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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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Jakub Hlavka, a Czech healthcare economic expert, has praised the European Commission's pharmaceutical reform for proposals to reduce standard patent protection.He said it's a fair way to encourage...more
Common Ground Healthcare Foundation Announces Over $3 million in Grant Awards to Support Community Initiatives in Wisconsin. " Urban Milwaukee Common Ground healthcare Foundation" - Dec 18th, 2024...more
Foundation: Black Hills Area Community Foundation
One Step Closera helps pay for licenses and certifications required for careers like nursing and medical coding.Western Dakota Tech was given a $50,000 grant from the Black Hills Area Community...more
The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles recently awarded $4.3 million in grants to 87 organizations.In Los Angeles, the grants are being awarded to 58 Jewish nonprofits to "enhance healthier...more
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
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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.
