Category: Health Care

National Academies of Practice Inducts Elizabeth Swann

Elizabeth Swann, Ph.D.

The National Academies of Practice (NAP) is pleased to announce the election of Elizabeth Swann, Ph.D., ATC, FNAP, as a Distinguished Athletic Training Fellow.  Class of 2022 Fellows were welcomed into the National Academies of Practice during the awards and induction ceremony in San Diego, California on March 5, 2022.

Founded in 1981, NAP is an interprofessional, nonprofit organization, with membership representing a range of health care professions willing to serve as distinguished advisors to health care policy makers in Congress and elsewhere. The mission of the National Academies of Practice is to serve as distinguished professionals advancing interprofessional healthcare by fostering collaboration and advocating policies in the best interest of individuals and communities.

The academies within the National Academies of Practice include:  Allopathic and Osteopathic Medicine, Athletic Training, Audiology, Dentistry, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Podiatric Medicine, Psychology, Social Work, Speech-Language Pathology and Veterinary Medicine.

Fellowship in the National Academies of Practice is an honor extended to those who have excelled in their profession and are dedicated to furthering interprofessional practice, scholarship and policy in support of interprofessional care. The central purpose of NAP is to advise public policy makers on health care issues using NAP’s unique perspective — that of expert practitioners and scholars joined in interprofessional dialogue and advocacy.

For more information on the National Academies of Practice, please visit napractice.org.

Posted 03/13/22

Halmos Faculty Co-authors Chapter in Encyclopedia of Peace History

Mary Hope Schwoebel, Ph.D.

Mary Hope Schwoebel, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), co-authored a chapter entitled, The Evolution of the Peace-development Nexus: Inequality and the Transformative Turn. The chapter was accepted for publication in the upcoming Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Peace History.  Schwoebel’s co-author is Erin McCandless, Ph.D. McCandless is faculty at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.

Schwoebel’s teaching and research interests include peacebuilding and state building, peacebuilding and development, gender and conflict, culture and conflict, and facilitation.

Posted 03/13/22

NSU Law Students Emerge Regional Champions in Competition

In February, a team of students from the Shepard Broad College of Law’s Moot Court Honor Society represented NSU at the Brooklyn Regional of the American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) and were crowned Regional Champions!

Founded in 1978, the NAAC showcases teams from elite law schools across the nation and emphasizes the development of legal writing and oral advocacy skills through a hypothetical appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The competition involves writing a brief and arguing the case before a mock court, with attorneys, law professors, and sitting judges presiding.

This year, third-year law students Kelly O’Neil and Jonathan Bornstein, along with second-year student Jordan Stein, went undefeated in oral argument, prevailing over teams from Pace University, Quinnipiac University, Michigan State University, and the University of Notre Dame. In the regional finals, the judges voted unanimously in favor of the NSU team to project them to victory! Out of 178 teams, they are one of just 24 teams advancing to Nationals. This marks the third time in eight years that the Shepard Broad College of Law’s Moot Court Honor Society has reached this incredible goal under the direction of Professor Heather Baxter, who serves as Professor of Law, Moot Court faculty advisor, national competition team coach, and Director of the College of Law’s nationally ranked Legal Research and Writing Program.

Posted 03/13/22

Peer Consultant Featured in Locals -Only Miami Short Film Festival

Janay Joseph

Janay Joseph, NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC) undergraduate peer consultant, was featured in the Locals Only Miami Short Film Festival, November 14, 2021. Joseph’s “She Had a Dream: Eula Johnson’s Fight to Desegregate Broward County” appeared in the documentary category. Joseph is a History and International Studies major in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences.

Joseph’s film tells the story of local civil rights leader, Eula Johnson, who led the 1961 Wade-in protests at Fort Lauderdale Beach; she was also the first woman president of the Broward chapter of the NAACP. Alongside Tara Chadwick, Joseph worked on the project during an internship with History Fort Lauderdale between January and May 2020. Joseph attributes part of her work on this project to the WCC, explaining that “while screening and promoting the film, I used a lot of writing and communication skills I gained from the Writing and Communication Center to clearly convey the message of the film. Also, during the filmmaking process, I talked with several members of the Sistrunk community who guided the messaging of this film”.

