👏 👏 👏 Congratulations to our amazing team member Dr Katrina Long, Residential Aged Care Research Network (RACReN) Lead investigator, being recognised for her work on “Optimising health information exchange during inter-organisational transfers of aged care residents”.
The biggest heart and lung research center of Europe committed to producing cutting edge research for treating and diagnosing cardiovascular and lung diseases.
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TTUHSC celebrated a significant milestone by welcoming The Cooper Institute, now renamed the Kenneth H. Cooper Institute at TTUHSC. For more than 50 years, The Cooper Institute has advanced preventive medicine and fitness research with its world-renowned Cooper Center Longitudinal Study proving the profound health benefits of physical activity and fitness. This collaboration offers TTUHSC new opportunities to expand research, public health impact and education, including plans for a preventive medicine residency program. TTUHSC President Lori Rice-Spearman, Ph.D., praised the partnership as a transformative step toward addressing health disparities and improving access to care across communities. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g2g5fmfN
The Programme Leaders of the new Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Care Diabetes and Obesity, Dr. Philippe Domeyer and Dr. Domingo Orozco Beltrán, highlight the key advantages of the innovative #PGCert delivered by Metropolitan College, in collaboration with the Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche Medical School.
👉 Learn how this programme, designed for doctors, nurses and health professionals combines latest scientific & research data with clinical practice. 📌 Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/de83Fagh
Traveling long distances to clinical research sites often leads participants to withdraw from studies.
Jes McNeal-Mizell, Mobile Clinical Research Nurse at Science 37, highlights her prior experience at a traditional brick-and-mortar site, emphasizing how access posed a significant barrier to participation.
At Science 37, our work eliminates travel and distance barriers by bringing the study directly to participants through our Virtual Site, making it easier to take part in research.
Want to learn more? Reach out to us: https://lnkd.in/e2v6DfFf#clinicalresearch#clinicaltrials#clinicalstudies
The field of healthy longevity medicine is rapidly growing, aiming to optimise healthspan by targeting the underlying biology of ageing. However, there is a need for a credible framework and platform to promote the highest standards of interdisciplinary collaboration in this emerging specialty.
The Healthy Longevity Medicine Society (HLMS) was established in August 2022 to address this need. As an international medical society, HLMS aims to develop healthy longevity medicine as a respected field that extends health span, tackles ageing mechanisms, and optimise individual performance across the lifespan.
I'm happy to share that I have taken on a new volunteer role as the Director of Strategy for HLMS. In this crucial position, I will work closely with the HLMS leadership, including the President, Prof. Andrea Maier and Vice President, Prof. Evelyne Bischof, to shape the strategic direction and drive key initiatives for this pioneering organisation.
Our core focus areas include:
- Identifying educational opportunities and promoting accreditations in healthy longevity medicine
- Setting professional standards and guidelines to advance quality in this rapidly evolving field
- Facilitating a robust clinical research agenda across all aspects of healthy longevity
- Fostering collaboration with health authorities, scientific societies, and stakeholders
I'm grateful for the opportunity to contribute my strategic expertise towards HLMS's vital mission of transforming healthcare by extending healthspan potential globally. This field represents an incredible frontier that could redefine the future of medicine.
Andrea B. MaierEvelyne Bischof, MD, PhDHealthy Longevity Medicine Society#aging#medical#research#education#guidelines
Today saw 60 of ARU’s academics come together as part of an event by ARU’s new Health and Care Research Centre (HCRC), to strengthen the research community through collaborating, connecting and sharing ideas. The aim of the HCRC is to contribute to evidence-based decision making. Many of our academics are clinically active and bring real-world perspectives of healthcare challenges to their research. This knowledge and experience helps them to work collaboratively with partners, including patients and members of the public, to look for ways to better understand and improve health and care provision.
ARU is the largest provider of health and social care courses in the East of England and the home of Essex's first School of Medicine for ‘home grown’ GPs. We are proud to lead from the front when it comes to health and care, not just with teaching provision, but also through our research.
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Professor in Applied Health and Social Care Research at Northumbria University, with interests in complex interventions and methodological development.
The Future of evaluation in Health and Social Care Symposium at Northumbria University
🚨 Abstract deadline next week (28th November) and deadline for all symposium registrations 16th December! 🚨
Plenary speakers’ presentation titles now available (including Kathryn Skivington, Laurence Moore, Carl May, Emily Warren, PhD, Mike Kelly). Breakout sessions to be announced soon:
🎥 Watch now! 🎥 Our first 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 featuring Chair Professor Dieter Wolke and Vice Chair Dr. Britta Hüning from the #ESCNH Topic Expert Group on “𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞” is now live!
