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July 24, 2009 — Adults attending this summer’s Indiana Black Expo were able to have their own dental health assessed in addition to their youngsters’, thanks to a new screening program conducted by volunteers from the IU School of Dentistry at IUPUI working in tandem with the Indiana State Department of Health and the Marion County Health Department.

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RFID Research Paper Recognized by AAMI

July 16, 2009 — The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) recently honored an IUPUI professor and fellow researchers for their work on adapting radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to a clinical application.

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IU Press Publishes First Book on IU-Kenya Partnership

June 29, 2009 — Indiana University Press has just published the first book on the IU-Kenya Partnership, author Fran Quigley announced last week.

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IU-Wishard Land Swap Offers Opportunities for Both Parties, Chancellor Says

June 15, 2009 — A possible land swap beween Indiana University and Wishard Hospital creates the opportunity to advance the master plans of both IUPUI and Wishard, says IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz.

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IUPUI Chemists Develop Distributed Drug Discovery: Finding Drugs for Neglected Diseases

June 15, 2009 — Researchers from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) have developed Distributed Drug Discovery (D3), a new low-cost strategy to accelerate the discovery of drugs to treat neglected diseases such as tuberculosis, leprosy, leishmaniasis, dengue fever, and Chagas disease.

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Herron to launch Master in Art Therapy Program

June 9, 2009 — Herron School of Art and Design is excited to announce the launch of a new Master in Art Therapy degree program. Merging the fields of medicine, visual art, and psychology, art therapy uses creative processes of various art forms to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages.

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IUPUI to Hold Nobel Prize Winner's Q and A With High, Middle School Students

Leon Lederman, Nobel Laureate and physicist April 20, 2009 — Imagine being able to seek answers to your science questions from a Nobel Prize winner.

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Psychology Professor Among 12 Teams of Indiana Scientists to Receive Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute Grants

March 19, 2009 — IUPUI Psychology Professor Charles Goodlett and William P. Hetrick, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at IU-Bloomington, are among 12 teams of Indiana scientists who have been awarded the first grants from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI). The title of their project is “Translational Evaluation of Secretin’s Effects on Cerebellar Function.”

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Telehealth for Diabetes Promotes Aging at Home, Not in the Hospital

March 12, 2009 — A large study of ethnically and racially diverse individuals with diabetes has found that home telemonitoring of their health resulted in significantly fewer deaths than in a similar group that was not monitored. Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

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Initial Indiana CTSI Collaboration Grants Announced

March 6, 2009 — Twelve teams of Indiana scientists have been awarded the first grants from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, awards meant to foster collaborative efforts to develop new medical treatments and services.

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Healthcare and Patient Safety Expert to Keynote Annual Lectureship

March 3, 2009 — Bonnie Mowinski Jennings, DNSc, RN, FAAN, will be the distinguished lecturer at the Ninth Annual Sonna Ehrlich Merk Distinguished Lectureship on Friday, March 6, 2009—an event that promotes collaboration between nursing service and education. A luncheon and lecture, hosted jointly by the Indiana University School of Nursing (IUSON) and Clarian Health will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Ballroom of the University Place Conference Center & Hotel on the IUPUI campus. Dr. Jennings’s presentation is entitled “The Care Environment: Can Chaos, Commotion and Quality Coexist?”