PERSONAL and PROFESSIONAL JOURNEYS: MEANING in OUR LIFE’S WO
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL JOURNEYS: MEANING IN OUR LIFE’S WO – PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL JOURNEYS: MEANING IN OUR LIFE’S WORK Hortensia Amaro, PhD,is Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences at the Bouvé College of Health Sciences and Director of the Institute on Urban Health Research at Northeastern University. For 25 years she has dedicated her career to improving the connections between public health research and public health practice, specifically in the areas of HIV/AIDS, substance abuse and mental health. Her research has resulted in over 90 scientific publications on epidemiological and community-based studies of alcohol and drug use among adolescents and adults; on the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS prevention programs; and on substance abuse and mental health treatment for women. She has been the principal investigator and manager of over 32 research grants totaling over million dollars. True to her belief in translating research to practice, Dr. Amaro was instrumental in the founding of LHI, the Multicultural AIDS Coalition and the Moms’ Project and Entre Familia Substance Abuse treatment programs, two national model substance abuse treatment programs targeted to Latina and African American women. Dr.Amaro was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in humane letters by Simmons College in 1994 and has received numerous prestigious awards. Appointed by Mayor Thomas Menino, Dr. Amaro has served on the Board of the Boston Public Health Commission, the governing body of the city Health Department, since its inception. Media …
Dyax sees double-digit increases after Jefferies sets target
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The company's stock was one of the five best-performing stocks in 2012, rising 156 percent largely on the strength of the company's one drug on the market in the U.S., Kalbitor, a treatment for the orphan disease hereditary andioedema (HAE), a …
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Boston Scientific's Study at Heart Meeting Under Review
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Boston Scientific's device is threaded into the bulge and opened like an inverted umbrella, sealing it off. It offers a potential alternative to lifelong drug therapy that thins the blood to prevent clots. While the blood thinners avoid the risk of …
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