Author: iharrell

Breakfast Panel to Discuss Breast Cancer Strategies, Oct. 18

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The AutoNation Institute for Breast Cancer Research and Care’s mission is to eradicate breast cancer through prevention as well as the development of new clinical strategies that involve personalized medicine.

Join us as we hear from an expert panel that will address the areas of research and innovative treatments that push the needle forward for generations to come.

  • Date: Wednesday Oct. 18
  • Time: 7:30 – 9:30 a.m.
  • Title: Breast Cancer Awareness Breakfast Panel
  • Location: Alvin Sherman Library – Cotilla Gallery

Registration Link: https://cvent.me/wYeb0w

Posted 10/03/23

Interprofessional Education, Simulation to Open Gateway to Future of Health Care at NSU

For years, NSU has been raising the bar on health care in South Florida through interprofessional education and simulation. Our philosophy and practice have focused on training future professionals to interact with patients and collaborate as members of health care teams before practicing in real-life health care environments.

To enhance and expand our current world-class health care facilities, NSU Health is seizing the opportunity to put them under one roof at the future site of a brand new, standalone Interprofessional Simulation Complex, or SimCom.

This facility – spearheaded by EVP and COO Dr. Harry Moon and NSU Health – will serve as the cornerstone of NSU’s health care footprint on the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus, strategically located near the health care colleges, NSU Health’s clinics, the Center for Collaborative Research, and the HCA University Hospital. The facility’s infrastructure will be used by students on campus as well as all regional campuses virtually. Slated to open in 2025, SimCom will be supported by NSU Health’s new Interprofessional Simulation Institute – led by Executive Director Dawn Wawersik. The Institute – which already oversees the administration and operations of simulation activities for the university.

These cutting-edge endeavors will culminate in a uniquely beneficial asset to NSU students, educators, and researchers across all our regional campuses, as well as the health care community and industry at large. The much smaller former Dolphins training facility building, previously considered to house SimCom, will be repurposed to address much-needed office and classroom space on campus.

Learn more about these exciting endeavors.

Posted 09/26/23

Board of Trustees Announces Succession Plan for Presidency

At its September 21, 2023, meeting, Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Board of Trustees and President Dr. George Hanbury finalized plans for him to step down as president and CEO and continue to serve NSU in a new role as of January 1, 2025. At the same meeting, the Board voted unanimously for Harry K. Moon, M.D., currently NSU’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, to become NSU’s 7th President and CEO. Dr. Moon will begin his tenure as president, also on January 1, 2025.

The decision by the President and Board to make this announcement now gives the university and its executive leadership abundant time to implement a well-thought-out transition period to ensure the long-term success of the university, its students, faculty, staff, alumni, patients, partners and the communities it serves.

“George Hanbury has led Nova Southeastern University through years of unparalleled achievement. The university is financially sound and well on track to continue its rise to preeminence among national research universities,” said Mr. Charlie Palmer, Chair of NSU’s Board of Trustees. “We have recognized the strong and effective partnership between President Hanbury and Dr. Moon over these past five years and we see that promotion from within will serve the university’s best interest.”

President Hanbury, who has served as president of Nova Southeastern University since 2010, will continue to serve NSU in a new role as Chancellor and creator of a new Institute of Citizenship, Leadership, and International Affairs.

“Serving the students, faculty and staff of this great university has been the most noble thing I have ever done in my life. My job became my passion at NSU, and because I loved what I was doing, I feel like I never worked a day. I love being president of the NSU family,” said Dr. Hanbury. “As my contract draws to an end, I’m blessed to be healthy and happy, and it’s time to prepare to pass the gavel to the next and seventh presidency of this fine institution.”

Dr. Moon currently serves as NSU’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, a role he has held since July 2018. Additionally, Dr. Moon is Chief Operating Officer of NSU Health, a patient-centric integrated health care network encompassing the university’s many clinical operations. As NSU’s EVP/COO, he oversees the units of Innovation and Information Technology, Facilities and Public Safety, Business Services, Internal Audit, Environmental Health and Safety, Engagement Center, Regional Campus Administration, University Library, NSU Art Museum | Fort Lauderdale, and the Grande Oaks Golf Club.

“I am humbled and honored that NSU’s Board of Trustees and President Hanbury have placed their trust in me to be the next president to lead this extraordinary university,” said Dr. Moon.

