School of Health Sciences professors publish book on imaging artifacts
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| Ron Beckett |
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| Jerry Conlogue |
The textbook, released on Sept. 21, by CRC press, explains in accessible terms how to image remains or artifacts, including mummies and priceless pieces of art in the field.
The book, which took more than a year to write, is particularly beneficial to anthropologists, archeologists and radiographers, Conlogue said. However, there are concepts throughout the book that would be of interest to anyone interested in understanding past cultures, said Beckett, a professor emeritus.
"We took a whole lot of time to put our knowledge into words that are tangible," he said. "We reference a ton of cases we have worked on. It's almost entirely our own first-hand knowledge."
Included with the book is a DVD with more than 200 images of mummies, artifacts, pots and paintings that Beckett and Conlogue have encountered over the last 23 years in 16 countries.
"We took all of our data and made it simple enough for other people to understand it," Conlogue said. "It is not nearly as complicated as something you would see in a scientific journal."
"We have a passion and an understanding of cultures around the world," Beckett said. "And I think the people we visit in these remote cultures appreciate that."
School of Health Sciences loses a beloved faculty member
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| Irwin Beitch |
Professor Beitch embraced technology and started the popular biomedical photography course. He was an early adopter of educational technologies and an active member of the School of Health Sciences' Instructional Technology Committee.
Beitch earned BS and MS degrees in biology from the University of Richmond and a PhD in biology from the University of Virginia. Professor Beitch was an active member of the Sleeping Giant Park Association for many years, and led many hikes for both the Quinnipiac and Hamden communities.
A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, in Alumni Hall. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sleeping Giant Park Association, P.O. Box 185340, Hamden, CT, 06518-0340.
Nurse and author speaks about experience practicing combat medicine in Vietnam
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| From left: Patricia Walsh and nursing professor Jeanne LeVasseur |
Nurse, author and documentary film director Patricia L. Walsh visited campus Sept. 29 to discuss her memoir, "River City: A Nurse's Year in Vietnam," and documentary, "The Other Angels." In the memoir, Walsh documents her experience volunteering as a civilian nurse anesthetist with the United States Agency for International Development in Da Nang, South Vietnam from 1967 to 1968. Walsh also wrote, produced and directed a one-hour documentary film, "The Other Angels," about the experience.
At Quinnipiac, Walsh described the background and motivation for writing her memoir, followed by a short-viewing of the film and a question-and-answer session with students.
OT students meet with AOTA president at North Haven Campus
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| From left: Penny Moyers Cleveland, president of the American Occupational Therapy Association, with students Jenine Hajjar '11, Lindsey Torre '10, Elaine Gomez '11 and Lauren Gustavson '11. |
To mark occupational therapy and the association's 100th anniversary in 2017, AOTA is striving for occupational therapy to become a powerful, widely recognized, science-driven and evidence-based profession with a globally connected and diverse workforce meeting society's occupational needs.
Cleveland also discussed occupational therapy in mental health and psychosocial health care and answered students' questions about the profession.
Nursing students inducted into international honor society
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| From left: Laura Paquette '10 receives a flower during the nursing honor society ceremony. |
"You are among a distinguished group of nursing students and professionals who have met or exceeded rigorous standards and have demonstrated the ideal qualities of a leader and a scholar," said Pamela Forte, clinical coordinator in the Department of Nursing
Sigma Theta Tau International is dedicated to supporting the learning, knowledge and professional development of nurses who are committed to making a difference in health worldwide. Membership is by invitation to undergraduate and graduate nursing students with demonstrated excellence in scholarship, and to nurse leaders with exceptional achievements in the field.
North Haven Graduate and Health Sciences Center opens
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| School of Health Sciences students had an opportunity to tour the North Haven facility prior to the start of Fall classes. |
The 180,000 square foot facility, located just a few miles from the Mount Carmel Campus, includes $3.5 million in new equipment; 12 classrooms; 16 seminar rooms and team-study rooms; 24 teaching labs; a model apartment to teach students how to provide care in residential settings; a SimMan suite of life-size patient simulators; and a pediatric and neonatal lab. Its cutting-edge equipment includes magnetic resonance simulators and 3-D workstations.
School of Health Sciences holds physician assistant certificate ceremony
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| Cynthia Lord |
Forty-five physician assistant students were recognized Aug. 8 during a certificate ceremony.
John McNabb, a member of the physician assistant faculty, and Cynthia Lord, director of the physician assistant program, both addressed students.
Assistant surgeon general encourages PA students to help eliminate health disparities
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| Michael Milner |
"PAs have got to be in the forefront of prevention," said Milner, the highest-ranking physician assistant in the U.S. Public Health Service, as well as in all the uniformed services. "Programs like Quinnipiac, and also Yale, get the students engaged in the community and they become valuable educators." Milner delivered a lecture on July 27 to about 150 students, mainly from Quinnipiac's physician assistant program. About a dozen PA students from Yale University also attended the lecture.
As a regional health administrator, Milner works to eliminate the health disparities. His priorities also include improving preparedness for disaster response and increasing prevention of health problems. At least 95 percent of health care is treatment-centered, he explained. "We do very little as a nation to prevent those illnesses in the first place," he said.
