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Month in Nursing eNotes: October 2003
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OHSU
Receives $2.5 Million Grant to Launch Next Generation of Women's Health
Researchers
The Alumni Association Supports the Future of Nursing
“Thirteen”—The Oregonian’s Gabrielle
Glaser Writes About “Teen Girls Pushing the Envelope”
After Beating Breast Cancer, Possible Risk of Brittle
Bones
Building Knowledge for the Future
Nominations For Distinguished Alumni of The Year
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OHSU Receives $2.5 Million Grant to Launch Next Generation
of Women's Health Researchers
Rising stars in women's health at Oregon Health & Science University have earned an opportunity to protect research time, enjoy mentorship from established researchers, and launch promising investigative careers while advancing women's health care. Through a $2.47 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's BIRCWH program (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health), promising junior faculty develop research careers while improving women's health. One of these scholars is Nancy Glass, Ph.D., M.S.N., M.P.H., an assistant professor at the School of Nursing. Glass is creating an unusual workplace program intended to end domestic violence directed at Latina women. "This group of women doesn't access traditional helping services such as police or health care, but they do speak to co-workers and supervisors about their problems,” says Glass.
To read more about
these rising stars in women’s health, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/news/2003/091803cwh.html
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The Alumni Association Supports the Future of Nursing
Each year the Alumni
Association allocates a limited number of dollars to help support activities
that aid in furthering the mission of the organization, which is to support
leadership and excellence in education, research, practice, and community
service. The Alumni Association facilitates activities that promote a
spirit of commitment and loyalty in alumni, faculty, students, staff,
and the friends of the School of Nursing. To find out more about this
opportunity, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/alumni/enotes-1003.shtml
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“Thirteen”—The Oregonian’s Gabrielle
Glaser Writes About “Teen Girls Pushing the Envelope”
Recently, Glaser examined the issues teen girls experience in today’s society—a topic brought to the forefront by the movie “Thirteen.” Among those that Glaser interviewed is Susan Hazel, a mental health nurse practitioner that works with adolescents at the Merlo Station High School health clinic that is operated by the School of Nursing in the Beaverton alternative high school. Hazel said she is often stunned by what she hears in sessions. "Kids are more sexual today than they were a generation ago, no question," Hazel said.
To read the Oregonian
article and more of Glaser’s observations of teens, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/news/thirteen.092103.pdf
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After Beating Breast Cancer, Possible Risk of Brittle
Bones
Scientists at Oregon
Health & Science University fear younger women who have beaten
breast cancer may carry an additional load -- an increased risk of breaking
their bones.
Kerri Winters, Ph.D., assistant professor at the OHSU School of Nursing
and an OHSU exercise physiologist, said some evidence indicates women
who are treated for breast cancer before they hit menopause may be more
likely to break their wrists and perhaps their hips. And "Women who
have gone through chemotherapy for breast cancer have about a five-times
greater
risk of spine fracture than their healthy counterparts," Winters
said.
To read the complete
September 24 Oregonian article by Andy Dworkin, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/news/winters.092403.pdf
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Building Knowledge for the Future
How will society care for people, especially the sick and vulnerable,
as daily living becomes more complex and dependent on technology? Part
of the answer lies with nurse researchers, whose scientific contributions
will lead to improvements in everyday practice. Nursing research impacts
the lives of individuals and families across the lifespan and in all socioeconomic
and ethnic groups.
The OHSU Ph.D. program in nursing addresses the future demand for leaders by bringing students into a rich and varied academic and research environment. We offer high-level coursework and mentored experiences that build on students' previous learning. Graduates of our program are prepared for research and academic careers, and to assume roles in practice and policy-making settings.
Learn about the Ph.D.
program at:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/academic/phd-index.shtml
Learn about post-doctoral education programs at:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/academic/postphd-index.shtml
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Nominations For Distinguished Alumni of The Year
Do you know an outstanding
alum of OHSU School of Nursing who you would like to recognize? If so,
please consider nominating this alum for the 2004 Distinguished Alumni
of the Year Award. Nominations are due by February 2, 2004. For more information,
go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/alumni/enotes-1003.shtml
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