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COM Outlook . Winter 2014
Dr. Stanley Wilson Appointed Dean
of College of Health Care Sciences
Stanley Wilson, Ed.D., P.T., CEAS
,
was recently named dean of NSU’s
College of Health Care Sciences.
Dr. Wilson has served in a number
of administrative positions within the
college, including associate dean for
academic affairs and previously as
associate dean for rehabilitation ser-
vices and chair of the Department of
Physical Therapy.
Dr. Wilson’s academic leadership experience at NSU is comple-
mented by his prior experience as associate professor and chair of the
Department of Physical Therapy at Howard University in Washington,
D.C., and assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at
Florida International University in Miami.
HPD Researcher Receives U.S.
Patent for Developing Fall
Prevention Model
In an effort to prevent unnecessary injuries and deaths due to falls,
Patrick Hardigan, Ph.D.
, associate professor of public health and HPD
executive director for research, set out to develop a model used to help
predict the effect of medication and dosage on injurious falling. He re-
cently received a U.S. patent (No. 8,521,490) for an algorithm he devel-
oped called the Statistical Model for Predicting Falling in Humans, also
known as the Fall Model.
The Fall Model uses a robust amount of unidentified patient informa-
tion from the state of Florida and other public sources such as height,
weight, and age combined with each respective patient’s clinical diag-
nosis and prescription medication regimen to determine the patient’s
likelihood of falling. The result is a
likely
or
not likely
determination.
This model will eventually be computerized in an easy-to-use tem-
plate for use in health care settings, including hospitals, pharmacies,
nursing homes, and clinics. “Statistical models like this offer significant
inherent advantages for clinicians because they can correctly register
the simultaneous importance of a dozen or more factors,” explained
Gary S. Margules, Sc.D., vice president of NSU’s Office for Research
and Technology Transfer.
HPD Researcher Receives U.S. Patent...
Administrative Shifts...Dolphin Research
Nursing Dean Selected for Notable
National Nurse Fellowship
Marcella M. Rutherford, Ph.D.,
M.B.A., M.S.N.
, dean of the College
of Nursing, has been named one of
just 20 Robert Wood Johnson Foun-
dation (RWJF) Executive Nurse Fel-
lows for 2013. Dr. Rutherford joins a
select group of nurse leaders from
across the country chosen to par-
ticipate in this world-class, three-year
leadership development program de-
signed to enhance nurse leaders’ effectiveness in improving the U.S.
health care system.
Begun by the RWJF in 1998, the RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows pro-
gram strengthens the leadership capacity of nurses who aspire to shape
health care in their communities, states, and the nation. The program will
provide Dr. Rutherford and her colleagues with coaching, education, and
other support to strengthen their abilities to lead teams and organizations
working to improve health and health care.
Pictured at the patent recognition ceremony (from left) are: Dr.
Gary Margules; Fred Lippman, R.Ph., Ed.D., HPD chancellor; Ralph
V. Rogers, Jr., Ph.D., NSU provost and executive vice president for
academic affairs; Dr. Patrick Hardigan; and George L. Hanbury II,
Ph.D., NSU president and chief executive officer.
