Health
$1,000 ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Grant Establishes ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Geauga Mental Health and Wellness Center
The ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Geauga Campus Wellness Club, in conjunction with Counseling Services, recently received a $1,000 Seeds of Wellness Grant from ¹ú²úÂ×Àí. The grant is designed to benefit the entire ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Geauga student body with the establishment of a new Mental Health and Wellness Center.
¹ú²úÂ×Àí and University of Akron Team Up to Develop Online Treatment for Neurological Condition
Researchers at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí and the University of Akron have partnered to develop a new intervention program for a relatively common but largely unrecognized neurological condition. Dr. Doug Delahanty, Professor of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Associate V…
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Healthcare Design Researcher Receives $2.47 Million to Design Safer and More Efficient Level I Trauma Rooms
Traumatic injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally and the first in Americans age 44 and younger, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Level I trauma rooms are intended to stabilize and save the lives of patients with the most severe traumatic injuries. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $2.47 million grant to Sara Bayramzadeh, a ¹ú²úÂ×Àí researcher, to help create trauma rooms that support staff in saving patients’ lives.
Collaborative ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties
¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.
Flashfleet Debuts New Bike-Share Program
¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s newest Flashfleet is changing the landscape of using a bike-share program on campus. Flashfleet is available to students, faculty, staff and surrounding community members.
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Magazine: Partners in Nursing Practice
¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s College of Nursing is partnering with the School of Theatre and Dance to stage challenging scenarios related to death, mental health crises and more to help student nurses learn how to handle some of the most difficult patient situations they may encounter on the job.
Faculty Member Combines Passion for Nursing and Technology
Technology and computers have always interested ¹ú²úÂ×Àí College of Nursing Senior Lecturer Jeremy Jarzembak, RN, who co-coordinates the Olga A. Mural Simulation Lab and teaches informatics at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
Kognito Software Kick-Starts Mental Health Initiatives
What do you do if a student in class or at work starts showing up distracted, less talkative or stops showing up at all? Ignore it? Ask about it? But how do you start that conversation?
Future Nurses Get Ahead by Giving Back at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Geauga
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Geauga Campus is a rigorous academic environment that requires serious discipline, study, practice, and testing. It’s also an intimate environment of friends, instructors, and mentors who support each other from one challenge to the next, and inspire one another to reach out for the benefit of others. As a student association, they give back to the community through fundraising, strengthening the nursing program for future students and charitable outreach throughout the region.
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Ashtabula Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Moving to State of Ohio’s First Hybrid Model
Targeted at widening students’ educational opportunities in preparing them for a career in occupational therapy, the ¹ú²úÂ×Àí at Ashtabula Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Technology program recently announced the creation of a hybrid model, combining online learning with more convenient on-campus laboratory sessions.