Milner's office collaborates with organizations and universities, including Quinnipiac, to improve health literacy. "It helps people understand where to go to get good health information-information they can access, understand and use to help them make appropriate health decisions," Milner said. He praised Quinnipiac physician assistant students, who volunteer in diverse communities.
Kelley Slauson, a Quinnipiac third-year PA student from Stratford, Conn., is volunteering this summer at clinics that provide health care to migrant farm workers. She said this experience has helped her become more culturally sensitive to patients and acutely aware of differences that can contribute to disparities in health care. "We work hard not to have differences play a role in the care we provide," said Slauson.
Professor Cynthia Lord visits White House to discuss health care reform
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| Cynthia Lord |
Cynthia Lord, assistant professor and director of the physician assistant program in the School of Health Sciences, visited the White House May 7 to discuss health care reform with Lauren Aronson, chief of staff at the White House Office on Health Reform.
Lord, who is the president of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, also took part in a legislative briefing on health care reform for physician assistants in the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill on May 8. Lord discussed health care reform, and the need to expand the PA workforce, make adjustments to Medicare, and include PAs in the medical home.
Physical therapy student earns $1,000 Connecticut Physical Therapy Association Award
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| From left: Michael Emery, president of the CPTA, and graduate student Carly Funk |
The John O'Donnell Scholarship is awarded annually by the CPTA to a student who is currently studying physical therapy in Connecticut. It is awarded to a student member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) who has demonstrated excellence in scholastic achievement, professional involvement and community activities.
Outstanding nursing students inducted into international honor society
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| Nursing professor Lisa O'Connor |
Forty three students in the accelerated and traditional nursing programs were inducted into the Tau Rho Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing on March 4.
Sigma Theta Tau International strives to support the learning, knowledge and professional development of nurses committed to making a difference in health worldwide. Sigma Theta Tau International has 463 chapters on college campuses around the world.
Membership is by invitation to baccalaureate and graduate nursing students who demonstrate excellence in scholarship, and to nurse leaders exhibiting exceptional achievements in nursing.
Students help provide health care to hundreds in the Dominican Republic
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Zinacay Quiñones '11 with a child from the local village in the Dominican Republic. |
Students from the physician assistant program, along with one Spanish major, joined five doctors and other health professionals on a five-day medical mission trip organized by Crossroads, an organization providing aid to poor regions in the Dominican Republic. "The need there is so great, I can't even describe it," said Zinacay Quiñones '11, a member of the Physician Assistant Student Society. She was one of four students who, in addition to helping in the clinics, also translated for the doctors.
The group brought about half a ton of medical supplies, including items such as soap, lotions and toothbrushes for hygiene packages that they distributed to people at the clinics and at a hospital they toured. The students worked alongside the doctors in treating the patients, many of whom had work-related ailments, such as back pain from working in the sugar cane fields and in construction. Many health problems they saw at the clinics were once minor ailments that had grown worse because patients didn't have access to medical care. Some people brought their children to the clinic just for an opportunity to see a health professional.
"If they aren't healthy, they can't work and they aren't going to be able to feed their families," Quiñones said. "I felt good that we were able to go in there to try to break this cycle of poverty. We also showed them that there are people in other parts of the world who care."
Physician assistant program receives $2,500 grant to promote literacy
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Cynthia Lord |
This is the second consecutive year Quinnipiac has received the grant to support its reading program at Saint Raphael's. Quinnipiac physician assistant students visit Saint Raphael's pediatric primary care clinic once per week to read to children in the waiting room and give them a new book to encourage reading on their own. The program promotes health literacy, which is the ability to understand basic health information and services necessary to make appropriate health decisions.
"To live a healthy life, you have to know how to read," said Cynthia Lord, director of the physician assistant program. "How can people take care of themselves or their children if they can't read their prescriptions, understand a diet or exercise plan or any other treatment plan prescribed by their medical provider? Working with children is a good place to start. We hope to help children achieve adequate reading skills and to promote a love of reading."
Quinnipiac students logged nearly 100 hours reading to children in the waiting room at Saint Raphael's during the 2007-2008 academic year. Most of the books have a health theme, such as a "Clifford Visits the Hospital," "Germs! Germs! Germs!" and "The Missing Tooth."
Occupational therapy professor to lead two-year research study
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Catherine Meriano |
"The first goal of the research is fairly simple: we want to see if there is any difference between the two groups over the two-year span of the study in terms of admissions to hospitals and/or nursing homes," Meriano said. "Second, we'll compare the two groups to see how they fare from a functionality standpoint - for example, whether residents with access to the sensor technology are able to maintain their activities of daily living (ADLs), such as dressing, bathing and cooking, for longer."
The eNeighbor System employs a wide range of sensors in seniors' residences to "learn" their daily activities and detect unexplained changes in their behavior that may indicate a need for assistance. Using algorithms to predict residents' behavior based on their individual habits and lifestyle, eNeighbor's "smart" operating system analyzes the correlated data from the sensors to determine whether the resident requires assistance and automatically issues alerts when the data indicate help is needed.