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KT Connects (Webinar Series) Returns January 31 – Register Now!
KT Connects, a series of beginner-level training webinars for researchers and trainees, returns to the airwaves in 2020. Kicking off the new year will be Karine Souffez, associate director of knowledge exchange at UBC. Karine will present the exciting work of UBC’s new Knowledge Exchange (Kx) Unit and how they are working to engage the academic community. She will discuss some of the ...
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Australia to establish AUS$24m health knowledge hubs for Asia Pacific
The Australian Government will establish stronger alliances with a range of domestic, regional and international partners to improve the quality and effectiveness of health sector development assistance in the Asia-Pacific region. We will provide up to $24 million over four years to establish Health Knowledge Hubs with the Nossal Institute; the University of New South Wales; the University of ...
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Health Canada adopts interim policy statement on Health Canada`s working definition for nanomaterials
Health Canada began a public consultation on its adoption of the Interim Policy Statement on Health Canada's Working Definition for Nanomaterials (Interim Policy). Although Health Canada is accepting comments, it states that the Interim Policy 'is effective immediately.' In preparing the Interim Policy, Health Canada states that it sought the informal feedback of some international stakeholders, ...
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Healthcare transformation through operational excellence
TOPIC: Healthcare Transformation Through Operational Excellence Plenary Session 3 at Healthcare Management Forum: Process Improvement and Operational Excellence WHEN: Monday, April 4 2011 at 10:45 a.m WHERE: Toronto Priority Code: 3BL1 Moderated By: Gabriela Prada, Director, Health Innovation, Policy and Evaluation, The Conference Board of Canada Panellists Sandra Cascadden, Chief Health ...
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Dr. John Peabody Delivers 2021 Rocky Vista University (RVU) Commencement Speech
Rocky Vista University (RVU) celebrated the graduation of 154 medical students from its College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) and 37 graduate students from its Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences (MSBS) program on the Colorado campus. RVU hosted the small-scale commencement ceremony for students and their guests in the University’s auditoriums with masks and distanced ...
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Job Vacancy: Internal Sales Specialist
We are currently seeking an Internal Sales Specialist. This is a full-time or part-time, flexible role working from the Cambridge office. This is a great opportunity for a chemistry or scientific graduate or more experienced analytical chemist to move into a scientific sales role. Experience working in a target driven commercial role is preferred. This role is office based near to Cambridge ...
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Sight Sciences Announces Appointment of Brenda Becker to Board of Directors
Sight Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGHT), an eyecare technology company focused on creating innovative solutions intended to transform care and improve patients’ lives, today announced the appointment of Brenda Becker to its Board of Directors, effective March 15, 2022. As part of her duties, Ms. Becker has joined the Nominating and Governance Committee. Ms. Becker has more than 40 years of ...
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Public health experts recognized for work in Zinc deficiency
Professors Kenneth H. Brown (University of California, Davis), Ananda S. Prasad (Wayne State University), and Robert E. Black (Johns Hopkins University), were recognized with the 2010 Prince Mahidol Award for "outstanding contributions to global public health," in recognition of their efforts in the identification and control of human zinc deficiency. The awards were presented by HRH Princess ...
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Rwanda: Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity
This month, we join the global community and the people of Rwanda, in particular, in celebration of the progress made towards women’s rights, women’s empowerment and gender equality in general. This year’s celebrations in Rwanda kicked off with a memorable and colourful ceremony at Ngoma District, Eastern Province, on Sunday, March 08, 2015, under the patronage of the Right ...
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nference Study Produces First Molecular Hypothesis Explaining COVID-19-Induced Myocarditis
nference, the AI-driven health technology company, today announced publication of a preprint study in bioRxiv that found the genetic alteration of some linear peptides expressed specifically in the human heart are mimicked by the SARS-CoV-2 polyprotein (replicase). The study has been submitted for peer-review. Authors of "Genetic alteration of human MYH6 is mimicked by SARS-CoV-2 polyprotein: ...
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Alexandra Clyde appointed to Sequana Medical Board of Directors
Sequana Medical NV (Euronext Brussels: SEQUA) (the “Company” or “Sequana Medical“), a pioneer in the treatment of drug-resistant fluid overload in liver disease, heart failure and cancer, today announces the appointment of Alexandra Clyde as an independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. Ms. Clyde is a highly experienced global business executive with an exceptional ...
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Doctors call to reduce exposure to electromagnetic fields
In April 2009, 50 doctors issued a united call to leaders in politics and health in the Dutch capital, The Hague. They called for stricter measures to be taken to minimize exposure to electromagnetic fields. The Dutch doctors, ranging from general practitioners, specialists to medical scientists, called for a reduction in the exposure to electro-magnetic fields (EMF) and a more conscious use of ...
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Princeton Professor Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D., to be awarded the 2010 William B. Graham prize for health services research
In recognition of his contributions to the field of health services research and lifelong achievements, Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D., has been named the 2010 recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research. The Prize, funded by The Baxter International Foundation and managed by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), will be awarded on June 5, ...
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World Health Organization anti-smoking program could save millions of lives (#2194)
Millions of smoking-related deaths could still be prevented by 2030 if the World Health Organization smoking reduction policy is applied immediately worldwide, say University of Michigan researchers. Further, the number of smokers could have been reduced by 34 percent had the WHO policy been implemented globally in 2010. Researchers developed two sets of projections predicting smoking outcomes ...
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Eaton Named a 2015 Best Employer for Healthy Lifestyles®, Recognized with a Platinum Award by the National Business Group on Health
Power management company Eaton today announced the company has been recognized among the “2015 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles®.” The National Business Group on Health presented Eaton with a Platinum award for exemplary workplace well-being programs, cultures and results at a Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. sponsored by the National Business Group on Health’s ...
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Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Inc. Names Doug Leahy Vice President of Reimbursement and Health Economics
May 22, 2018—Boston, Mass.—Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Inc. (Caliber I.D.) announced today that Doug Leahy has joined the company as Vice President of Reimbursement and Health Economics to develop, lead and implement successful strategies for coverage, health policy and reimbursement of its VIVASCOPE® System. Mr. Leahy brings a strong emphasis and focus on physician ...
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Hidden health costs of transportation policy
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) is holding a briefing to examine health impacts and costs associated with transportation in the United States. The briefing will address how federal policies regarding transportation infrastructure, in addition to policies concerning vehicles and fuels, can play an important role in improving public health and reducing health care costs. ...
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Europe: Commission launches consultation on active & healthy ageing
The European Commission is seeking the views of public and private organisations, companies and individual citizens on how Europe could scale up innovation to meet the challenges of the ageing population in Europe, and in particular on a pilot European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on active and healthy ageing, as set out in the Innovation Union Flagship Initiative, presented on 6 October by Maire ...
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Novo Nordisk praises historic declaration to fight diabetes
On December 13, 2010, twenty-two countries from the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) and five international organisations agreed on the "Dubai Declaration on Diabetes and Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in the Middle East and Northern Africa Region." The agreement was the culmination of the Novo Nordisk sponsored MENA Diabetes Leadership Forum held on December 12-13 in Dubai. "We are ...
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Almost 5 Million Californians Suffer from Asthma
Last month an article posted by Time reported that 4.9 million people in California suffer from asthma. According to research from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research the condition disproportionately affects low income residents. The article also states that between 2001 and 2007 there was a 13% overall increase in the asthma rate. The report revealed that Fresno, a lower income inland ...
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