Posted 09/25/23

Dr. Haffizulla Launches Season 3 of ‘In the Kitchen with Dr. H’

In 2017, Dr. Farzanna Haffizulla was invited to join NSU as assistant dean for community and global health in the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine. Around this time, she applied for and was awarded an internal NSU Quality of Life grant, which became the M.D. college’s first grant. This grant supported work to understand the Caribbean community’s preferences for health and wellness education and served as a valuable springboard for funded health equity projects and grants she has been engaged in ever since. Since joining NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine first as Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine in 2020, now fully immersed in community health equity under the leadership of Dean Wallace, her team created culturally tailored health education materials on multiple forms of media and launched a cooking show designed to showcase healthy options when making traditional Caribbean and Latin American dishes. Seasons 1 and 2 are pub­lished online at NSUCaribbeanhealth.com and Season 3, with premier sponsorship by Aetna, is set to launch worldwide on Thursday Sept. 28, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. EST on https://www.youtube.com/@IntheKitchenWithDrH

“I am grateful to work with such an in­credible team of supporters. In fact, since joining the KPCOM, Dean Elaine Wallace continues to be a champion supporter of our team’s health equity initiatives. With her support, we are now positioned to be leaders in health equity and inclusive health care that prioritizes diversity, em­pathy, and humanism. We are grateful to serve as a trusted source of health infor­mation for the Caribbean community. I was approached by Aetna and CVS, which embraced our continuously funded Caribbean Diaspora Healthy Nutrition Outreach Project. They are now premier sponsor of Season 3 of our Caribbean health cooking show In the Kitchen with Dr. H. Using this platform, we highlight small ways to make changes in the way we eat and live that can prevent chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and stroke.

Since becoming the KPCOM’s chair of internal medicine in August 2020, I was asked by the City of Lauderhill to cochair the Lauderhill Health and Prosperity Part­nership, working directly with city officials who founded this initiative—Vice Mayor Melissa Dunn and City Manager Giles- Smith. We are also working with city resi­dents, community stakeholders, business owners, and other key city officials like the mayor and the city commissioners through a data-driven approach addressing community needs. This role has allowed NSU to serve as an anchor institution for this city initiative.

The Caribbean Diaspora Healthy Nutrition Outreach Project provided a population health platform to gather social determinants of health data and other relevant health metrics from City of Lauderhill residents. Together, we worked to produce a comprehensive community needs assessment. This is now published on the city’s website, and we are currently working on a publication related to our findings that will include both qualitative focus group and quantitative survey data related to social determinants of health and disease metrics, such as diabetes risk, cancer diagnosis, heart disease, mental health, and COVID-19 challenges, among other health topics. For more information, please visit www.NSUCaribbeanhealth.com or www.InTheKitchenwithDrH.com

Honors College Launches Alumni Mentorship Program

Honors student Ruthie Fogel meets with her mentor Mariam Haroun, D.M.D., over Zoom.

The Farquhar Honors College alumni mentorship program has created lasting relationships between honors students and alumni. Launched during the winter semester, the program connected students with alumni mentors with similar career interests who could help them achieve their professional and academic goals for the year.

Meeting every month over Zoom, alumni were able to advise their assigned students on everything from mental health and stress management to college and career advice. Some students were even fortunate enough to receive special opportunities from their mentors like research, publication, and shadowing experience.

For Ruthie Fogel, this was an especially lucky match, as her mentor Mariam Haroun, D.M.D., is a practicing orthodontist in her hometown. As an aspiring orthodontist herself, Fogel was able to shadow her mentor every week over the summer.

“Shadowing [Dr. Haroun] was a very valuable and rewarding experience . . . Her dedication to the art and science of orthodontics has motivated and inspired me to keep dreaming of attending dental school and pursuing orthodontics!” said Fogel, a sophomore engineering major. “A big takeaway from the alumni mentorship program is that it taught me to try new things, to always be curious of the unknown, and to be unafraid to step outside of one’s comfort zone.”

For alumni, the voluntary program gave them a meaningful way to stay connected to the college and help shape the paths of current honors students.

“These mentees are so mature and bright, and they’re involved in so many aspects of education, which is so wonderful to witness,” said Tia Cifu, a class of 2017 honors alumna with a B.S. in mathematics and an M.B.A from NSU. “I’m very proud to be an alum of this program.”

The program will run each year with mentoring relationships lasting for the entire academic year. The next round of the program will begin this fall.

“As someone who is considering pursuing a Ph.D. directly out of undergrad, [my mentor] was a perfect match for me because we were able to talk about her experiences, and I was able to see what life looks [like] for someone who was in my shoes not so long ago,” said Courtney White, a senior chemistry and marine biology major. “Mentor-mentee relationships are special connections, and I’m thankful to have had the opportunity to establish a relationship with someone who can provide me with a point of view I didn’t have access to before.”

Posted 09/25/23

NSU Stays Among Top U.S. Universities in Latest Rankings

In the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings released Sept. 18, Nova Southeastern University maintained its place in the top national universities despite some drastic changes in the ranking philosophy.

Now ranked at 227, NSU is the second-highest rated Private Research University in Florida, behind the University of Miami. The university also increased its ranking by 30 points in Social Mobility—a standard by which universities are ranked based on success of economically disadvantaged students who are less likely than others to finish college.

NSU also maintained its standard as an “A+ University for B Students,” keeping us on track for attracting and retaining students who will not only succeed academically during their time at NSU, but also succeed in their chosen careers post-graduation. Additionally, NSU kept a top spot in the Diversity Index at 29th among all national universities.

