cmaadmin (HEAL)Other NewsHow One California Campus, The Statewide Leader in COVID Aid, Starts Spending Its MillionsVisit the campus health center to see how an unprecedented flow of federal dollars in pandemic relief is being spent at California State University, Northridge. An office has been converted into a state-of-the-art isolation room to test and treat patients possibly infected with the Covid-19 virus or other airborne illnesses. Through a sophisticated ventilation and […]July 12, 2021Other NewsDr. KMarie King To Become First Black Woman Chair Of Surgery At U.S. Academic Health CenterBlack women are shattering glass ceilings and changing the narrative surrounding representation when it comes to leadership in medicine. Dr. KMarie King was recently appointed to serve as the chair of the Department of Surgery and Chief of Surgery at Albany Medical Center, making her the first Black woman to sit at the helm of a surgery division at […]July 12, 2021Other NewsWant To Fight The Opioid Epidemic In Chicago? A New Program Trains You To Be A Community Health WorkerCHICAGO — Chicagoans who want to help their neighborhood fight the opioid crisis can take part in a new City Colleges program. People who participate in the program will be trained as community health workers to provide care to children and families who have been impacted by opioid and substance use disorders, according to a […]July 12, 2021Other News$1 Million Winner of Oregon’s COVID-19 Vaccination Lottery Is a College StudentOregon State University student Chloe Zinda said she was in disbelief when she received a text message from the Oregon Health Authority — the first indication that she’d won the state’s $1 million jackpot for getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Zinda, who was at work as a swim instructor, said she showed the text to one of her co-workers […]July 12, 2021DisparitiesUI Assistant Professor Martha Carvour Launches Health Equity ProjectsMartha Carvour, assistant professor in the department of internal medicine, received funding from the University of Iowa to launch campus and community-wide projects that aim to alleviate inequities in health care. “This is a really critically important time to think about health equity,” Carvour said. “The COVID pandemic has highlighted a lot of long-standing inequities […]June 28, 2021Other NewsHope College Gets $7.5M State Grant to Expand COVID Wastewater TestingAfter a year of monitoring wastewater for signs of COVID-19 on campus, Hope College is receiving funding from the state to expand its surveillance operation. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced nearly $49 million to support 19 projects that will continue COVID-19 wastewater surveillance and implement COVID-19 variant strain testing. Read MoreJune 28, 2021Other NewsUC San Diego Health Receives $2 Million for Endowed Chair in Head and Neck SurgeryUC San Diego Health has received $2 million from Iris and Matthew Strauss – longtime supporters of cancer research and patient care at Moores Cancer Center – to create the Iris and Matthew Strauss Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Head and Neck Surgery. Read MoreJune 28, 2021Other NewsReport Proposes Higher Education COVID-19 Recovery PoliciesIn a year defined by a deadly pandemic, economic crisis and racial injustice, colleges and universities were forced to reevaluate their practices, structures and delivery models. As the United States transitions to a recovery phase, New America and the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) sought to further understand the overall impact of these crises […]June 28, 2021DisparitiesLife Expectancy in Colorado Fell Sharply During the Pandemic, Especially for People of ColorSo many Coloradans died of COVID-19 and related causes, including drug overdoses, that life expectancy statistics fell dramatically this past year. The drop was most alarming among communities of color, where enough Hispanic and Black residents died in the pandemic that both groups’ life expectancy statistics fell by about four years. The drop among white […]June 28, 2021Mental HealthState, University of Iowa Launch ‘Center for School Mental Health’Iowa’s Department of Education announced Wednesday it’s committing $20 million of federal pandemic aid toward a new University of Iowa-based “Center for School Mental Health” that will, among other things, offer teacher training and needs assessments statewide. The new Iowa Center for School Mental Health will work with the state Education Department to expand services […]June 28, 2021Previous PagePage 3 of 309Next Page