Award
The National Commission on Correctional Health Care’s (NCCHC) Young Professionals Committee selected Dr. Cara Wolf to receive the NCCHC Young Professional Award. Presented at the opening ceremony of the National Conference on Correctional Health Care, the award recognizes new and upcoming leaders in the correctional health care field. Dr. Wolf was selected as the best representative of an outstanding correctional health care professional who leads by example, inspires professional growth, and commits to maintain quality health care. In addition, Dr. Wolf was invited to speak in a video about careers in correctional health care, and serve on the Young Professionals Committee, beginning January 1, 2024.
Community Collaboration
Dr. Josh Wall recently returned from a 3-week humanitarian deployment to eastern Ukraine. In conjunction with International Medical Corps and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Dr. Wall and others taught field trauma fundamentals to physicians, nurses, and combat medics who either work on the frontline or care for those injured on the frontline.
Presentations
Dr. Cara Wolf presented The Fundamentals of LGBTQ+ Health Care at the National Conference on Correctional Health Care in Las Vegas. This session aimed at improving the basic cultural competency of health professionals who care for LGBTQ+ individuals experiencing incarceration.
Dr. Jennifer Hamilton delivered two presentations at the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Pediatric Virtual Symposium.
- Genetics for the Pediatric-focused APRN
- Pharmacogenetics for the Pediatric-focused APRN: Things You Vaguely Remember from Pharmacology
Dr. Julie Valentine presented a poster titled Improving Submission Rates of Sexual Assault Kits at the American Academy of Nursing 2023 Health Policy Conference in Washington, DC.
Faculty, staff, students, and alumni presented at the 2nd Second World Congress of Integrative Medicine and Health in Rome, Italy.
- Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Julie Fritz, Belinda Anderson, Camille Moreno, and Paula Gardiner presented a podium and a poster presentation titled Designing and Delivering a Feminist Research-Informed Return of Results to Midlife Women: An Intersectionality Method to Understand and ‘Foreground’ Marginalized Voices.
- Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Autumn Bear, Lauren Ziaks, Rhonda Taubin, Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell, and Melissa Cortez presented a poster titled Acupuncture Therapy for Autonomic Symptom Management: A Retrospective Case Series.
- Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Camille Moreno, Belinda Anderson, Melissa Cortez, Lisa Conboy, Luul Farah, Sara Farah, Julie Fritz, Cinnamon Geppelt, Dorina Lee, Heather Merkley, Lori Pacheco, Wendy Sanders, Dr. XiaomingSheng, Kari Stoddard, Fahina Tavake-Pasi, Jeannette Villalta, and Paula Gardiner presented a poster titled Addressing a Gap in Menopause Care (MENOGAP): Pilot Testing an Integrative Group Medical Visit.
- Belinda Anderson, Melissa Zappa, Brent Leninger, and Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson presented a poster titled Evidence-based Medicine Analysis of Chinese Herbal Medicine Prescribing for COVID-19 Patients during the Pandemic in the United States: A Cross-sectional Survey.
Two PhD students presented posters at The Science of Tai Chi & Qigong as Whole-Person Health in Boston.
- Wen Tu, mentored by Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, presented Influence of the Transtheoretical Model-Based Ba Duan Jin Exercise on Glycemic Indicators and Psychological Discomfort of Menopausal Women with Type 2 Diabetes: A Literature Review
- Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell, mentored by Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, presented Somatic Movement as a Core Component in Social-Emotional Learning Curricula in Elementary Schools: A Conceptual Framework
Dr. Scott Christensen delivered a talk titled Addressing Workplace Violence in Nursing: Trends and Safety Measures at the 2023 Healthcare Vendor Night for the Saint Louis Chapter of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing, and the St. Louis Oncology Nursing Society.