This is all remarkable in a year when other private research universities have lost significant footing in their rankings, while public universities have gained ground based on the ranking criteria. Moving forward, NSU will continue to focus on areas that meet our strategic vision and will also help us increase our national rankings, such as retention and graduation rates.

Posted 09/24/23

NSU MD Gets Grant to Implement BP Modules in Curriculum

From left, NSU faculty Lauren Fine, M.D.; Vijay Rajput, M.D.; Stefanie Carter, Ed.D.; and Vanessa Johnson, Ph.D.

The American Medical Association (AMA) has provided funding of up to $20,000 each to five recipients to implement their Student BP Measurement Essentials Modules in their curriculum.  The AMA Student BP Measurement program was initially launched in 2021 to improve standardization of blood pressure measurement training across the country.  The modules have been updated and further expanded this year based on findings from the 2021 modules and 2021 grant recipients.  NSU is the recipient of one of five $20,000 grants during this 2023 cycle, which will be implemented in collaboration with representatives from Florida State University (FSU) and the University of Central Florida (UCF) as a unique multi-institutional and interprofessional effort.

Faculty from each school leading the implementation of this grant include:

Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine (NSU MD)

  • Lauren Fine, M.D.
  • Vanessa Johnson, Ph.D.
  • Vijay Rajput, M.D.
  • Stefanie Carter, Ed.D.

University of Central Florida College of Medicine

  • Analia Castiglioni, M.D.
  • Christine Kauffman, M.D.

Florida State University

  • Debra A. Danforth, DNP, APRN, FAANP
  • Charles Fleischer, M.D.
  • Elise Elegeert, DMSc, M.S., MAT, PA-C
  • Kenneth O’Dell, M.D.
  • Niharika Suchak, MBBS, MHS, FACP, AGSF

The AMA BP modules are free and can be accessed through the AMA Ed HubTM site.

The news release for this project can be accessed here.

If you have questions about the project or are interested in future collaboration in this project, please email Lauren Fine, MD at LFine1@nova.edu.

Posted 09/24/23

Levan Center Called ‘Theme Park for Global Entrepreneurs’

Alan B. Levan I NSU Broward Center of Innovation and John Wenzveen, the center’s executive director, were recently featured in Global Miami, a monthly print and digital publication designed to serve as an information resource and hub for Miami’s booming international business community. The center was characterized as “A Theme Park for Global Entrepreneurs.” Global Miami is a leading source of intelligence about the people, companies, trends, and opportunities as a trade nexus for the Americas and beyond.

Posted 09/24/23

University School Speech/Debate Team Off to Good Start

Our Speech and Debate team started off its 2023-24 season at the University of Kentucky Opener with four of our varsity debaters and earned top recognitions. We are proud of these Sharks for their success and hard work. Looking forward to a FINtastic season!

  • Eva Egozi ranked individually as the 4th best speaker at the tournament.
  • Lilian Anderson and Eva Egozi placed in the Top 8 teams for policy debate, earning their first bid to the Tournament of Champions for the season, and the first for policy debate in over a decade.
  • Ilan Arias and Sofia Teifeld received other notable achievements.

Learn more about NSU University School’s college preparatory program for students in Preschool – Grade 12 at www.uschool.nova.edu.

Posted 09/24/23

NSU MBA Alum Promoted by Lynn University

Aaron Greenberg

Aaron Greenberg has served Lynn University in Boca Raton for seven years, and this fall, Chief Strategy and Technology Officer Christian Boniforti announced his promotion to assistant vice president of Employee Services.

Reporting to Boniforti, Greenberg provides leadership and oversight as the university’s chief human resource officer. In addition to developing and executing human resource strategy, Greenberg oversees all human resource and payroll activities, including employment, compensation, benefits, and training. In addition, he provides strategic counsel to administrators on organizational structure and employee relations while ensuring compliance with policy and legal obligations.

“Throughout his career, Aaron has provided sound guidance and a supportive environment for all employees, faculty, staff and students,” Boniforti said. “As a leader, he has embraced technology to simplify the HR, payroll and benefits process through the implementation of Workday and has built a resourceful and employee-centric team that prioritizes excellent customer service.”

Greenberg started at Lynn in 2016 as director of Employee Services. Since then, he has wholeheartedly invested in the development of a strong, professional, and friendly Employee Services team. Among his many accomplishments, Greenberg curated benefit offerings at Lynn and effected significant savings on medical premiums to remain an employer of choice. He also helped steer employees and managers through the COVID-19 pandemic, oversaw the HR transition to Workday, rolled out a comprehensive onboarding program for university employees, championed the launch of employee wellness programs and initiatives, and developed a network of Employee Service partners across the university to raise awareness and participation in HR initiatives.

Greenberg earned a Bachelor of Science from Florida Atlantic University and in 2006 a Master of Business Administration with a specialization in finance from Nova Southeastern University. He is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources from the Human Resources Certification Institute and a Senior Certified Professional from the Society for Human Resource Management.

Posted 09/24/23

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