The DOM Dispatch - September, 2020

Monthly newsletter for the CU Department of Medicine. In this issue: -Unconscious Bias Training Workshops -Call for Nominations: Faculty Recognition Awards -CU Anschutz COVID-19 Narratives -5280 Top Docs List -Peoria and 17th Closure

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Message from the Chair Dear Friends and Colleagues, As the summer comes to a close and we fully embrace a new academic year, I hope you all have had the opportunity to recharge and prepare for what I anticipate to be an extraordinary fall.  The Covid Pandemic threatened the lives of our patients and disrupted all normal operations within the Department of Medicine, the campus, our communities, and our families. This experience has undoubtedly tested our resolve, and unfortunately, has left us with uncomfortable levels of uncertainty. And, in fact, we may see another resurgence of SARS-CoV-2 infections in our community.  However, I want you all to know that there will always be a constant during this time of Covid and beyond – and that is the Department of Medicine’s continuous commitment to you, our faculty, staff, and trainees. I remain laser-focused on listening to your concerns and developing teams to create actionable solutions to proactively address pressing issues. This includes: Prioritizing salary support and job security for all faculty, staff, and trainees Based on our current projections and with the support of our partners (UCH and SOM), we anticipate DOM finances to stabilize   Supporting our early physician-scientists, educators, and clinicians by advocating for direct action and flexibility for career development Recognizing the enormous pressures and stresses of our employees who are also parents and guardians of school-aged children In parallel with the School of Medicine, we are identifying needs, priorities and resources to provide support for families who are balancing career and family demands simultaneously. Protecting equity for all through the support of the Department of Medicine’s integral programs including: The Faculty Advancement Office, providing flexibility for promotion extensions and programs to support our faculty including the Junior Faculty Mentoring Program, Rising Stars and Career Cornerstones.  The DOM’s Diversity and Justice program initiatives, led by Sonia Flores, reinforces our commitment to promote and protect our department’s values that uphold equity, diversity and justice for all employees and the community we serve.  The Program to Advance Gender Equity, led by Maggie Wierman, targets efforts to promote gender equity throughout the department, including spearheading the Women’s Mid-Career Leadership Development Program.  The WellDOM program initiatives, led by Katie Morrison, supports a thriving and sustaining culture in our department.  In this “new normal”, we continue to find ways to live our mission, care for our patients, educate our trainees and advance our research. I’m incredibly impressed and proud of your dedication, the pivots you’ve had to make, and the supportive community within the DOM that binds us together. I know this has been tough.   Please continue to reach out, let me know your concerns, stay well, and stay connected. David A. Schwartz, MD Professor of Medicine and Immunology  Robert W. Schrier Chair of Medicine

COVID-19 Campus Resources

CU Anschutz Medical Campus Updates Return to Campus Website School Of Medicine (password protected – use your CU credentials) Department of Medicine COVID-19 Resources COVID-19 Grand Rounds Recordings COVID-19 Town Hall Recordings Division of Infectious Diseases  Department of Psychiatry COVID-19 Support

Faculty Advancement

Program Updates Faculty Advancement Office Initiatives – monthly faculty development activities handout highlighting opportunities in the Department of Medicine and School of Medicine. New Faculty Orientation Scheduled for virtual delivery Sept 8 from 3-5pm as an introduction to the DOM. All new faculty, regardless of rank, are encouraged to attend. Questions: DomFacAdvancement@ucdenver.edu. Junior Faculty Mentoring Program New faculty – a mentor identification form is due to the Faculty Advancement Office within 90 days of your start date. Additional information around requirements and online forms can be found here. Requirement reminder – 2 mentor progress reports are due by Dec 31, 2020. Please submit online forms here. Questions: DomFacAdvancement@ucdenver.edu. Mid-Career Faculty Women's Leadership Development Program Strategic Career Planning Lunch and Learn with Judy Regensteiner, PhD, is scheduled Sept 3. Session 3 is scheduled with Chris Bell, PhD, on Sept 17. Questions: DomFacAdvancement@ucdenver.edu. Mid-Course Review Targeted communications sent to participants. Review meetings are currently underway. Questions: DomMidCourse@ucdenver.edu. Assistant to Associate Professor Promotion Process Update 2020 promotion applications are due to the Department of Medicine Oct 31. Questions: katie.rodriguez@cuanschutz.edu

