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Released: 20-Feb-2020 4:40 PM EST
AACN Announces 2020 Election Results for Board of Directors and Nominating Committee
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to announce the results of its 2020 election to fill seats on the AACN Board of Directors and Nominating Committee.

Released: 20-Feb-2020 4:35 PM EST
Southern Ocean Medical Center Clinician Earns First Stroke Advanced Board Certification
Hackensack Meridian Health

Michele Galati, BSN, R.N., ASC-BC, SCRN, CMSRN, stroke clinical coordinator of Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center, is one of the first to pass the Advanced Stroke Coordinator certification examination. Ms. Galati is one of only three nurses to attain the Association of Neurovascular Clinicians’ (ANVC) new Advanced Board Certification (ANVC-BC) in New Jersey.

Released: 20-Feb-2020 1:25 PM EST
University of Rhode Island Announces URI Online degree and certificate programs
University of Rhode Island

KINGSTON, R.I. — February 20, 2020, — The University of Rhode Island has announced a new degree and certificate initiative, URI Online, which provides students and professionals access to a URI education anywhere and anytime across the globe. URI Online offers fully-online undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs designed to meet the global challenges of today’s workforce and the needs of tomorrow’s professionals.

Released: 20-Feb-2020 8:05 AM EST
Cedars-Sinai Again Earns Five-Star Rating From Federal Agency
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has earned a five-star hospital rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the third year in a row -- the highest distinction offered by the federal agency.

Released: 19-Feb-2020 10:50 AM EST
New Publication Shows Air Fresheners May Help Mitigate Harm Caused by Indoor Malodors
Household and Commercial Products Association

A new study revealed that malodors can have negative psychological, physical, social, and economic effects.

   
Released: 19-Feb-2020 10:10 AM EST
H. Timothy Hsiao, Ph.D., joins the American Society for Radiation Oncology as Director of Scientific Affairs
American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recently welcomed H. Timothy Hsiao, Ph.D., as its new Director of Scientific Affairs, where he will provide strategic leadership to advance the impact of research and innovation in radiation oncology through ASTRO's research funding, fellowships, workshops and scientific collaborations with public and private partners.

Released: 19-Feb-2020 8:00 AM EST
Johns Hopkins Medicine Launches Live Online Speaker Event: HopkinsMedLIVE
Johns Hopkins Medicine

WHAT: Johns Hopkins Medicine is committed to providing the best care for our patients, but we recognize that there is a history of unequal access to health care for many groups. In this live panel discussion, we will discuss bias in medicine with some of our leading researchers and address what we can do to give everyone the opportunity to live a healthy life.

Released: 18-Feb-2020 3:05 PM EST
University Hospitals recruits Alejandro Rivas, MD, as the New Division Chief of Otology/Neurotology
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

University Hospitals (UH) has appointed Alejandro Rivas, M.D., to be Division Chief of Otology/Neurotology in the UH Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. He joins UH on June 1, 2020 from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., where he is Director of Endoscopic Ear Surgery Dr. Rivas is one of the foremost pioneers of endoscopic ear surgery in the world. He has performed and taught endoscopic ear surgery and cochlear implant surgical approaches across the globe, including Colombia, Italy, Argentina, Japan, and Australia. This type of surgery results in less invasive procedures for patients with chronic ear disease.

Released: 18-Feb-2020 10:00 AM EST
During National Nutrition Month®, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Encourages Healthful Eating at Work
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

CHICAGO – The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics encourages everyone to eat healthfully at work.

Released: 18-Feb-2020 9:00 AM EST
Hospitals with Internationally Trained Nurses Have More Stable, Educated Nursing Workforces
New York University

Having more nurses trained outside of the United States working on a hospital unit does not hurt collaboration among healthcare professionals and may result in a more educated and stable nursing workforce, finds a new study by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing published in the journal Nursing Economic$.

Released: 18-Feb-2020 8:45 AM EST
Michael Dorff (BYU), George C. Shields (Furman U) Honored as 2020 CUR Fellows
Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)

Michael Dorff (Brigham Young University) and George C. Shields (Furman University) are the latest Fellows of the Council on Undergraduate Research to be honored for their leadership and service as role models for those involved in undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activities.

Released: 17-Feb-2020 2:45 PM EST
Wills Eye Hospital Announces Clinician-Scientist Jose S. Pulido, MD, MS, MBA, MPH to Hold Prestigious Endowed Chair
Wills Eye Hospital

Wills Eye Hospital is pleased to announce Jose S. Pulido, MD, MS, MBA, MPH, a world-renowned retina and ocular oncology clinician-scientist, has been named the Larry A. Donoso Endowed Chair and Director of the Henry and Corrine Bower Memorial Laboratories for Translational Medicine, the Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center at Wills Eye.

Released: 17-Feb-2020 2:40 PM EST
Wills Eye Hospital Names New Chief Development Officer
Wills Eye Hospital

Wills Eye Hospital is pleased to announce John J. Zabinski has been named Chief Development Officer.

Released: 17-Feb-2020 12:30 AM EST
University of Redlands educator works with APA advocacy board to preserve program targeted by White House budget proposal
University of Redlands

She was the first Japanese national to receive a Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) degree from a program accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). Now 20 years into her career as a female educator of color and as associate dean in the University of Redlands School of Education, Dr. Hideko Sera is giving back, serving on an advocacy board of the APA doing grassroots work to preserve Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).

Released: 17-Feb-2020 12:30 AM EST
Rebecca Lyons named University of Redlands Professor of the Year
University of Redlands

The University of Redlands Mortar Board Honor Society has named Rebecca Lyons as Professor of the Year. Lyons, a chemistry professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been teaching at the University of Redlands for nine years.

Released: 14-Feb-2020 10:05 AM EST
New department head named to lead industrial engineering
Penn State College of Engineering

Steven Landry, professor of industrial engineering and associate department head of the School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University, has been named department head of the Penn State Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME). He will begin on July 1, 2020.

10-Feb-2020 8:00 AM EST
Finding the Lost Stephen Hawkings
Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh

During a press briefing Friday at AAAS, Dr. Rory Cooper will discuss how people with disabilities are shut off from STEM careers and why inclusivity matters.

Released: 13-Feb-2020 12:40 PM EST
Loyola Medicine Physician Receives American Gastroenterological Association’s Highest Honor
Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine Physician Receives American Gastroenterological Association’s Highest Honor

Released: 13-Feb-2020 12:25 PM EST
Consider workplace AI’s impact before it’s too late, study says
Cornell University

The consequences of workplace automation will likely impact just about every aspect of our lives, and scholars and policymakers need to start thinking about it far more broadly if they want to have a say in what the future looks like, according to a new paper co-authored by a Cornell University researcher.



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