Redding Marathon is back and local brings home the gold
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific student Blake Zufall (pictured above) finished first in the Redding Marathon on Jan. 16. His post-race interview was featured on television station KRCR.
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krcrtv.com
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WesternU provost to give Team USA a mental boost
WesternU SVP and Provost David Baron, DO, MSEd, spoke with a Southern California News Group (SCNG) reporter about joining Team USA as a sports medicine/psychiatrist at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The story appears in multiple SCNG publications.
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www.dailybulletin.com
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The WesternU Alumni Association proudly announces the 2022 Alumni Leadership Board. Watch the video introduction to learn more about these new alumni representatives.
Marc Wirtz, MSN '13, President
Omid Hariri, DO '11, Vice-President
Devin Walker, DO '18, Secretary
Kathryn Bosia, DPM '14, Treasurer
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From the College of Podiatric Medicine:
A huge congratulations to the WesternU SGA DPM Class of 2024, who hosted a WesternU Food Drive to raise funds for the Pomona Valley Food Bank. The WesternU community raised more than $2,310, which will provide about 11,550 meals to the Pomona community.
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“We are greatly appreciative and proud of our WesternU community who came together and help those in need, said CPM Class of 2024 President Harshvir S. Grewal. "Our society has been going through a rough time and with these funds, we move a step closer to keep food on the table for families struggling. We hope the WesternU community will continue to support future events like this. Thank you everyone!”
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From the College of Graduate Nursing:
The title of her presentation is "An Integrated Approach to Minimize the Use of Indwelling Urinary Catheters."
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Diabetes and Eye Health: A Guide for Primary Care
6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022
This free one-hour webinar will highlight the importance of annual eye exams for patients living with and at risk for diabetes, as well as the need for fostering multidisciplinary collaborative care. First 100 registrants will receive a gift. Giveaway opportunities during the webinar. For more information about this event, please contact alumni@westernu.edu.
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From the College of Pharmacy:
Congratulations to Dr. Rachel Ryu (right) and Dr. Cynthia Jackevicius (below) on publishing the following editorial with their cardiologist colleague, Dr. Shurrab from Canada.
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The editorial discusses a meta-analysis that published in the journal regarding clinical outcomes with off-label under and over-dosing of DOACs in AFib.
It highlights and summarizes the harms of using off-label dosing, which is very common in practice, and advises caution with this approach.
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Dr. Kabir Lutfy, COMP student Grace Chen, and their collaborators published a book chapter:
Chen G, Ghazal M, Rahman S, Lutfy K. Chapter Two - The impact of adolescent nicotine exposure on alcohol use during adulthood: The role of neuropeptides. In: Bell RL, Rahman S, editors. International Review of Neurobiology: Academic Press; 2022. p. 53-93. Link to Abstract
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Dr. Peter Oelschlaeger and his collaborators published the following:
Nielsen TB, Yan J, Slarve M, Lu P, Li R, Ruiz J, Lee B, Burk E, Talyansky Y, Oelschlaeger P, Hurth K, Win W, Luna BM, Bonomo RA, Spellberg B, Monack D. Monoclonal Antibody Therapy against Acinetobacter baumannii. Infection and Immunity. 2021;89(10):e00162-21. doi: doi:10.1128/IAI.00162-21. Link to Abstract
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WesternU in the news
Vet Candy, Jan. 2
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