Call for Nominations: Faculty Recognition Awards - Due Sept 25 Nominations are requested for Department of Medicine faculty who have had transformative and innovative accomplishments in the past three years. Eligibility includes regular and volunteer DOM faculty members across all affiliates, at all ranks, inclusive of MD/DO, PhD, and Advanced Practice Providers. Nominations are due Sept 25 using this short online form. Save the Date! To announce the recipients of the faculty award winners and to celebrate our faculty’s accomplishments, we are currently planning a fall Faculty Recognition Virtual Event on October 30 from 5-7pm with keynote speaker Thomas Cech, University of Colorado distinguished professor and Nobel Prize recipient. More details will be announced.   For any questions regarding the nomination process or recognition event, please reach out to Sonia Flores at sonia.flores@cuanschutz.edu.

LEADERSHIP 101: Fostering a Growth Mindset During a Crisis Harvard Business Review provides six key competencies crucial for fostering a growth mindset as we enter our new normal. The guidance of our leaders will ensure we effectively continue to move our departmental mission forward. In the times ahead, consider exploring these recommendations and other creative ideas as opportunities to enhance our operations.  A growth mindset offers our leaders, faculty and staff the opportunity to coordinate, innovate, and own their ideas to help propel the department forward. Not only will this enable teams to tap into unparalleled potential, but come out stronger than before - 6 Ways to Cultivate a Growth Mindset; Harvard Business Review; Susan J. Ashford, Maxim Sytch, and Lindred L. Greer 8/20020.  Currently Harvard Business Review offers special coronavirus coverage for leading and working through a pandemic. These resources are available here. Also, did you know the Harvard Business Review is available to all faculty and staff through our Strauss Health Sciences Library’s organization subscription to the journal? (Journal search “Harvard Business Review”).  For additional leadership resources, please review the Leading through Crisis resource document on the DOM COVID-19 webpage.

DOM Initiatives - Diversity & Justice

Unconscious Bias Training Workshops These customizable workshops, offered by Sonia Flores, PhD, vice chair for Diversity and Justice, are available to divisions and groups throughout the Department of Medicine. The goals of the workshops are to raise awareness of unconscious bias and provide the steps individuals can take to prevent biased attitudes and behaviors from interfering with workplace decisions and interactions. If interested in scheduling a workshop for your group, please contact sonia.flores@cuanschutz.edu.

Practical Approaches to Race-Based Stress and Trauma in Older Adults Symposium As healthcare providers and community members, we are all being called to action to combat racism so that every person as the right to live without fear of violence and have equal access to healthcare and other needs. The CU Anschutz Multidisciplinary Center on Aging is partnering with the Veteran Community Partnership at the VA to host “Race-Based Trauma and Stress in Older Adults Symposium.” This symposium will be hosted Sept 17, 12pm-1:30pm and registration is required. Register now.

Research and Innovation

Racial Disproportionality in Covid Clinical Trials Andrés F. Henao-Martínez, MD, assistant professor of medicine, and Carlos Franco-Paredes, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases are co-authors of a perspective article, “Racial Disproportionality in Covid Clinical Trials,” published by The New England Journal of Medicine. Drs. Henao-Martínez and Franco-Paredes and their co-authors call out the underrepresentation of minority groups in COVID-19 clinical trials, and in some cases, the failure of some studies to disclose racial and ethnic data.

CCTSI Research Studio Dates Get expert advice on your research project. The Research Studio Program is currently taking requests for sessions to be held virtually on: Oct 9 Nov 12 Dec 10

NRSA Fellowship Pre-Review Program Dates The NRSA Fellowship Pre-review Program is a pre-submission mock review process for PhD students, MD/PhD students and PostDocs/Fellows who are planning to submit NRSA F30/F31/F32 or equivalent fellowship proposals. It provides coaching and internal review of the application prior to submission to the funding agency. Participants will receive insight into the fellowship review process, help identifying their strengths and weakness and advice on how to improve their applications. Read more.   Oct 5 - Letter of Intent Due Date Nov 2 - Application Due Date Nov 12 - in-Person Grant Review Dec 8 - NIH Deadline

HIV T32 - ADEAR Training Program - Now Accepting Applications The ADEAR Training Program is now accepting applications for post-doctoral training in HIV/AIDS-related research for the 2020-21 academic year. This integrative program provides multidisciplinary training in basic, translational and clinical science in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) research. Postdoctoral scientists will receive training under the direction of a broadly based group of faculty at the University of Colorado campuses in Aurora, Boulder and Denver, Colorado State University and University of Denver. Read more.

