Morning Memo: NCGA Studies Colo. School Choice; DHHS Execs See Pay Bump

Morning Memo: NCGA studies Colo. school choice; DHHS execs see pay bump

Filed under: national institute on drug abuse

The new state budget sliced funding to three state-run alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers by about $ 4.9 million each year for the next two years – a 12 percent reduction per year to each facility's budget. The three … It was, says one GOP …
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UTEP Provost Named To Federal Advisory Council

Filed under: national institute on drug abuse

Other significant recent appointments include the Executive Committee of the Council on Academic Affairs for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and appointment to the National Institute of Drug Abuse Advisory Council Work …
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Funding cuts to drug treatment centers mean addicts get turned away

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Remaining in treatment for the needed amount of time is critical to recovery, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Most need about three months to fully recover or drastically reduce their risk of relapsing, NIDA says. Searching for …
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“Shattering the Myths Around Substance Abuse” – National Drug Facts Day 2013 – For the second year, Mentor Foundation USA partnered with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and other key partners to host the National Drug Facts …

 

NUSL School of Law and Bouvé College invite you to A Conversation About Healthcare Education
Event on 2013-10-03 18:00:00
Northeastern University School of Law
and the Bouvé College of Health Sciences
cordially invite you to

A Conversation About Healthcare Education:
Assuring Quality and Safety for Patients

Featuring:

Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean and Professor, Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Leo Beletsky, JD, MPH
Assistant Professor, School of Law and Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Thursday, October 3, 2013
Reception and Remarks
6:00 – 8:00 pm
University Club

One West 54th Street | New York, New York

Please see notes on dress code below.

RSVP by emailing [email protected] by September 20, 2013
Please direct questions to Bouvé Development Office: 617.373.3547

 

Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN

Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor & Dean of the Bouve College of Health Sciences & Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern University. Dr. Fulmer is nationally and internationally recognized as a leading expert in geriatrics and is best known for her research on the topic of elder abuse and neglect which has been funded by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute for Nursing Research. She is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and currently serves as chair of the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program and as vice chair of the New York Academy of Medicine. She received her bachelor’s degree from Skidmore College, her master’s and doctoral degrees from Boston College and her Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Post-Master’s Certificate from New York University.

Leo Beletsky, JD, MPH

Leo Beletsky, JD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Law and Health Sciences with a joint appointment at the School of Law and Bouvé College of Health Sciences, where he is also a faculty scholar with the Institute on Urban Health Research and Practice. Leo is an interdisciplinary social epidemiologist whose research and teaching focus on the role of law and policy as structural determinants of health, including special interest in patient rights, drug policy, prevention of HIV, and evidence-based healthcare. Prior to joining Northeastern, Leo was an Assistant Professor with the Division of Global Public Health at UC San Diego. He received his undergraduate training in geography from Vassar College and Oxford University, his MPH from Brown University, his law degree from Temple University School of Law, and his post-doctoral training at the Yale University Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS.

Dress Code: Male members and guests are required to wear jackets, dress shirts and ties. Female members and guests are required to wear clothing meeting similar standards (tailored clothing that otherwise conforms to the rule including suites, dresses and skirts or tailored trousers with dress shirts, blouses or sweaters.)

at Blackman Theatre
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, United States