Category: Health Care

Chemistry Club Designated as Commendable by ACS

The Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) are proud to share the recognition received by the NSU Chemistry Club by the American Chemical Society (ACS).  NSU’s chapter was recognized as a Commendable Chapter, which is the 2nd highest achievement a club can obtain from ACS. Last year the club received an Honorable Mention, so this is exciting news! ACS, founded in 1876, has more than 150,000 members and more than 1,000 chapters worldwide. Only 7-8% of clubs are recognized as Commendable Chapters.

The news was shared with the college by Department of Chemistry and Physics faculty Beatrix Aukszi, Ph.D., and Jessica Brown, Ph.D. The club is housed in the department.

Posted 09/11/22

Alum Named President of Florida Optometric Association

Mark T. Marciano, O.D., was installed as the President of the Florida Optometric Association (FOA) at the annual convention, which was held on July 14-17, 2022 at the JW Marriott Turnberry Miami Resort & Spa.

The mission of the FOA is to advance and promote the quality, availability, and accessibility of primary eye and related health care of Florida’s citizens; to represent the profession of optometry; to enhance and promote the independent and ethical decision-making of its members; and to enable optometric physicians to practice at the highest standards of patient care.

Dr. Marciano is the owner of the Marciano Family Optometric, where he practices along his wife Dr. Brandee Owens Marciano. He has been a trustee for the Florida Optometric Association since 2016 and past president of the Palm Beach County Optometric Association (2004-2005). He is a trustee for the Economic Forum of Palm Beach County since 2015, and is also a member of the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of the Palm Beaches.

He was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario Canada. Dr. Marciano received his Bachelor’s of Science at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario Canada. He graduated in 1998 from Nova Southeastern College of Optometry in Florida where he was on the Dean’s list for academic achievement and received the Chancellors’ Award. Following graduation, he performed his residency at the Braverman Eye Center in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Dr. Marciano performs comprehensive eye exams and specializes in the management of ocular disease, including, cataract, glaucoma and refractive surgeries. He has been practicing in West Palm Beach since 1999.

Dr. Marciano understands the importance of giving back. He graciously opened his doors as an externship location when the COVID pandemic hit and many of our externship sites were unable to accommodate students. He also committed to the Drs. Mark and Brandee Marciano Changing Lives Scholarship. This scholarship will change the lives of multiple future students.

Posted 09/11/22

SLP Student Wins First Place at 2022 FLASHA Knowledge Quest

Karen Cordoves, M.S.Ed., B.S.

Karen Cordoves, M.S.Ed., B.S., SLP student with the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences, won first place at this year’s Knowledge Quest sponsored by the Stepping Stones Group at Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists, and Audiologists (FLASHA) annual convention, held in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Stepping Stones Group is on a mission to transform lives. The Stepping Stones Group grew from a simple belief: Every child is born with a special set of gifts.

Cordoves had to answer questions based on theory and clinical practice in speech-language pathology. She reported that she was proud to represent Nova Southeastern University and acknowledged her professors for mentoring her so well.

FINS UP, Karen!

Posted 08/28/22

Halmos Faculty Member Selected as Issue Editor for Journal

Jeremy Weissman, Ph.D.

Jeremy Weissman, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Humanities and Politics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), was invited to serve as the editor for the latest issue of The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, considered the flagship scholarly journal of biomedical ethics. As the issue editor, he was invited to write the introductory essay, resulting in his new peer-reviewed publication, “Reasoning about Death in Biomedical Decision-Making.”

Weissman’s introduction ties the issue’s essays together around the theme of how different modes of reasoning, for example moral or empirical, often lead to vastly different conclusions on the nature of death and the appropriate orientation toward matters such as euthanasia or procuring organs from brain-dead patients. He situates these modern ethical controversies in discourse over the nature of death that trace back to the earliest strands of philosophy, focusing especially on relevant and contrasting thought from Plato and Epicurus.

Weissman’s research interests include ethics of technology, information / data ethics, applied ethics, bioethics, and social and political philosophy.

Read the full issue.

Posted 08/28/22

ESPN Interviews President as Part of Business of Month Honor

President George L. Hanbury II

The Business Development Board of Palm Beach County and ESPN West Palm partner on a “Business of the Month” program that highlights Palm Beach County leaders each month.

For the month of August this year, Nova Southeastern University was selected as the Business of the Month. As part of the honor, ESPN West Palm interviewed NSU President and CEO Dr. George L. Hanbury II how the college excels on and off the athletic field.

See the full interview.

Posted 08/14/22

Faculty Member Receives National Service Award

Pradeep R. Vanguri, Ph.D

Pradeep R. Vanguri, Ph.D., LAT, ATC, an associate professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance in the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences, recently attended the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Annual Clinical Symposia in Philadelphia, Pa., where he received the Athletic Trainer Service Award to honor his contributions within the State of Florida.