Extending the Special Exception to the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Post-Submission Material Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic Due to the COVID pandemic, the NIH will accept preliminary data as post submission materials for applications submitted for the May 2021 council. The FOA must allow preliminary data, which is limited to one page for a single component application and must be submitted 30 days before the study section meeting.   See NOT-OD-20-123 and NOT-OD-20-163 for details. Please contact Jennifer.T.Kemp@cuanschutz.edu with any questions.

Faculty Research Highlights Kimberley Bruce, PhD, assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes received an NOA for her R03 titled, "Developing Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) as a novel method to measure microglial metabolism in situ". Dr. Bruce was also awarded a Center for Women's Health Research Junior Faculty Award of $25,000. Charles Dinarello, MD, distinguished professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, and colleagues published clinical trial results on IL-1 receptor blockade in COVID-19 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Dr. Dinarello discovered IL-1 as a key mediator of fever and he has gone on to develop therapeutics that block this important cytokine. Now, he and colleagues in France report in PNAS that anakinra, an IL-1 receptor antagonist, can ameliorate destructive hyper-inflammation in COVID-19. Christine Swanson, MD, MDR, assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, and team just received an NOA for an S10 grant for a High Resolution peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (HR-pQCT) device for non-invasive bone imaging. Elena Weinstein, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Rheumatology, and colleagues' manuscript detailing the division-wide project to reduce 30-day readmission rates in patients admitted primarily for lupus was accepted for publication in Arthritis Care & Research: "A Quality Improvement Intervention to Reduce 30-Day Hospital Readmission Rates among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus".  Judy Regensteiner, PhD, program director of the Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists, received a grant renewal from The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is one of 10 programs across the country that receive support from this foundation to support young faculty working on clinical research projects and facing demands of extraprofessional caregiving.

Faculty Publications

Clinical Care

Innovation in Care - Clinician Acquired Lung Ultrasound In partnership with Information Technology, the Division of Hospital Medicine has recently become one of the first hospitalist groups in the country to begin full integration of clinician acquired lung ultrasound into the EMR and within clinical care practices. This is an important step forward as lung ultrasound is more accurate than a chest x-ray for many of the most common diagnoses chest x-ray is traditionally ordered for. In addition, it can be obtained more quickly and requires fewer resources than chest x-ray and avoids ionizing radiation.  “Lung ultrasound has been a particularly useful in the care of our patients with COVID because it avoids possible exposure of the x-ray technologists to the virus and saves PPE the technologist would otherwise need to use,” said Anna Maw, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine. “We are so excited we are now able to use this patient-centric tool to improve the quality and efficiency of our care.”

Education

CU Multidisciplinary Center on Aging Partnership Creates Student Outreach Team to Address Older Adult Isolation  Older adults have been particularly impacted by social isolation during COVID-19. At the same time, health professional students in their first 1-2 years of training have lost opportunities to have interactions with patients. Sarah Tietz, MD, geriatrician at the CU Anschutz Senior’s Clinic is planning a social isolation outreach project where students (from a CU Anschutz pharmacy, NP, PA, or medical school) will be paired with an older adult resident who they will have weekly to every other week phone calls with throughout the next semester, and possibly beyond, to provide support to the resident, and to help students improve their communication skills with older adults. Read more. First Phase of MD Trek Curriculum Led by David Ecker, MD David Ecker, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine, will lead the first phase of the new MD Trek Curriculum scheduled to launch in fall 2021. In this new role as assistant dean of medical education, Dr. Ecker will be responsible for the implementation and oversight of the integrated basic, clinical, and health systems sciences for our first-year medical students.

