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COM Outlook . Fall 2012
SU’s College of Osteopathic Medi-
cine was well represented at the
26
th
World Congress of the Czechoslovak
Society of Arts and Sciences. Three NSU-
COM faculty members, who were joined
by three colleagues from NSU’s College of
Medical Sciences, the Center for Psycho-
logical Studies, and the College of Dental
Medicine, served as presenters at the
international symposium held July 1-6 at
the University of Zilina in Zilina, Slovakia.
Following are the three participating NSU-
COM faculty members:
Kristi Messer, M.S.W., M.P.H.
,
presented a
coauthored paper with
Elliot Sklar, Ph.D.
,
entitled “Housing and Health: Advancing
Health Care Training.”
Hady Masri, D.O.
,
presented a paper
entitled “Current Research and Treatment
for Elder Delirium.”
Cecilia Rokusek, Ed.D., R.D.
,
presented
two papers entitled “The Role of Nutrition
in Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention and
Intervention” and “Public Health’s Global
Challenge: Childhood Obesity—A European
and U.S. Comparison.”
NSU-COM Impresses at International
Conference in Slovakia
While in Slovakia, the NSU team met
with faculty members and administrators
at both the University of Zilina and
at Comenius University’s Colleges of
Medicine and Pharmacy. Two potential
grant projects were written while there
to further collaborative research between
NSU and Comenius University.
N
Research
H i gh l i gh t s
FSACOFP Presentations in Orlando
New Grants
“
Educating Caregivers to Help
Improve Sleep Problems in
Patients with Dementia”
Received
by
Nicole Cook, Ph.D.
,
Linda
Maurice
,
Raymond Ownby, M.D., Ph.D.
,
and
Sweta Tewary, Ph.D.
,
from the
Retirement Research Foundation
Received Amount
$139,812
Project Goal
The project’s main goal is to test the
impact of a caregiver-focused intervention
on reducing sleep disturbances among
patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
and other dementing illnesses. The
translational project will include developing
and implementing a non-pharmacologic
intervention to improve sleep among people
with AD and other dementing illnesses
through bright light exposure, exercise, and
sleep/hygiene practices. The program will
be delivered to family caregivers of people
with dementia at adult day care centers in
Broward County, Florida.
“
ARRA: Regional Extension
Center (REC) Program to Pro-
mote the Adoption and Mean-
ingful Use of Electronic Health
Records (HER) by Priority
Primary Care Providers”
Received
by
Jennie Q. Lou, M.D., M.Sc.
,
from the South Florida Regional
Extension Center
Received Amount
$45,000
“
NIEHS Mitigating Maritime
Chemical Incidents Through
Mobile Learning”
Received
by
Kelley Davis, Ph.D.
,
from
MetaMedia Training International, Inc.
Received Amount
$25,000
Several full-time NSU-COM faculty members made presentations at the 32
nd
Annual
Florida Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians Convention
and National Family Medicine Update held August 1-5 in Orlando:
Hilda De Gaetano, D.O.
“
Current Recommendations for Pediatric Immunization”
Robert Hasty, D.O.
“
Drugs for Bugs 2012”
Naushira Pandya, M.D., CMD
“
Thyroid Disease and Nodules”
Anthony J. Silvagni, D.O., Pharm.D., M.Sc.
“
Florida Mandatory Lecture on Federal and State Laws Related to the
Prescribing of Controlled Substances”
