Your Health Matters: Menopause with Dr. Omicioli
In this three-minute "Your Health Matters" segment from FOX 45 Morning News, reporter Patrice Harris interviews Dr. Valerie Omicioli, a gynecologist and certified menopause practitioner at the University of Maryland Medical Center. During the interview, Dr. Omicioli addresses the topic of menopause and explains some of the treatment options available to help relieve the symptoms associated with this portion of a woman's life.
Hormone replacement therapy and its associated risks are also discuss
Your Health Matters: First Trimester Pregnancy
In this three-minute "Your Health Matters" segment from FOX 45 Morning News, reporter Patrice Harris interviews Dr. Chris Harman, the Director of Maternal/Fetal Medicine and the Center of Advanced Fetal Care at the University of Maryland Medical Center. During the interview, Dr. Harman discusses things women should and should not do during their first trimester of pregnancy, including taking prenatal vitamins and reducing stress.
Dr. Harman also details the types of tests, both invasive and non
Army War College- APFRI Health Day, Dr. Dean Ornish
Dr. Dean Ornish, president and founder of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute, spoke to the Army War College student body for the Army Physical Fitness Research Institute Health Day Aug. 5 in Bliss Hall.
Genomics and Health- Panel Presentation
Organized by the Penn Genome Frontiers Institute, this two-part lecture and discussion, "Genomics and Health: Cradle to Grave," features three talks by leading researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The topics featured in this program include the promise and limitations of genomic tests used by pediatricians, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and neurodegenerative disease. The second part of the program is a panel discussion in which the speakers, joi
Genomics and Health- Panel QA
Organized by the Penn Genome Frontiers Institute, this two-part lecture and discussion, "Genomics and Health: Cradle to Grave," features three talks by leading researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The topics featured in this program include the promise and limitations of genomic tests used by pediatricians, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and neurodegenerative disease. The second part of the program is a panel discussion in which the speakers, joi
Penn Hosts International Congress on Women's Health Issues
Heralded by a trumpeter, Dean Afaf Meleis of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing opens "Cities and Women's Health: Global Perspectives," the 18th International Congress on Women's Health Issues gathering on on April 7, 2010. President Trish Davidson of ICOWHI and Pennsylvania First Lady Midge Rendell also make opening remarks.
Additional information is available at:
• Penn Current, http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/latestnews/040110-4.html.
• Pennsylvania Gazette, http://w
FOX Chicago News at Nine features Saint Xavier Prof. on Health Care topic
Saint Xavier University Professor William Kresse discussed the potential for fraud in health care reform legislation on Wed., March 24, on FOX Chicago News at Nine.
Kresse is an associate professor at the Graham School of Management and director of the Saint Xavier University Center for the Study of Fraud and Corruption.
The Global Health Leadership Challenge
Drawing upon experience as Ethiopia's Minister of Health, Dr. Tedros, describes leadership principles necessary to understand health issues holistically, recognize the importance of evidence, communicate effectively with different stakeholders, and promote sustained commitment to improved health outcomes.
Resource Mobilization for Health
Dr. Benn applies his experience as the Director for Resource Mobilization at the Global Fund in a session designed to provide an overview of external resource mobilization in health and targeted expertise to the country-specific issues raised by the delegates. Dr. Benn discusses the role of funding mechanisms like the Global Fund, bilateral organizations and the private sector, providing practical advice on how to sustain a valuable partnership, optimize the use of available resources, identify
Developing Human Capacity for Health
This lecture emphasizes the role of an effective healthcare workforce, including methods for developing professional skills, behaviors and attitudes, and addressing performance gaps. Drawing on his experience at IntraHealth International, Mr. Gaye shares approaches for maximizing effectiveness given current healthcare workforce challenges.
Initiating, Scaling up and Sustaining Health Initiative
Prof. Bradley reviews the creation and diffusion of best practices, focusing on key elements necessary for systems thinking to enable scale up and sustainability. Themes from delegation updates will demonstrate the GHLI curriculum's potential to create a framework for innovation and progress.
Global Health Leadership for a Changing World
Ms. Batson highlights the importance and key principles of global health leadership within the context of complex geopolitical change. As Director of the Global Health Initiative, Ms. Batson discusses the Obama Administration's six-year, $63-billion program which focuses on improving health through strengthened health systems, with a particular focus on improving the health of women, newborns and children. Using the U.S. example, Ms. Batson discusses how to leverage limited resources to achiev
Institute for Global Health interviews: Professor Peter Piot
Professor Peter Piot on Institute developments and upcoming Global Health Days. For more information please visit http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/globalhealth
Institute for Global Health interviews: Professor Geoffrey Pasvol
Professor Geoffrey Pasvol discusses the aims of the Wellcome Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine and future collaborations with the Institute. For more information please visit http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/globalhealth
Global health lecture 2010 - Dr Richard Horton
Dr Richard Horton, Chief Editor, The Lancet gives keynote speech on global health and journalism. For more information please visit http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/globalhealth
Lec-29 Health Effects of Air Pollutants Part-1
Lecture Series on Fundamentals of Environmental Pollution and Control by Prof. Jayanta Bhattacharya, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in
Lec-30 Health Effects of Air Pollutants Part-2
Lecture Series on Fundamentals of Environmental Pollution and Control by Prof. Jayanta Bhattacharya, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in
Faculté des sciences de la santé (partie I) | Faculty of Health Sciences - Part I
Faculté des sciences de la santé (partie I) - Intégrale de la collation des grades du printemps, 7 juin 2010.
Part I of the Faculty of Health Sciences 2010 spring convocation ceremony, held on June 7.
Sciences de la santé (partie II) et médecine | Health Sciences - Part II and Medicine
Faculté des sciences de la santé (partie II) et Faculté de médecine - Intégrale de la collation des grades du printemps, 7 juin 2010.
Faculties of Health Sciences (part II) and Medicine 2010 spring convocation ceremony, held on June 7.
WSU Breaks Ground on School for Global Animal Health Building
Friday, June 25, 2010
Contact:
Darin Watkins, WSU News Service (509) 335-4456, darin.watkins@wsu.edu
Matthew Haugen, Video Journalist, WSU News Service (509) 335-0487, mhaugen@wsu.edu
PULLMAN, Wash. -- Under a sunny sky, officials from Washington State University and the Gates Foundation broke ground on a 62,000-square-foot, three-story flagship research building for a new School for Global Animal Health. The first of its kind research facility will house a state-of-the-art infectious dis