Joseph’s “She Had a Dream” debuted at the 2021 NSU Undergraduate Student Symposium, where it won first place among film projects.  Joseph also submitted the film to 16 other film festivals, both locally and globally. It was accepted by the Montreal Independent Flim Festival; Flint Youth Film Festival; Museum Talkies International Film Festival; First-Time Filmmaker Online Sessions;  MIAMI short FILM FESTIVAL; Woodstock Museum 22nd Annual Film Festival; Global Peace Film Festival; Encontro de Cinema Negro Zózimo Bulbul – Brasil, África, Caribe e Outras Diásporas 14 anos; and the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.

Access Joseph’s film and other films in the 2021 Locals Only category by visiting https://www.miamishortfilmfestival.com/2021-program-schedule/locals-only-volume-2/.

To learn more about the NAACP Broward Chapter, visit https://ftlaudnaacp.tripod.com/.

To learn more about the NSU Writing & Communication Center, visit https://www.nova.edu/wcc/.

Posted 03/13/22

Halmos Professor Makes Multiple Telemundo Appearances

Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D., displays a growth plate of bacteria from a swabbed mattress on the Telemundo’s Al Rojo Vivo.

Last month, the “Amenaza Escondida” (“Hidden Threats”) portion of Telemundo’s Al Rojo Vivo included three segments featuring Halmos’ Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D.  The show’s producer swabbed washers/dryers, mattresses, and air ducts and brought samples to Garcia’s lab where undergraduate biology major Ashley Guillen-Tapia assisted with determining if E. coli and S. aureus were present in any of the samples.  The segments titled “Alertan sobre proliferación de bacterias en las lavadoras (Warning about the growth of bacteria in washing machines)”, “Bacterias en colchones: alertan por hongos y criaturas que podrían causar enfermedades (Bacteria on mattresses: warnings of fungus and creatures that can cause illness)”, and “Síndrome de la casa enferma podría afectar a tu familia (Sick house syndrome can affect your family)” can be viewed at the included links.

Torruellas Garcia is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences. She earned her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Miami and conducted a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute. Research in the Garcia Lab is conducted exclusively by NSU undergraduate students and focuses on developing techniques to detect novel antibiotics that inhibit bacterial type III secretion systems, examining the efficacy of electrostatic sprayers for the delivery of disinfectants and identifying bacteria from everyday items for the news.

Posted 03/13/22

Associate Professor Pens Opinion Piece for Wall Street Journal

PHOTO: JOSHUA ROBERTS/REUTERS

Emre Kuvvet, an associate professor of finance at Nova Southeastern University, recently penned an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal on the politicization of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Wall Street Journal subscribers can read the article here.

NSU faculty, staff, and current students can access The Wall Street Journal, including podcasts, finance tips, and career insights through the library’s portal here.

Have questions? Ask a librarian at the Alvin Sherman Library!

Posted 03/08/22

NSU Gets Special Recognition from Arbor Day Foundation

Nova Southeastern University was honored with 2021 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management.

The Arbor Day Foundation is the world’s largest membership nonprofit organization dedicated to planting trees. Its Tree Campus Higher Education program began in 2008 to encourage colleges and universities to plant trees on their campuses.

Trees on campus and in urban spaces can lower energy costs by providing shade cover, cleaner air and water, and green spaces for students and faculty. In addition, trees improve students’ mental and cognitive health, provide an appealing aesthetic for campuses, and create shaded areas for studying and gathering.

“Trees not only play a vital role in the environment but also in our daily lives,” said Dan Lambe, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “Having trees on college and university campuses is a great way to show a commitment to students and faculty’s overall wellbeing.”

The Tree Campus Higher Education program honors colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and engaging staff and students in conservation goals. Nova Southeastern University achieved the distinction by meeting Tree Campus Higher Education’s five standards, including maintaining a tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for its campus tree program, an Arbor Day observance, and student service-learning project. Currently, there are 393 campuses across the United States with this recognition.

“We create the environment where research, teaching, and learning take place.”

More information about the program is available at treecampushighered.org.

