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Released: 19-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Old Bridge Medical Center and Raritan Bay Medical Center Achieve Magnet® Designation Five Consecutive Times
Hackensack Meridian Health

“Hackensack Meridian Health is committed to transforming the way healthcare is delivered, and our nurses are integral in our mission to deliver compassionate, high-quality care to the communities we serve,” said Robert C. Garrett, FACHE, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Honors 18 Acute and Critical Care Nurses with Circle of Excellence Award
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)

AACN recognizes 18 exceptional nurses -- each nominated by colleagues -- with the 2024 Circle of Excellence award. They will be honored during AACN's 50th National Teaching Institute, to be held in Denver, May 20-22.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
ATS 2024 Conference Program is Live! Register Now for Scientific Sessions in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

The ATS 2024 International Conference Program is now live! Get ready for a series of dynamic scientific programming with presentations covering AI in thoracic medicine, the basic sciences, research breakthroughs and clinical treatment, as well as spotlighting the next generation of innovators in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.

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Released: 19-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Mackenzie Scott’s Yield Giving Announces $2 Million Grant to South Bronx’s Health People to Expand Peer-to-Peer Education to Tackle Most Wide-Spread – and Preventable – Chronic Diseases Afflicting Residents of Poor and Minority Communities
Health People

Today, we’re excited to share that we’ve been selected to receive a $2million gift as an awardee of the Yield Giving Open Call. Our project was selected from among 6,353 applications from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico after a process of multiple levels of review, feedback, and diligence involving peer applicants and an external Evaluation Panel recruited for experience relevant to this cause. Health People is very grateful and excited to use these funds to develop our Community Training Institute, enabling us to effectively train other community groups across the city to implement peer-based chronic disease self-care and preventive education.

   
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Released: 19-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Moncrief Cancer Institute Debuts New Mobile Screening Clinic Funded by Tarrant County
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Moncrief Cancer Institute debuted its new Mobile Screening Clinic prior to the Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting today. The $1 million, 36-foot cancer screening clinic was funded by Tarrant County through a three-year, $9 million grant awarded to Moncrief Cancer Institute in 2022. Part of the federal funding Tarrant County received through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the grant enabled Moncrief to expand its comprehensive cancer screening program to more underserved residents in Tarrant County.

Newswise: Illinois to Create Global Center of Excellence in Food and Agricultural Communications
Released: 19-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Illinois to Create Global Center of Excellence in Food and Agricultural Communications
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will unveil plans for a global center for food and agricultural communications today at 2 p.m. Central Time on The Cowboy Channel as part of the National Ag Day celebration.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Awards Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation $10 Million Grant to Expand Adolescent Behavioral Health Services in New Jersey
Hackensack Meridian Health

Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Awards Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation $10 Million Grant to Expand Adolescent Behavioral Health Services in New Jersey

Newswise: Binghamton University’s Speech and Language Pathology program receives accreditation candidacy
Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Binghamton University’s Speech and Language Pathology program receives accreditation candidacy
Binghamton University, State University of New York

The new Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology (MS-SLP) program at Binghamton University’s Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences has achieved a significant milestone toward accreditation by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA).

Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Four PPPL researchers featured in the Physics of Plasmas
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

PPPL’s important work seeding the field of plasma physics was evident from the list of first authors in Physics of Plasmas 2023 Early Career Collection, which included four people from the Lab: Ben Isreali, Stephen Majeski, Ian Ochs and Willca Villafana.

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Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Four PPPL researchers featured in the Physics of Plasmas
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

PPPL’s important work seeding the field of plasma physics was evident from the list of first authors in Physics of Plasmas 2023 Early Career Collection, which included four people from the Lab: Ben Isreali, Stephen Majeski, Ian Ochs and Willca Villafana.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Uniformed Services University Psychiatrists Author New Handbook to Aid Diagnosis of Psychiatric Illness
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)

Early on in their training, medical students learn the signs and symptoms of most common medical conditions. For example, they can describe the difference between heart sounds within the first few weeks of training. Except when it comes to psychiatric disorders.

Newswise: Glaucoma Research Foundation Releases Informational Audiobook for Glaucoma Patients in Collaboration with Braille Institute of America
Released: 18-Mar-2024 7:05 PM EDT
Glaucoma Research Foundation Releases Informational Audiobook for Glaucoma Patients in Collaboration with Braille Institute of America
Glaucoma Research Foundation

The free glaucoma audiobook, narrated by Bianca Beach, is available for patients and their families to listen, download, and share.

Newswise: University of Utah names Kurt Dirks dean of the David Eccles School of Business
Released: 18-Mar-2024 6:05 PM EDT
University of Utah names Kurt Dirks dean of the David Eccles School of Business
University of Utah

University of Utah Provost Mitzi M. Montoya announced that Kurt Dirks has accepted an offer to serve as dean of the David Eccles School of Business. Dirks is the Bank of America Professor of Managerial Leadership and director of the Bauer Leadership Center at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.

