Category: Health Care

HCAS Chemistry Research Grant Gains Supercomputer Time

This year, Halmos College chemistry professors Brian Van Hoozen, Ph.D. and Maria Ballester, Ph.D. received a grant from the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), a division of the National Science Foundation. XSEDE is a single virtual system that scientists can use to interactively share computing resources, data and expertise. People around the world use these resources and services — things like supercomputers, collections of data and new tools — to improve our planet.

This grant allows three undergraduate biology majors (Rade Jibawi Rivera, Senior; Anthony Bianco, Junior; and Ramson Munoz, Junior) to do computational chemistry research which focuses on trying to model a pathway by which the body may naturally avoid skin cancer by simulating molecular vibrational coupling between model systems for DNA base pairs and nearby water molecules. The project is also supported by a President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant.

COM Outlook Wins CASE Award

On January 28, the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine’s COM Outlook magazine received the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Bronze Award of excellence in the magazines–alumni/special interest category. The CASE District III Institutional Awards represent the very best in advancement across the southeastern United States.

“This is the third award COM Outlook has won within the past year,” said Scott Colton, B.A., APR, director of medical communications and special projects for NSU’s Office of Printing and Publications and COM Outlook executive editor. “These awards speak to the sustained excellence of the magazine and the myriad talents of the individuals who play an essential role in creating each issue.”

In 2020, COM Outlook received the first-place prize in the magazine and periodicals category in the Public Relations Society of America Tampa Bay Chapter PRestige Awards and the Best Magazine award from the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine.

HCAS Assistant Professor publishes article in Pietho: A Journal of Feminist Scholarship in Rhetoric and Composition

Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts (HCAS) Assistant Professor, and NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC) Faculty Coordinator, Janine Morris, Ph.D., published “Writing Groups as Feminist Practice” in Peitho, vol. 22 issue 3. along with Hannah J. Rule, Ph.D. (University of South Carolina), and Christina M. LaVecchia, Ph.D. (Nuemann University).

Inspired by their own writing group, Morris, Rule, and LaVecchia discuss how peer writing groups are more than just “reviews of articles, books, chapters, proposals, and the like.” Instead, they ask readers to consider how writing groups lead to horizontal mentorship and act as “mechanisms of access, inclusion and professional sustenance.” The article revisits the history of writing  groups as feminist practices and argues for their continued importance for writers today. Morris, Rule, and LaVeccia conclude by arguing that writing groups “build broad professional support; propel a sense of belonging; provide critique; enact horizontal mentoring.”

Morris’ belief in writing groups as important for writers of all levels extends beyond her own writing group. In the WCC, Morris supports graduate student writers across the disciplines. She has hosted a weekly accountability writing group through the WCC for faculty, graduate, and professional students. “All writers need support,” Morris said. “Dissertation and thesis writing, especially, can be a lonely experience. Having support from peers going through the process can provide the encouragement writers need to keep going and get the work done.”

Link to read “Writing Groups as Feminist Practice,” visit: https://cfshrc.org/article/writing-groups-as-feminist-practice/

To learn more about the WCC, visit: nova.edu/wcc

 

 

HCAS Alumnus is Named Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at University of Pittsburgh-Bradford

Tony Gaskew, Ph.D., doctoral graduate of the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and Guy Harvey Oceanographic Institute (HCAS) has been named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh Bradford, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Gaskew is a Professor of Criminal Justice and served as the Director of the Criminal Justice Program. He spent over 20 years in law enforcement. In 2016, he was one of ten US educators invited to the White House to participate in a Roundtable on Criminal Justice Reform.  Gaskew was a recipient of the 2014 NSU Distinguished Alumni Award. His honors include the Fulbright-Hays Fellow for a research project in Egypt and the Academic Fellow in Terrorist Studies in Israel by The Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He was named a University of Pittsburgh Faculty Diversity Fellow and Teacher of the Year by The National Society of Leadership and Success. Gaskew is the founding director of the nationally recognized UPB Prison Education Program. Gaskew received the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (DHS) Beacon of Dignity Award at Columbia University in 2015 for his outstanding dedication to equality and human rights. He is the book series editor of Critical Perspectives on Race, Crime, and Justice. He has been a featured speaker at DCRS’ Social Justice Roundtable.

His latest book recently published by Lexington Rowman & Littlefield is Stop Trying to Fix Policing: Lessons Learned form the Front Lines of Black Liberation. For more information please see: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498589505/Stop-Trying-to-Fix-Policing-Lessons-Learned-from-the-Front-Lines-of-Black-Liberation

 

NSU, United Healthcare, and HOPE South Florida Partner to Give Back to the Homeless

The remembrance of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the values highlighted on MLK Day have historically been a foundation for service to the community. It is often regarded as a catalyst to give back to charities and nonprofit organizations through one’s time and talents.

That catalyst was the motivation behind Lori Halpern’s plans to create care kits for HOPE South Florida, a local organization that supports the homeless in our community.

Lori is UnitedHealthcare of Florida’s Executive Director of Medicare Dual Special Needs Plans. There, she has received much support from her associates and her employer to continuously give back and to lead Day of Service initiatives with her family. This year, Lori and her family chose to support the homeless through HOPE South Florida.

Lori was able to amplify her service by connecting with Nova Southeastern University (NSU) through to the power of social media and networking. She shared her plans to support HOPE South Florida as a Day of Service initiative on her social media. This is where her fellow Leadership Broward alumna and NSU Assistant Vice President of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving, Barbara C. Sageman connected with Lori to join forces.

