Innovation: It's in Our DNA
Phys Ther. 2022 Sep 4;102(9):pzac100. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzac100.ABSTRACTColleen M. Kigin, PT, DPT, MS, MPA, FAPTA, the 52nd Mary McMillan Lecturer, is a consultant focused on innovation. She is a visiting clinical professor at the University of Colorado physical therapy program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, and an adjunct associate professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions (MGH IHP). From 1998-2014, she held the positions of chief of staff and program manager for the Center of Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology, a 12-institution consortium based in Boston, Massachusetts, developing in...
Source: Health Physics - September 29, 2022 Category: Physics Authors: Colleen M Kigin Source Type: research
Innovation: It's in Our DNA
Phys Ther. 2022 Sep 4;102(9):pzac100. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzac100.ABSTRACTColleen M. Kigin, PT, DPT, MS, MPA, FAPTA, the 52nd Mary McMillan Lecturer, is a consultant focused on innovation. She is a visiting clinical professor at the University of Colorado physical therapy program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, and an adjunct associate professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions (MGH IHP). From 1998-2014, she held the positions of chief of staff and program manager for the Center of Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology, a 12-institution consortium based in Boston, Massachusetts, developing in...
Source: Physical Therapy - September 29, 2022 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Colleen M Kigin Source Type: research
News at a glance: High seas biodiversity, Japan ’s nuclear power, and banning gasoline cars
The objective is to ensure energy security and cut Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions, which are the world’s fifth largest. Engineers have restarted 10 of the 54 nuclear reactors shut down after the Fukushima disaster. Twenty-one are being decommissioned, and the rest are still under review, a process Kishida hopes to accelerate. To replace nuclear power, Japan’s utilities have burned more coal and natural gas, jeopardizing the country’s target of net-zero emissions by 2050. An economy ministry road map unveiled on 29 July suggests new, next-generation light-water reactors could be commercialized by the mid-2030s. Ki...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - September 1, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Effects of decomposition on the recoverability of biological fluid evidence
AbstractThe present research assessed how the physical and chemical changes associated with decomposition affect the detection and identification of blood and semen evidence, as well as subsequent DNA analysis. A feeder pig (postmortem interval (PMI) < 3 h) was placed within the Boston University Outdoor Research Facility for a period of 22 days. Human blood and semen were individually dispensed onto multiple areas of two cotton t-shirts; one layer of fabric was placed above and below the pig and a control. One of each sample type was collect ed per day for a period of 22 days from each location. It was observe...
Source: International Journal of Legal Medicine - September 1, 2022 Category: Medical Law Source Type: research
Gender and sexual identity and harms from others ’ drinking among U.S. college students: Results from a multi-campus survey
. (Source: Journal of American College Health)
Source: Journal of American College Health - August 29, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Pamela J. TrangensteinPatrick J.D. TiongsonYi LuSarah K. LipsonZiming XuanTimothy S. NaimiDavid H. Jernigana Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, CA, USAb Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Health Law, Policy Source Type: research
Atypical jobs in psychology: Public safety and criminal justice reform consultant.
This article samples the career of Dr. Guy O. Seymour, whose undergraduate studies were completed at La Universidad Interamericana in Puerto Rico. He earned his MA and PhD in clinical, counseling, and community psychology at Boston University. The first bilingual person of color appointed to the professional staff of the city of Boston’s general hospital, he founded the nation’s first multicultural internship program and rose to be the chief psychologist of the Boston Department of Health and Hospitals. His career path led him to develop psychological services in nontraditional workspaces, including medical, police, fi...
Source: Psychological Services - August 11, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
‘Voyager on steroids.’ Mission would probe mysterious region beyond our Solar System
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Before embarking on his Ph.D., Ralph McNutt had never been east of the Mississippi River. But soon after the young Texan arrived at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the fall of 1975, he found himself on a voyage to the edge of the Solar System—and beyond. Casting around for a research assistantship, he ended up in the office of plasma physicist Herbert Bridge, a towering f...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - July 28, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
How does Caribbean fire coral thrive as others vanish?
Fire corals can be the bane of a scuba diver’s existence. An accidental brush against one can cause agonizing pain. But they also may help save Caribbean reefs, which have been plagued by hurricanes, global warming, disease, and an overabundance of algae. A long-term study has revealed that fire corals (
Millepora
) are thriving there even as other corals disappear and could help preserve some of the 3D environment that helps make reefs such great homes to fish and other organisms.
Fire coral “are going to be very important habitat providers because they are able to survive under these stresses,” says...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - July 12, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Draft bill would ban CDC, NIH from funding lab research in China
A proposal moving through Congress to bar the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from funding research laboratories in China is sparking concern among scientists. If signed into law, the measure could cut off millions of dollars of U.S. funds flowing to collaborative research projects in several areas, including HIV/AIDS, cancer, mental health, and flu surveillance.
The proposed ban, part of a 2023 spending bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations on 30 June, grew out of suspicions among some lawmakers, so far unsupported ...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - July 12, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Clinical perspectives and strategies for confronting disparities in social determinants of health for Hispanic bilinguals with aphasia
J Commun Disord. 2022 Jun 3;98:106231. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2022.106231. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDisparities in social determinants of health (SDOH) such as socioeconomic status and access to quality healthcare present serious barriers to enrollment in clinical rehabilitation programs for individuals who have experienced a stroke, especially for those who identify with a racial-ethnic minority group. Hispanic bilinguals with aphasia (HBWA) are one marginalized group who face even greater enrollment challenges since post-stroke language impairment and limited English proficiency make it difficult to advocate for one...
Source: Journal of Communication Disorders - June 10, 2022 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Michael Scimeca Fatemeh Abdollahi Claudia Pe ñaloza Swathi Kiran Source Type: research
Cannabis and cocaine use, drinking outcomes, and quality of life in general hospital inpatients with alcohol use disorder
Volume 43, Issue 1, 2022, Page 1225-1230 . (Source: Substance Abuse)
Source: Substance Abuse - June 7, 2022 Category: Addiction Authors: Esperanza Romero-Rodr íguezClara A. ChenKimberly A. DukesKaitlin HartlageTibor P. PalfaiKara M. MaganeJeffrey H. SametRichard Saitza Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USAb Section of General I Source Type: research
Deconstructing Racism, Hierarchy, and Power in Medical Education: Guiding Principles on Inclusive Curriculum Design
In the context of current U.S. racial justice movements, analysis of racism in medicine within medical education is a critical task for all institutions. To educate the next generation of physicians about racism in medicine and out of concern that the curriculum required critical assessment and change, a group of students and faculty at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) initiated a longitudinal curricular analysis through a vertical integration group, commissioned by the Medical Education Committee, from May 2019 to June 2020. The curriculum analysis and the major outcomes and guiding principles that emerged from...
Source: Academic Medicine - June 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Scholarly Perspectives Source Type: research
