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Jan 26, 2015
In his remarks at the Early Education Summit, President Obama mentioned 2014 Nurse Faculty Scholar, Ashely Darcy-Mahoney's project, Talk With Me Baby, which is a collaborative program between the Emory University School of Nursing, Marcus Center for Autism, Georgia Department of Public Health and Get Georgia Reading.
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Jan 22, 2015
2013 Nurse Faculty Scholar, Tatiana Sadak, assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Nursing, blogs about her work in "dementia caregiver activation" and what it means for people living with dementia.
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Jan 5, 2015
President Daniels, Johns Hopkins University, writes an important commentary on young investigators and the future of the biomedical workforce. He comments and provides recommendations regarding distressing trends, such as a decline in the share of key research grants going to younger scientists, and a steady rise in the age at which investigators receive their first funding, and their effects on the future of the U.S. biomedical research workforce.
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Jan 5, 2015
Felesia Bowen, 2014 Nurse Faculty Scholar and assistant professor at Rutgers University School of Nursing, writes about her research on community-based pediatric asthma care and the glaring health disparities she witnesses in the field.
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Dec 8, 2014
Dr. Karen Johnson, of the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, blogs about her work as an adolescent health researcher and the critical importance of focusing on promoting health and resilience among adolescents at-risk for school dropout.
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Dec 2, 2014
Dr. Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, Nurse Faculty Scholar alumna and assistant professor at the University of Miami, School of Nursing & Health Studies, writes about her research on behavioral and mental health disparities experienced by Hispanic/Latino communities.
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Nov 25, 2014
Dr. Sarah Szanton's Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-supported CAPABLE program helps lower income older adults age in place, read about how she sees the program fitting into the Culture of Health.
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Nov 13, 2014
In honor of Veterans Day 2014, Drs. Jackie Campbell and Angela Amar write about the Pentagon and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs response to intimate partner and sexual violence among active duty and returning military and their families.
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Nov 5, 2014
Difficult problems demand innovative solutions. Teen Take Heart (TTH) is a program I’ve worked to develop, in partnership with The Hope Heart Institute and with support from the RWJF Nurse Faulty Scholars Program, to address locally a problem we face nationally: an alarming increase in obesity and other modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among teenagers.
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Oct 28, 2014
The recent outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa is a stark reminder that we live in a globally connected world and that outbreaks can occur without warning. As infection prevention specialists, we are acutely aware of the risks health care workers face in caring for the public, both now and in times of relatively less chaos.The good news is that despite media reports, nurses, physicians, infection prevention specialists and other health care workers are in an ideal position to lead the global response to this disease.
