Category: Health & Fitness
Gaylord Specialty Healthcare Raises Awareness During National Stroke Awareness Month
May is National Stroke Awareness Month, designed to inform the public about the risk, prevention, and prevalence of strokes.
Proposal to create SMARD Awareness Day passes both the House and Senate
State Representative Dave Yaccarino’s and State Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano’s proposal to recognize and bring awareness to spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress or SMARD passed both the House and Senate on Wednesday.
Quinnipiac University receives $18,000 grant to continue investigation of pollution in the Quinnipiac River
Quinnipiac University has received an $18,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven to continue its investigation of pollution in the Quinnipiac River.
Quinnipiac University nursing students selected to attend Student Policy Summit in Washington D.C.
Claire Hardin, of New Haven, left, and Brooke Phelan, of Milford, recently attended the 2015 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Student Policy Summit in Washington, D.C.
Lisa O’Connor of East Haddam promoted to associate dean of the Quinnipiac University School of Nursing
Lisa O’Connor, of East Haddam, director and chair of undergraduate nursing, has been promoted to associate dean of the Quinnipiac University School of Nursing.
Hunter Pageau Featured on “Nyberg”
Hunter Pageau and his mother Sharon talk to Ann Nyberg about living with SMARD and his efforts to raise awareness about Spinal Muscular Atrophy Respiratory Distress.
Quinnipiac University’s School of Nursing hosts U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy to discuss pay gap between male and female nurses
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy visited Quinnipiac University on April 1, to discuss a report that male nurses out-earn female nurses by an average of $5,000 per year.
Quinnipiac University’s School of Nursing receives $10,000 grant to support students with financial needs
Quinnipiac University’s School of Nursing has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation. The gift will be used to support nursing students with scholarships and emergency financial assistance in times of a serious need.
Public health expert to headline Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut forum, ‘Getting to Better Health: CONNECTing Care and Community,’ April 29 at Quinnipiac University
Elizabeth Bradley, a professor at the Yale School of Public Health, will be the keynote speaker at the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut forum, “Getting to Better Health: CONNECTing Care and Community,” from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, April 29, in the auditorium at the Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences on the North Haven Campus of Quinnipiac University, 370 Bassett Road. Registration is from 8-9 a.m.
Quinnipiac University to become first school in the country to host camp for children and teens with limb loss July 8-12
Quinnipiac University will become the first institution of higher education in the country to host Camp No Limits, an overnight camp for children and adolescents with limb loss and their families.
Gaylord Specialty Healthcare Raises Awareness During National Brain Injury Awareness Month
Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, a long-term acute care hospital that specializes in the care and treatment of people with medically complex and intensive rehabilitation issues, is committed to helping people adapt to disability created by a brain injury.
Quinnipiac University School of Law to host Ninth John A. Speziale Alternative Dispute Resolution Symposium on Looking for Cures in Health Care Conflicts
Robert A. Burt, the Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Law at Yale University, will be the keynote speaker at “What Are the Cures for Conflict in Health Care?” the Ninth John A. Speziale Alternative Dispute Resolution Symposium, which will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, March 27.