   
Newswise: Marcilynn Burke named new Dean of Tulane Law School
Released: 18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Marcilynn Burke named new Dean of Tulane Law School
Tulane University

Marcilynn Burke, the current dean of law and Dave Frohnmayer Chair in Leadership and Law at the University of Oregon and former acting assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of the Interior, has been named dean of Tulane University School of Law, effective August 5.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
UC Irvine launches customized generative artificial intelligence tool
University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine has deployed a customized generative artificial intelligence solution called ZotGPT Chat. One of the first of its kind in the UC system, the tool was created to allow UC Irvine affiliates to explore AI in a safer, tailor-made environment.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Welcomes Dr. Lee Peng as Chief of Gastroenterology
Released: 18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Welcomes Dr. Lee Peng as Chief of Gastroenterology
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center welcomed Lee F. Peng, M.D., PhD, as section chief of gastroenterology, department of medicine.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Memorial Sloan Kettering Awarded Prestigious NCI Grant to Further Advance CAR T Cell Treatments for Solid Tumors
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

A team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) led by thoracic surgeon Prasad Adusumilli, MD, has been awarded a distinguished UG3/UH3 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to advance research and testing of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for solid tumors.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
“Coping with Crisis: Journalists on the Frontline:” a Discussion Presented by the Stony Brook School of Communication and Journalism on March 25 at 3pm, ET, in New York City
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) presents, “Coping with Crisis: Journalists on the Frontline,” which will address the efforts of reporters, mental health and resilience started by the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) over a year ago.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Rural Student Wins Entrepreneurial Award
CFES Brilliant Pathways

Student from Ticonderoga Central School is a finalist in the Vermont Pitch Challenge and will be pitching her idea in person on April 4.

   
Released: 18-Mar-2024 1:00 PM EDT
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Launches Neuro-Inclusive Oncology Care and Empowerment Program
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute launched the Neuro-Inclusive Oncology Care and Empowerment Program, a psychosocial oncology program that is specialized for adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD).

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Awarded “High Performer” Designations by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy
Released: 18-Mar-2024 12:15 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Awarded “High Performer” Designations by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Awarded “High Performer” Designations by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy

Newswise: Rensselaer Researcher Receives DOE Grant To Develop Models That Track the Formation of Black Holes
Released: 18-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Rensselaer Researcher Receives DOE Grant To Develop Models That Track the Formation of Black Holes
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

When a star goes supernova, a massive burst of neutrinos is the first signal that can escape the density of the collapsing star. Detecting and analyzing this phenomenon in real time would allow us insight into stellar dynamics and, potentially, black hole formation.

Newswise: UWF announces $5 million legacy gift from the Bear Family Foundation to name the College of Business
Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
UWF announces $5 million legacy gift from the Bear Family Foundation to name the College of Business
University of West Florida

UWF President Martha Dunagin Saunders announced a gift of $5 million from The Bear Family Foundation to name the Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Health’s New Primary Care Practice in Fort Lee, NJ,

Expands Access to Expert, Multilingual Medical Care for Bergen County Residents
Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Health’s New Primary Care Practice in Fort Lee, NJ, Expands Access to Expert, Multilingual Medical Care for Bergen County Residents
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health has opened a new primary care practice in Fort Lee, expanding access to expert, multilingual medical care for patients of all ages in Bergen County.

Newswise: SHRO and Temple Create iNest to Commercialize Innovations
Released: 18-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
SHRO and Temple Create iNest to Commercialize Innovations
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

With funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO), the latest incubator and technology transfer institute opens at Temple University.

Newswise: Sandia collaboration produces improved microneedle technology
Released: 18-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Sandia collaboration produces improved microneedle technology
Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories is at the forefront of microneedle research and is partnering with others to expand the technology. Their impact is significant, from helping U.S. service members in the field diagnose infections earlier, to helping individuals monitor their own health.

   
Released: 18-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
American Society of Nephrology and Home Dialysis University Expand Collaboration to Enhance Home Therapies Education for Nephrology Fellows
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and Home Dialysis University (HDU) launched a collaboration in 2023 to improve nephrology trainees’ knowledge, proficiency, and exposure to home dialysis therapies.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
St. Baldrick’s Foundation Awards $50,000 Grant to Expand Pediatric Cancer Clinical Trials at K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital
Hackensack Meridian Health

St. Baldrick’s Foundation Awards $50,000 Grant to Expand Pediatric Cancer Clinical Trials at K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital

Newswise: The University of Queensland Medical School – Ochsner Health celebrates high residency match
Released: 15-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
The University of Queensland Medical School – Ochsner Health celebrates high residency match
Ochsner Health

This year, UQ Ochsner MD Program received a 99% match rate through the National Residency Match Program – the highest rate in the medical school’s history since securing a full cohort of students, exceeding the average national match rate of 93.5% for U.S. medical schools.

Released: 15-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
GlobusWorld 2024 Program Announced
Globus

This year’s program includes guest keynote addresses by Ben Brown, Director, Facilities Division, Advanced Scientific Computing Research at the U.S. Department of Energy, and Greg Gunther, Science Data Management Branch Chief, U.S. Geological Survey.



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