DOM Initiatives - Wellness

The WellDOM Team (Wellness in the Department of Medicine) is here to support you. Visit our website and the DOM COVID 19 page for resources and information.

Resources Virtual Balint Groups No matter your level of training or experience, Balint Groups provide a supportive environment of a small group of colleagues to help clinicians reduce burnout and rediscover joy in medicine. Sign-up now: 2nd Tues, 6:30-8pm - FULL 3rd Tues, 12-1:30pm - Filling up 4th Mon, 6:00-7:30pm - Leaders in transition New Faculty and Staff Mental Health Clinic: CU Anschutz faculty and staff have an easily accessible, comprehensive and confidential new resource for mental health services. Hours: Mental health providers are available Mon and Tues from 8am–8pm and Wed-Fri from 8am-5pm. Appts: Schedule appointments at 303-724-4987 Location:  Fitzsimmons Building 500* *note: all current visits are virtual Website: https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/psychiatry/programs/faculty-and-staff-mental-health Email: fsmh@ucdenver.edu Insurance: The clinic accepts all insurances including the CU Anschutz sponsored Anthem plans; however, at this time the clinic cannot accept insurance from the CU Anschutz sponsored Kaiser Permanente plan. Those with Kaiser can access mental health services by calling 303-471-7700. Send an E-card of Gratitude: Created and compiled by WellDOM and sent to the recipient on your behalf. Submit a Message of Gratitude. Resources for Parents: Child and Elder Care Resources (directory compiled by CU Human Resources) UCHealth Childcare and Remote Learning Assistance Tools to Help Kids Stay Focused During Remote Learning Mind the Brain: What Brain Science Can Teach Us About Adolescent Stress and Resilience

Upcoming Wellness Events and Workshops CU Flourish Workshops Available Virtually to DOM Employees  CU Flourish is a resilience curriculum developed and taught by Jennifer Reese, MD from Children's Hospital and is now free and available to DOM employees. Four 1-hour modules are taught in two 2-hour sessions and include information on resilience, mindfulness, values and positive psychology. Read more.

Mindful Moments at CU - Guided Meditation Sessions CU Anschutz’s National Mental Health Innovation Center (NMHIC) is hosting 5-minute guided meditation exercises via a Zoom webinar every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 8am beginning Sept 1. The meditations will focus on stress management in response to COVID-19, and all staff, faculty, and students are welcome to attend. Register here. NMHIC will post details about the guided meditations, including references about meditation and resources with additional meditation content on their website.

CU Anschutz COVID-19 Narratives Open to all CU Anschutz employees at no cost 5 weeks, 1 writing response each week 20-30 minutes per response Feedback from a mental health professional All communications are confidential Sign up now

WellDOM Champions Monthly Spotlight Jordan Deslauriers, BS, Program Assistant I WellDOM Champion for the Division of Medical Oncology Why do you think wellbeing work is important? Wellbeing in the workplace is important because we need to be able to bring our whole selves to our roles each day. There is an average of 262 business days in a working year. Everyone deserves the opportunity to have an outlet or resources to manage stress and the daunting workload of thousands of hours each year so they can enjoy their work life and be able to fully engage. How do you take care of your own wellbeing? The two things I have found to be most successful are, 1) Enjoying my off hours. There are so many fun things to do, if we just remember to take some time to do them. And, 2) Staying centered. During challenging/stressful times, I try to stay grounded through reflection: "Is what I am worrying/upset about right now going to be important in a few days/month/next year?" Sometimes taking a step back to look at the whole picture helps me prioritize and focus so I can produce my best work in the moment and let distractions go. What are you most excited/passionate about in terms of wellbeing? I most enjoy the human connection. We are all going through things and I think an important part of wellness and life is understanding that we don’t have to do it alone. Collaborating with others allows for perspective and compassion for those whom you may never have worked with or thought to reach out to before. Sometimes the smallest thing, like paying for the person’s coffee behind you in line, may really turn someone’s day around. Taking initiative with a wellness program is a great way to increase those chances to make a difference.

