This Week@WesternU, July 15-19, 2013
From the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific:
Kudos on accomplishments
Congratulations to all of the 2012-13 COMP Faculty Award Winners. Click here to view the full list of winners.
From the College of Allied Health Professions:
Department of Physical Therapy Education News
Associate Professor Dayle Armstrong, PT, MS, DPT, Associate Dean of Research and Professor Donna Redman-Bentley, PT, PhD, and Mary Wardell, PT, DPT ’08, MS, PCS, had a research article, “Differences in Function Among Children With Sensory Processing Disorders, Physical Disabilities, and Typical Development,” published in Pediatric Physical Therapy, 2013:25:315-321.
From the College of Pharmacy:
Kudos on accomplishments
Dr. Fadi Khasawneh has been awarded $416,976 by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for his project, “Investigation of Platelet G-Protein Coupled Receptors.”
College of Pharmacy graduate Nogie Demirjian, PharmD ’13, is featured in a newsletter produced by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Click here to view the story.
From the College of Graduate Nursing:
HRSA funding
Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Graduate Nursing was awarded $256,526 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for the National Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) in July. This award is the fourth year that HRSA has provided support to the College of Graduate Nursing. Funds from this award will be used to prepare nurse educators enrolled in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program
From the College of Veterinary Medicine:
Kudos on accomplishments
The Senate of the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, recently approved a recommendation to award Dr. Tracey McNamara with the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, for her significant contributions to veterinary pathology and for increasing awareness of the links between animal health and human health.
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