
Newswise: Dr. Jonathan Leighton Elected President of the American College of Gastroenterology
17-Oct-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Dr. Jonathan Leighton Elected President of the American College of Gastroenterology
American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)

Gastroenterologist Jonathan A. Leighton, MD, FACG, was elected by the membership as the 2023–2024 President of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG).

Released: 23-Oct-2023 6:05 AM EDT
Female board members help improve firms’ corporate sustainability reporting
University of Portsmouth

New research has revealed that firms with female directors on the board, regardless of how many, improves the quality of corporate sustainability disclosures than those with no board representation.



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