Quality & Safety Program

DOM Grand Rounds/M&M Conference, Sep 9, 12-1pm via Zoom. Dr. Jennifer Simpson (Neurology) & Dr. Tyler Miller (Hospital Medicine) – It Takes a Village in Diagnosis and Management: A Case of Multidisciplinary Care. This conference is a joint Grand Rounds between the Department of Medicine and Department of Neurology. CME credit is available for diplomats of ABIM & ABPN.

DOM QPS Quality Initiatives for AY20-21   For this academic year, the QPS team will continue our efforts in assisting divisions in mortality reviews.The Power BI mortality data dashboard continues to be a valuable resource to those reviewing mortalities and allows reviewers to sort cases by a wide range of variables. The QPS team is working with UCH leadership and the Clinical Quality Team to operationalize death notifications in providers’ Epic inbaskets. Our goal is to provide timely mortality notifications to providers (primary and consult services) to support the development of a prospective mortality review process for use across the DOM divisions and other clinical departments. The QPS team also started a new effort to analyze health disparities in telehealth medicine during the time of COVID-19. We created a Power BI dashboard to track telehealth visits by a wide range of demographic characteristics and are currently analyzing the data for trends and targets. If any faculty are interested in participating in this effort, please reach out to Dr. Michael Ho, vice chair for Quality, at michael.ho@cuanschutz.edu.

DOM Morbidity & Mortality Conferences – Sign up to Present a Case   The DOM QPS team would like to extend an invitation to divisions to schedule case presentations for this monthly conference.  Last year, we had a diverse representation from several divisions and we’d love to see the same engagement this academic year.  Determining a case and finding presenters will be done later as we approach your chosen month.  Openings are filling up quickly - please sign-up here to choose a month to present a case.  DOM OP Clinic Volumes & Charges Report    The DOM Outpatient Clinic Volumes & Charges Report was created in Power BI to track visit activity and billing of outpatient services. The intent is to provide divisions with the ability to monitor trending and assess the impact of COVID-19. This dashboard is updated weekly and allows divisions to:  Compare charges by unit and payor class Track visit volumes by clinic or provider Investigate charge inconsistencies (e.g., completed visit w/out charge, highlighted with ** notation) For access to this dashboard, please contact susan.osman@uchealth.org or homer.atanacio@cuanschutz.edu.

Noteworthy

IN MEMORIAM

Dennis Ahnen, MD, professor emeritus of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and an international expert in the field of colorectal cancer died on Aug 17. In 2014, Dr. Ahnen retired from his faculty position at the Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System after 32 years of service and in 2016, he retired from the University of Colorado School of Medicine faculty. In 2017, he was awarded emeritus status by the School of Medicine.  Anyone wishing to contribute to the Ahnen Visiting Lecture Fund in his honor can send a check made out to the Denver Research Institute, attention Judith Jung, 3401 Quebec St., Suite 5000, Denver, CO 80207, noting Ahnen Lectureship in the memo. A virtual celebration of Dr. Ahnen’s life, will be held October 3, 2020 at 3pm. A memorial website has been created to leave condolences and well wishes for the family. The website will be updated on how to tune in to the celebration of life closer to the event. The second annual Ahnen Lectureship is also being planned for later this fall.

PROMOTIONS, AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Congratulations to the Department of Medicine faculty members recognized on the 5280 Magazine's 2020 Top Doctors list. Each year for the past 26 years, the magazine has conducted a survey of Denver-area physicians to ask who they trust to treat themselves and their families, and many of our faculty are consistently listed.   Tyra Fainstad, MD, visiting associate professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, received the Mary O’Flaherty Horn Scholars in General Internal Medicine Award from the Society of General Internal Medicine. Watch Dr. Fainstad's acceptance speech here. Thomas Campbell, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, has been named associate dean for adult health research for the School of Medicine and chief clinical research officer for UCHealth. Dr. Campbell will be responsible for assuring an effective environment for conducting clinical research that complies with federal and state regulatory requirements. The position will foster infrastructure, processes, informatics and analytics to promote high quality UCH and University of Colorado clinical research. Dr. Campbell succeeds Thomas Flaig, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of Medical Oncology, who was named the university’s vice chancellor for research earlier this year.