NSU, which is hosts an annual Global Day of Service, encourages the university’s alumni, friends, and partners to serve their communities with an act of kindness or service project.

In the spirit of service and collaboration, NSU supported Lori’s mission and donated 1,000 pairs of socks to Lori’s care kit drive. Such teamwork and joint forces helped Lori and her family create more than 50 care kits for HOPE South Florida’s mobile shower program in addition to the 1,000 pairs of socks. The socks, coincidentally, were initially received by NSU to help the homeless in October of 2020.

The NSU Global Day of Service supports and promotes several NSU-led service projects, as well as more than 12 community-submitted projects. For more information, visit https://www.nova.edu/alumni/events/Global%20Day%20of%20Service.html

Education Professor Publishes Paper with Former Students

“Angie” Su, Ed.D.

 

Hui Fang Huang “Angie” Su, Ed.D., Professor, Department of Education, at NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice, published a paper entitled, Creative Geometry Games, with her two former master students, Dylan Mandolini and Bhagi Phuel in the Dimensions in Mathematics Journal, a publication of the Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics, a state chapter of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (Vol. 40 No. 2, pp. 10-17).

The article aims to share creative teaching strategies with teachers, hence spark their creativity while teaching geometry and other mathematics topics. Many mathematics games can be applied in the classroom, adapted into follow-up activities, or even used as projects. The articles’ synopsis suggests that the teacher has a vital role as a participant when using games. Not only do games provide excellent means for a teacher to participate, but they allow the teacher to analyze their students. Additionally, the article introduces some creative mathematics games which can serve as tools for informal assessment for the teachers. The publication also suggests that it builds strength to the learning outcome when incorporating technology with a game.

For additional classroom activities and a copy of the paper, please contact Dr. Angie Su (shuifang@nova.edu

HCAS Faculty Serves as Pre-Health Case Competition

Santanu De, M.Sc., Ph.D. faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) represented HCAS by serving as a judge at NSU’s Fall 2020 Pre-Health Case Competition on developing a Health Communication Toolkit about foodborne illness. It was organized by the Center for Academic and Professional Success (CAPS). De judged proposals submitted by 13 student teams.

A virtual award ceremony was held on December 11, 2020 attended by Andrea Nevins, Ph.D., Interim HCAS Dean, and Don Rosenblum, Ph.D., Dean, Farquhar Honors College, along with students, faculty, and the organizers.  For more information on case competitions, please go to https://www.nova.edu/caps/career/students/case_competition.html.

De’s research interests include, STEM education, pedagogy, reproductive physiology, developmental biology, cell biology, and protein biology.

 

 

 

 

 

Governor Ron DeSantis Appoints NSU COP Alumna, Dorinda Segovia, Pharm.D. (’92) to the Board of Pharmacy

Dorinda Segovia, Pharm.D., NSU COP Alumna (’92), was appointed to the Board of Pharmacy by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

NSU alumna and 2020 STUEY Alumni of the Year, Dorinda Segovia, Pharm.D. (’92) was recently appointed to the Board of Pharmacy by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Segovia is the Vice President of Pharmacy Services for Memorial Healthcare System. She has been supporting the college of pharmacy community since 1992 as a student mentor, affiliate assistant professor, guest speaker, and member of the admissions and curriculum committees. In 2002, she was appointed by the Governor to Florida’s Medicaid first Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to assist in selecting a formulary for the underserved.

The Florida Board of Pharmacy was legislatively established to ensure that every pharmacist practicing in the state and every pharmacy meet minimum requirements for safe practice. It is responsible for the licensure, monitoring and education of pharmacy professionals to assure competency and safety to practice in their service to the people of Florida. The Florida Board of Pharmacy consists of nine members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. Seven members of the board must be licensed pharmacists who are residents of this state and who have been engaged in the practice of the profession of pharmacy in this state for at least 4 years. The remaining two members must be residents of the state who have never been licensed as pharmacists and have no connection with the practice of the profession of pharmacy.

NSU University School Students Named 2021 Coca-Cola Scholar Semifinalists

NSU University School is proud to congratulate four seniors – Duncan J., Amanda K., Hannah K., and Peyton R. – who have been named 2021 Coca-Cola Scholar Semifinalists. Chosen from more than 99,000 applicants nationwide, these students were selected because of their outstanding leadership, academic achievements, and dedication to their community. Semifinalists will now complete the second phase of applications for the chance to advance as regional finalists and receive a $20,000 Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation college scholarship. Congratulations, Sharks!

Osteopathic Students Feed Broward County

 

 

Throughout the holiday season, students at the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine have taken time to volunteer with HandsOn Broward in various initiatives. In collaboration with the Jubilee Center, several feeding stations were held where students prepared hot meals for hungry, homeless, and low-income families and cleaned the center.

“The organization’s goal is to reduce hunger in the homeless population by providing daily hot meals,” said second-year student Isabel Bernal. “Everyone was required to wear a mask and gloves at all times, and only one person was allowed in the room at a time to pick up a meal.”

Even after the fall semester concluded, students still managed to make time when they participated in drive-thru food distributions throughout various South Florida cities, including Hollywood, where they gathered more than 300 bags of food for those in need. The students plan to continue collecting food, toy, and clothing donations through the end of December

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