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"We witnessed an enormous amount of interest in fellowships this year," Suzanne Shirley, director of Fellowships for VA IE, says in a press release.
"Employees from all over the country, from a variety of backgrounds and professions, are pursuing this opportunity to expand their impact and grow in their careers."
Shirley is referring to the VA's Innovation Ecosystem fellowship program, which gives VA employees the opportunity to work on projects that improve the health care and experiences of veterans and VA employees.
The eight new fellows, who will spend a year in the program, are Mary Julius, a quality manager for the National VA-DOD Virtual Diabetes Self-Management Education Program; Rona Relova, a research health scientist at Palo Alto VA; Jay Gorman, a clinical research psychologist in the VISN 1 New England Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) and director of the Social Reintegration Research Program at the VA Bedford Healthcare System; Nichol Salvo, chief of Podiatry and program director of Limb Preservation at Atlanta VA; Elizabeth Dinges and Minh Ho, who will partner to spread harm reduction supplies and services to more VA facilities while ensuring Veterans who use drugs are incorporated into VA care models and decisions; Melissa Tran, who used her fellowship year to expand
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Brock University scholars are creating innovations that advance research in their disciplines and beyond.Early detection and analysis of nodules done through computed tomography (CT) screening has...more
This year, the University of Arizona Health Sciences published research on the potential of cannabis terpenes for pain relief.The U of A Health Sciences also reported on new findings in the areas of...more
Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), Designated Collaborating Organizations (DCOs), and informal partnerships are critical strategies for Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) to enhance...more
Frontiers in MS Research: Driving Innovation and Collaboration for a Better Future for People with MS - MS Australia.The symposium highlighted groundbreaking research on MS prevention, early...more
MED-EL Contest Aims to Inspire Young Hearing Health Innovators.Open to children aged 6 to 12 years, this year's contest is in celebration of World Inventors Day.The contest encourages entrants to...more
Bedrock will team up with BAMF Health, Michigan Innovation Headquarters (MI-HQ), Ferris State University, Wayne State University and TechTown on the project.Henry Ford Health and Michigan State...more
The Trifecta Initiative Facilitating Fund (TIFF) Awards are designed to provide investigators with resources towards federally funded NIH/NSF proposals.The TIFF Award is intended for targeted data...more
Officials with HCA Healthcare and the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education held a check presentation at Virginia Western Community College.The $50,000 grant will provide seed money to...more
Andersen Corporation Announces $50.8 million in Year-End Profit Sharing and 2024 Donations Totaling Over $5 million in Support of Local Communities.Andersen and its corporate foundation continued...more
The award is given annually to an outstanding young scientist working on some aspect of endocrine disruption research.It is in memory of Lou Guillette, Jr., Ph.D., the former director of the Marine...more
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Social Enterprise Shortlisted for First Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards
First Enterprise Business Agency (FEBA), a Nottingham-based business support organization, is a contender for two categories at the first Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards to be held this coming February.
