Category: Health & Fitness
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at QU Receives $100,000 Grant
[box]A rendering of a laboratory in the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. The medical school is scheduled to open in the Fall of 2013 on Quinnipiac’s North Haven Campus.[/box] The …
Fundraiser to Benefit Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven
With the leadership and inspiration of North Haven community enthusiast, Deborah Ward-O’Brien and her family, friends and colleagues—September: Season for a Cure, a fundraiser to benefit the bone marrow transplant program at Smilow Cancer Hospital …
Primary Care To Be Job One For New Medical School
[box]by Kathleen Megan / The Hartford Courant[/box] In a year, Quinnipiac University expects to open the third medical school in the state to help ease a dramatic shortage of primary care doctors and to create a new …
QU Receives Grant to Provide Scholarships for Underrepresented Nursing Students
Quinnipiac University announced today that it has received a $50,000 grant to be used as scholarship money for students traditionally underrepresented in nursing. The grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the American Association …
Yale Readies North Haven Medical Center
[box]By Nancy Barnes / North Haven Patch[/box] Yale-New Haven Hospital’s planned North Haven Medical Center took a step forward this week as the general contractor arrived on site to prepare for the remodeling of what is termed …
QU Physician Assistant Program Stresses the Importance of a Healthy Lifestyle to North Haven Students
[box]Quinnipiac University physician assistant student Jaret Williams, right, provided information about the importance of dental health to a student at the Earth Day Health Fair at ACES Mill Road School in North Haven on April …
School of Medicine at QU and MidState Medical Center Form Five-Year Clinical Affiliation
The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University has formed a five-year clinical affiliation with MidState Medical Center, a Hartford HealthCare partner, in Meriden. “The School of Medicine needs high quality clinic experiences for our students. I …
U.S. News Says QU’s Physician Assistant Program Among Nation’s Best
The physician assistant program in the School of Health Sciences at Quinnipiac University was ranked among the nation’s best in U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 Best Graduate Schools guidebook. Quinnipiac ranked 11th among universities …
Join the Marrow Registry, March 24, 2012 at NHHS
[box]Pictured: Deb with daughter Cassidy[/box] Deborah Ward-O’Brien lives in North Haven with her husband and daughter. She was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma several years ago, and is currently entering her third course of treatment. Deb’s …
St. Baldrick’s Event Raises $50K To Fight Childhood Cancer
Last night’s annual St. Baldrick’s fundraiser held at North Haven Middle School was a big success. The event raised just short of $50,000 to help fight childhood cancer. The top single donor was current 3rd Selectman …
QU’s Physician Assistant Student Society to Host 5K Road Race
Quinnipiac University’s Physician Assistant Student Society will host its 14th annual 5K Road Race on Saturday, April 14, at the North Haven Campus, 370 Bassett Road, North Haven. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the …
No Emergency Room, But Yale-New Haven Hospital Moving In
[box]by Kyle Swartz / North Haven Citizen[/box] Yale-New Haven Hospital’s second attempt to establish a presence in North Haven will be successful, according to officials, but without an originally planned emergency room facility. “We are …