Posted 02/27/22

 

Halmos Alumna Co-authors New Book on Social Change

Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán, J.D., Ph.D.

Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán, J.D., Ph.D., graduate of the doctoral program in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), has co-authored a new book, “The Neutrality Trap: Disrupting and Connecting for Social Change,” with Bernard Mayer, Ph.D.  Font-Guzmán discussed her book virtually at NSU as the featured presenter at The Social Justice Roundtable on February 12, 2022.

Font-Guzmán is the first Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Eastern Mennonite University. Before starting her new position, Font-Guzmán was the Director of the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program and faculty at Creighton University. She was a Fulbright Scholar at Carlos III University School of Law in Spain and was an NSU Distinguished Alumna. She has been a Visiting Professor at Southern Methodist University and the University of Puerto Rico Law School.

In addition to her NSU degree, she has a law degree from the Interamericana University in Puerto Rico, a Master of Health Care Administration from St. Louis University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Coe College.

For information about the Social Justice Roundtable, please contact Judith McKay, J.D., Ph.D. at mckayj@nova.edu  faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies in Halmos.

Learn more information about the book.

Posted 02/27/22

Law Alumna is Candidate for Florida Bar President Elect

Lorna Brown-Burton, J.D.

Should Lorna Brown-Burton, J.D. ’87, be elected, she will become the first female graduate from Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad College of Law to be President Elect and then President of The Florida Bar in its 70-plus year history.

Brown-Burton has 25-plus years of leadership experience as president, chair, and executive committee member at the local, regional, and state levels.  She brings to the table her vast and diverse leadership experience at the Florida Bar, and 30-plus years with voluntary bars, as well as more than 20 years of experience on community, non-profit and civic Boards.

Brown-Burton says [she] “is the right person at the right time, and that time is NOW.”

She says that her vision is to ensure the independence of all Florida Lawyers and to ensure that ALL Florida Lawyers have the resources necessary to be the success they desire. Her campaign is about ALL Florida Lawyers and what the Florida Bar can do for Florida Lawyers.

Brown-Burton was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1987, after receiving her undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida and her law degree from the NSU Center for the Study of Law, where she also sits on the school’s Board of Governors. She is also admitted in the U.S. Southern District of Florida.

She primarily practices in workers’ compensation defense, but also represents clients in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy matters, labor and employment and real property.  Since joining the Bar, she has worked for several private firms before forming her own in 2004 and then merging that into Brown-Burton & DeMicco in 2014.  Brown-Burton is a partner at Lubell | Rosen, where she manages the Workers’ Compensation Defense Practice Group.

Since joining the Board of Governors in 2012, Brown-Burton has served on the Communications, Budget, Disciplinary Procedure, Disciplinary Review, Strategic Planning, and Program Evaluation committees and the Board Review Committee on Professional Ethics.

Posted 02/27/22

Professor Focuses on Treating Opioid Use Disorder

Deborah Mash, Ph.D.

Deborah Mash, Ph.D., is a professor of neurology at the Dr. Karin C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine. She is also the Chief Executive Officer and founder of DemeRx a clinical-stage drug development company advancing ibogaine and its active metabolite noribogaine for the treatment of opioid use disorder.

DemeRx has partnered with ATAI Life Sciences — a global biotech platform with a special focus on psychedelic medicine — to develop ibogaine for those suffering from opioid use disorder. Building on the extensive human data available around ibogaine, DemeRx and ATAI submitted Clinical Trial Applications for a Phase II study in opioid-dependent patients. This joint venture will also develop screening procedures, dosing guidelines, and best practices for opioid withdrawal management to ensure patient safety.

Last year, Mash was invited to speak at the 2021 Wonderland: Miami about her research. Wonderland: Miami brings together an impressive group of global psychedelic medicine leaders, including scientists and researchers, investors, entrepreneurs, therapists and patients, government. This year’s event will be Nov. 14-16 at the Mana Lynwood Convention Center. The topic is Healing, Science, Art, Experience, Culture, Music, Investing, History, Technology, Business, and the Future.

Posted 02/27/22

1 … 20 21 22 23 24 … 49