This Week@WesternU, May 20-24, 2019
Commencement 2019
Western University of Health Sciences will open its 2019 Commencement ceremonies at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium with the Graduate College of Biomedical Sciences and the College of Health Sciences at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2019.
The keynote speaker will be Christopher J.L. Murray, MD, DPhil, Professor of Global Health at the University of Washington and Institute Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
Dr. Murray is a founder of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) approach, a systematic effort to quantify the comparative magnitude of health loss due to diseases, injuries, and risk factors by age, sex, and geography over time. He co-authored the original GBD study in the early 1990s which was the mostly widely cited medical paper in the world for several years.
From 1998 to 2003, he worked at the World Health Organization (WHO), where he served as the Executive Director of the Evidence and Information for Policy Cluster while Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland was Director-General. He went on to become Director of the Harvard Initiative for Global Health and the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, as well as the Richard Saltonstall Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health, from 2003 until 2007.
The University of Washington created IHME in 2007 supported by a $105 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and $20 million from UW. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced an additional $279 million pledge to IHME in 2017 to build on its work providing independent health evidence to improve population health.
Click here for more information about Commencement ceremonies in Pasadena, California: https://commencement.westernu.edu/pomona/
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WesternU COMP-Northwest prepares to graduate 104 osteopathic physicians
Western University of Health Sciences’ Oregon campus will celebrate its fifth Commencement on Friday, May 31, 2019 on the WesternU-Oregon Campus at 200 Mullins Drive in Lebanon. Doors will open at 9 a.m. and the ceremony will begin at 10.
At Commencement, 104 medical students from the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-Northwest will earn their Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine. These new physicians will join more than 400 alumni who have graduated from WesternU COMP-Northwest.
Oregon Governor Kate Brown will deliver the Governor’s Address at the ceremony. Governor Brown earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado-Boulder. She moved to Oregon to attend Lewis and Clark’s Northwestern School of Law, where she received her law degree and Certificate in Environmental Law. Prior to serving as Oregon’s 38th governor, she served as Oregon’s Secretary of State, where Governor Brown was a leader in increasing government transparency and accountability.
The keynote address will be delivered by Oregon’s 34th governor, Barbara Roberts. Governor Roberts was elected in 1990, becoming the first woman governor in Oregon and one of the first 10 female governors in the nation.
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Click here for information about the COMP-Northwest Commencement ceremony in Lebanon, Oregon: https://commencement.westernu.edu/lebanon/
WesternU Commencement on social media
For everyone participating in and attending Commencement ceremonies: Help us make the 2019 Commencement ceremonies memorable. You can help us make a virtual scrapbook on social media by tagging and mentioning us on Twitter and Instagram (@westernunews), and finding us on Facebook (@westernuniversityofhealthsciences).
Please use the hashtag #WesternUGrad2019 for ceremonies in Pasadena that take place May 22-24 and for the ceremony in Lebanon on Friday, May 31.
2019 Photo Competition
On behalf of University Student Affairs and Public Affairs, thank you to our WesternU family for submitting your wonderful pictures. Finalists in each category have been selected and are available on the University’s Facebook page! Cast your vote by “liking” or “loving” your favorite photos. One winner from each of the three categories will be determined by the most “likes” or “loves” on Facebook. Winners will be announced in May!
Theme: “WesternU Way,” so keep that in mind when voting for your favorite!
Facebook voting ends: 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 28, 2019.
View the finalists on Facebook by clicking the categories: Action, On-Campus Activity and Community.
From the College of Pharmacy:
Kudos on accomplishments
Mark Goggin, Senior Director of Operations for the College of Pharmacy, is Chair-Elect of the Administrative and Financial Officers Special Interest Group for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Goggin has been very active in this group for a number of years and his contributions have been instrumental in setting a framework for shared communication between schools and colleges of pharmacy nationally.
From the College of Veterinary Medicine:
Keeping Our Chickens Healthy Workshop
Noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 26, 2019 in WesternU’s Veterinary Clinical Center. Topics include: raising poultry basics, keeping poultry healthy, common poultry diseases in California, update on virulent Newcastle in California and interactive questions and answers about poultry. Registration fee is $10 in advance by May 25 or $20 at the door. Hosted by the California Department of Food and Agriculture – Ontario District Outreach, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and WesternU’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
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Kudos on accomplishments
CVM Professor James Reynolds is beginning a trip to Armenia for humanitarian assistance. He is President of the Armenian Technology Group. They provide portable veterinary diagnostic laboratories to field veterinarians in regions of Armenia. They will also visit the regional veterinary diagnostic laboratory in Georgia. After his trip to Armenia he will be in Florida for the Dairy Cattle Welfare Council Conference (DCWC). He chairs a committee for the DCWC and is an invited speaker at the conference. Following Florida, he is giving a series of talks, seminars and discussions in England and Scotland. He is the invited speaker at the Animal Welfare Foundation yearly conference, TotalDairy (national dairy conference) and at two veterinary schools. He will also partake in daily welfare reviews of farms and discussions with veterinary and farm groups.
From WesternU Health:
Clinical trials at WesternU Health – Pomona
SURPASS-4 Study: What’s missing from your type 2 diabetes management? If you’re looking for a different way to manage your A1c levels, the SURPASS-4 Study may interest you. We’re recruiting adults for a clinical research study of a once-a-week study drug for type 2 diabetes, and you may be able to take part. Talk to your doctor to learn more.
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SELECT: Have you ever had a heart attack or stroke? Do you have poor circulation? Have you considered participating in a clinical study? Research has shown that treatment with semaglutide may reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack in people with type 2 diabetes. In a study called SELECT, we will check to see if semaglutide reduces the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke in people with overweight or obesity. Click here to read more.
GAZELLE: Living with type 1 diabetes? Consider the GAZELLE study. If you are an adult between ages 18 and 65 living with type 1 diabetes, you may be eligible to take part in the GAZELLE clinical research trial. This trial will look at an investigational fast-acting insulin to see if it works as effectively as an existing fast-acting insulin already being used to treat diabetes. Trial-related medications, procedures, equipment and supplies will be provided at no cost; health insurance is not required to participate.
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