Gary Hall Jr. is a 10-time Olympic medalist in swimming, a vocal diabetes advocate, and now, he is partnering with Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM) to promote the podiatric medicine profession.

Hall Jr. serves on the College of Podiatric Medicine Dean's Advisory Board. He is also partnering with CPM to increase awareness of podiatric medicine and surgery. 

“I’m really excited at the opportunity and appreciative to be associated with such a prestigious institution,” Hall Jr. said. “I’m really looking forward to thinking creatively about ways that we can promote the profession and get the people that need help the help they need.”

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WesternU Associate Vice President of IT & Deputy Chief Operating Officer Denise (NeeCee) Cornish, DBA, MBA, describes how an Info-Tech Research Group workshop helped her team refine WesternU's organization design and renovate student and faculty experiences.

Dr. Cornish's "Customer Story" is featured on the Info-Tech Research Group website. She was also named a 2022 Info-Tech CIO Award winner in the Large Business division.

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WesternU has selected Joshua McFarlen, CPA, CA, MPAcc, as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer.

“I am sincerely honored to be selected to serve WesternU in the role of CFO and Treasurer. It is my pleasure to have the opportunity to lead our institution forward in a collaborative and conscientious manner and to ensure we secure the brightest future possible for our students and all our highly valued constituents,” McFarlen said. “Thank you very much, WesternU, for your collaborative support, and I am very excited about what we can do together to move the University forward.”



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COMP Department of Translational Research faculty members and their collaborators published the following:

Supra R, Agrawal DK. Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: Opportunities and Challenges. J Spine Res Surg. 2023;5(1):10-18. doi: 10.26502/fjsrs0052. Epub 2023 Feb 8. PMID: 36873243 Free PMC article.

Noothi SK, Ahmed MR, Agrawal DK. Residual risks and evolving atherosclerotic plaques. Mol Cell Biochem. 2023 Mar 10. doi: 10.1007/s11010-023-04689-0. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36897542 Review. 

Noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2023.

Presented by: Dr. Suresh Appavoo and Dr. Juan Ramirez

Office for Humanism, Equity, and Anti-Racism (HEAR) and Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness (IRE).

Zoom link.

You are cordially invited to attend a global health webinar on Population Mobility and Health Justice that is offered by the Section of Global Health, Department of Population Health Science at COMP.

We will have guest speakers joining us from Geneva, Switzerland, and Costa Rica (UNHCR, IOM and Unitaid) as well as local NGOs from San Francisco and Claremont to discuss mobile and migrant populations and their challenges to healthcare access.

Please join us from 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 15 via Zoom.

Zoom link.

Meeting ID: 996 4851 5090

Passcode:   ISSM2

Public Affairs and Marketing is holding an open studio portrait day:

9 a.m. to 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, March 14

 

Please click on the link above and sign up for a timeslot that works for your schedule if you would like a new studio portrait. We will schedule additional portrait days for those who cannot come to the studio on this day.