Tune in to explore why we need European-wide reference standards in this vital domain. Discover how 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 can transform outcomes for preterm infants and why ongoing support is crucial for long-term success. From providing valuable feedback to medical staff to addressing challenges that may only surface later in life, this conversation sheds light on the impact of 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞.
#ForTheBestStartInLife#NewbornHealth
Thank to Rich Besser for sharing such a thoughtful reflection on the milestones achieved by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2024 and their steadfast commitment to health equity.
It is truly inspiring to see leadership and the RWJF's unwavering dedication to making health a right, not a privilege, especially during a time when the principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are being challenged and re-examined.
This work reminds us that transformative change requires both persistence and collaboration.
I would like to offer some thoughts on next steps that might further advance the RWJF mission, particularly through the lens of complexity science, stress-energy dynamics, and bio-neurodiversity:
1. Expand the Lens on Health Equity through Complexity Models
Health is an emergent property of complex systems, shaped not just by access to resources but by stress-energy dynamics and how well environments nurture diverse human needs. Exploring how these dynamics affect different bio-neurotypes can offer innovative ways to address health disparities and systemic inequities.
Next Step: Invest in research and programs that integrate complexity science into health equity initiatives, highlighting how diverse neurotypes and adaptive strategies shape health outcomes. This approach can illuminate the role of stress, resilience, and environmental mismatch in health disparities.
2. Advocate for Ecosystem-Based Health Solutions
Modern health systems often emphasize linear, individual-focused interventions, which can miss the interconnected nature of health determinants. A shift toward ecosystem-based health solutions that consider social, nutritional, psychological, and environmental factors is essential to creating sustainable health equity.
Next Step: Foster partnerships with organizations developing ecosystem-based health frameworks. Encourage pilot programs that address systemic barriers while nurturing cooperation and diversity within communities.
3. Center Adaptive Diversity in Health Policies
The RWJF’s efforts to increase representation in academic medicine and public policy are remarkable. Expanding these efforts to recognize and support bio-neurodiversity—how different cognitive and stress-response profiles impact health—can further dismantle systemic biases in healthcare and health policy.
Next Step: Support training for healthcare providers and policymakers on the importance of adaptive diversity. This could include developing resources to better understand how neurodivergence and stress dynamics intersect with health inequities.
Thank you again for your leadership, and I look forward to seeing the transformative impact of your efforts in 2025.
The intensity of this year has been challenging for many, to say the least, and the post-election period has made it harder to reflect on all the events that preceded it. But I believe part of the value in reflection is that it helps us ground ourselves in what we’ve accomplished as we prepare for progress in the new year.
2024 was marked by several important milestones at RWJF, and what I saw traveling the country, engaging with movement leaders, reinforced our refined mission and purpose to work towards a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.
It has been a real gift to be in community with grantees who constantly inspire me. That was true when I spoke and participated in the NAACP, UnidosUS (@WeAreUnidosUS) and Aspen Ideas Health conferences, as well as when I celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program – created to increase historically excluded faculty in academic medicine, nursing and dentistry. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the RWJF Health Policy Fellows program – a program that enables healthcare providers, professionals, and scientists to spend a year in Washington, D.C. to lend their knowledge to better inform federal health policy – was also a real pleasure.
The joy of these connections with our grantees and partners threatens to be overshadowed by intensifying attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, alongside extremely challenging times ahead for health equity and public health. But no matter what comes, RWJF will not back down from our commitment to working alongside you to build a future where everyone can thrive.
Thank you to each and every one of you for being a part of our collective achievements. I will resume posting here in 2025. Until then, I wish you a joyful, restful end to 2024 and best wishes for a beautiful start to 2025.
Vertical Integration of Medicine - A BAD DREAM!!!!!!!!!!
In Indiana (e.g. Indianapolis), this translates into worse medical care for patients. The euphemisms of improvement because of vertical integration in our City got turned around because of COVID and non-compete employment contracts. The article sounds great from an academic perspective. In reality, it has not worked for our fair city. Sometimes that vertical integration involves a multi-state health care system. For an example, try to find an internal medicine physician in the Ascension-St Vincent system now that is taking new patients, (GOOD LUCK!!!)
I challenge IU-HEALTH, ST. FRANCIS, COMMUNITY HEALTH to prove me wrong that your systems are any better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have a crisis of primary care providers in our town and none of these are entities are coming close to solving the problem. It gets back to the total lack of an adequate number of primary care providers being trained in our state whether in terms of the number of medical schools (only one mediocre allopathic school and only one osteopathic school) or the number of residency programs to train primary care providers. Citizens of Indiana you are on your own!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