As a member of the Athletic Trainers’ Association of Florida (ATAF) since 2005, Vanguri has served in multiple roles including education committee chair, secretary, and currently as the vice-president.

In his time with ATAF, Vanguri has coordinated and planned the educational content for the annual meeting, managed the board infrastructure and finances, and supported legislative efforts.

Posted 07/31/22

Sport Science Professor Presents Research in England

From left, NSU Professor Monique Mokha, Ph.D., with colleague from Universiti Teknologi MARA in Malaysia.

Monique Mokha, Ph.D., a sport science professor, presented three research papers at the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS) annual conference at John Moores University in Liverpool, England, July 19 – 23.

The ISBS is composed of members from all over the world with a desire to study and understand human movement as it relates to applied sports biomechanics. Participants come from a range of backgrounds including exercise science, engineering, rehabilitation, and medicine. The society meets annually at a university over a five-day period to exchange scholarship and experience the location’s culture. The location of the meeting rotates annually having been held in a variety of interesting locations such as Portugal, Austria, New Zealand, Germany, Japan, and Taiwan in addition to the United States. Like many professional organizations, meetings were not held in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19. Therefore, the meeting in Liverpool was much anticipated.

Professor Mokha delivered an oral presentation titled, “Biomechanics and Movement Pattern Deficits in Runners on the Same University Team: Implications for Preventative Sport Healthcare.” She also moderated a session on strength and conditioning biomechanics and presented two posters that had short oral introductions. The poster projects were titled, “Effects of Post-activation Performance Enhancement on Jump Asymmetry Using Banded Squats with Professional American Football Players and Are Functional Movements Precursors to Functional Performance in University Women’s Soccer Players?” The projects were collaborative work with NSU undergraduate and graduate students, staff athletic trainers and/or private sport coaches.

Professor Mokha teaches biomechanics and kinesiology courses in both the undergraduate exercise and sport science and graduate sport science programs in the Department of Health and Human Performance.

Posted 07/31/22

Two College of Law Faculty Elected to Serve on National Boards

Heather Baxter, professor of law and director of legal research and writing, was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Legal Writing Institute (LWI) for a four-year term beginning in 2022. LWI is the second-largest organization of law professors in the United States with nearly 3000 members. According to its website, LWI is “dedicated to improving legal communication, building the discipline of legal writing, and improving the status of legal writing faculty across the country.”

Professor Baxter has been very active in the legal writing community, including formerly chairing LWI’s Teaching Resources Committee and ALWD’s Blackwell Award Reception Committee. She currently serves on the ALWD Leadership and Development Committee, and the Diversity Committee of the Legal Writing, Research and Reasoning (LWRR) Section of AALS. In addition to legal writing, Professor Baxter also teaches Criminal Procedure and Appellate Advocacy, and she serves as Nova’s Moot Court Faculty Adviser.

Jane Ellen Cross, professor of law and associate dean for diversity inclusion, & public impact and director of the Caribbean Law Program, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD). ALWD is one of the preeminent national professional associations for lawyering skills and legal writing professors.

Professor Cross been actively involved in ALWD as the Chair of the Innovative Programming Committee for the ALWD 2021 Conference and currently serves as the co-chair of the ALWD Diversity Committee. She is also on the Governing Board of the Legal Writing Institute’s Sirico Scholars’ Workshop and serves as the 2022 Program Coordinator. Professor Cross was selected to serve on the Program Committee for the Legal Writing, Research and Reasoning (LWRR) Section of AALS.

Posted 07/31/22

Dental Medicine Faculty Member Gets Research Award

From right, Dr. Kenneth S. Kornman, editor-in chief of the Journal of Periodontology; Dr. William V. Giannobile, dean of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine; Dr. Richard Singer; Dr. Nicholas Jakubovics, editor-in -chief of the the Journal of Dental Research.

Richard Singer, D.M.D., M.S., Ph.D., from NSU’s College of Dental Medicine, received the 2nd place World Perio Research award at the EuroPerio10 Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The trophy was presented at the Award Ceremony during the Sunstar session in June 2022 in Copenhagen.

Singer’s research paper was selected by the World Perio Research Award Committee, which is composed of representatives of leading dental journals worldwide. His research showed that moderate and severe periodontal diseases are associated with significant cardiovascular disease risk with marked sex disparity and heterogeneity by Hispanic/Latino background.

Since 2003, these awards have aimed to promote further research in the bi-directional relationship between oral health and systemic health to raise awareness about this issue around the world.

Posted 07/28/22

 

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