HIGHLIGHTED MEDIA CLIPS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Kevin Deane, MD, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Rheumatology is a principal investigator for an ongoing trial with the shortened name, StopRA, that is recruiting patients to UCHealth hospitals and more than a dozen others around the country. This work was recently highlighted in a UCHealth Today story. Read more. Podcast: CU Anschutz experts share ups and downs of controlling a pandemic. Michelle Barron, MD, and Thomas Campbell, MD, from the Division of Infectious Diseases joined the discussion. Hundreds of older adults, who live in an affordable housing community in Denver, no longer have to worry about how to get to the doctor. The Division of Geriatric Medicine set up a clinic right on site. It is a new type of partnership bringing medical services directly to a low income community.

DOM NEWSROOM

Beyond the Headlines: Sept Feature

Pandemic Puppies Let's take a break from the usual headlines... Meet Bean, an 8-week old "pandemic puppy" who was recently adopted by Holli Keyser, communication program manager in the Department of Medicine. Have you or your family adopted a pet during this COVID-19 era? Send in your photos to holli.keyser@cuanschutz.edu

In Case You Missed It...

Closure of Intersection at Peoria and E 17th Ave Beginning Sept 9, there will be a full closure of the east half of the intersection at Peoria and E 17th Ave. This closure will facilitate the new stormwater line being installed by the City of Aurora and is projected to be in place for approximately eight weeks.  Employees will not be able to use the intersection to enter or leave campus. Please review the attached map with options for detours. Note that Option C is only available to those exiting campus from Leprino Garage from 4–6:30pm. This route crosses a major pedestrian walkway and requires extreme caution. The safety of our students, patients and employees is paramount; please do not exceed 5mph.

CU Anschutz Campus Holiday Schedule Remainder Holidays for 2020: Sept 7 - Labor Day Nov 26 - Thanksgiving Day Nov 27 - Day after Thanksgiving Dec 24 - Day before Christmas Dec 25 - Christmas Day

Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave: Families First Coronavirus Response Act Did you know that CU employees are entitled to paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19? These provisions apply from April 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2020. This includes up to two weeks (80 hours or a part-time employee's two-week equivalent) of paid sick leave for eligible employees. Click here for more information or fill out the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Leave Request Form. Contact Katie.Rodriguez@cuanschutz.edu with questions.

Events

Grand Rounds 2020-21 Schedule The Department of Medicine announces the 2020-2021 Grand Rounds schedule. This year, Grand Rounds participants will have the opportunity to earn CME credit.  While we will continue to host Grand Rounds virtually, we look forward to your participation and lively discussions.

Research and Innovation Conference 2020-21 Schedule The Department of Medicine’s Research and Innovation Conference is a regularly scheduled ‘research-in-progress’ style forum to enable and enhance research outcomes by encouraging faculty to share their research ideas, designs and results with their colleagues to receive feedback. See the 2020-21 schedule.

When Grief and Crises Intersect: Perspectives from a Black Physician in the Time of Two Pandemics  Presented by Kimberly Manning, MD, FACP, FAAP, professor of medicine, associate vice chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Emory University, School of Medicine, on Sept 15 from 12-1pm. Register now. This session will be recorded and is being hosted by the CU School of Medicine.

Rocky Mountain Highlights in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2020 The 7th Annual Rocky Mountain Highlights in Gastroenterology and Hepatology will be held Sept 19. This FREE webinar opportunity will give those in the field of Gastroenterology and Hepatology a chance to earn CME, CNE and MOC credit. Please see the conference brochure for the complete exciting didactic line-up. Register now.

Population Mental Health State of Science Conference This full-day, virtual conference will focus on integrated care, early prevention, mental health technology and health equity. Save the date for Oct 12. Read more.

Palliative Care Virtual Research Day Featuring keynote speaker Ab Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN, FPCN, associate director of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing and Associate Professor of Nursing and Medicine at NYU Meyers College of Nursing. In addition, the agenda will include completed research studies and quality improvement projects relevant to palliative care.  Abstracts for poster and oral presentations are now being accepted at: Abstract Submission Form. Save the date for Oct 29 from 9am-12pm. Register now.

Bugs and Drugs Symposium Improve your clinical practice with education on updated diagnosis and treatments of infectious diseases, hosted by the University of Colorado College of Nursing Office of Continuing Nursing Education and the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Save the date for Nov 7. Read more.

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