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COM Outlook . Fall 2013
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Stanley Cohen, Ed.D.
,
professor of humanities
and executive vice dean for
educational support at NSU’s
Health Professions Division,
served as the keynote speaker
at Broward Mensa’s regional
gathering called FLoRanGe
2013 – Suite 16, held August
30-September 2 in Fort Lauder-
dale, Florida. His presentation
highlighted experiences from
his book
My Time with Einstein
.
Dr. Cohen was also highlight-
ed in an August 16
Sun Sentinel
article entitled “Brushes with
Fame: Albert Einstein’s Chauf-
feur Shares His Memories.”
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Nicole Cook, Ph.D., M.P.A.
,
assistant professor of public
health, and
T. Lucas Hollar,
Ph.D.
, assistant professor of
public health, were awarded a
$32,000 grant from the Health
Foundation of South Florida
to conduct a study entitled
“Using Patient Experience
to Enhance Promising Prac-
tices in Health Center Medical
Homes.” The study’s overarch-
ing goal is to understand fac-
tors related to patient engage-
ment, team-based care, and
patient experience at health
center medical homes. Collab-
orative partners on the study
include Borinquen Community
Health Center, Broward Com-
munity and Family Health
Center, Community Health
of South Florida, Jessie Trice
Community Health Center,
Miami Beach Community
Health Center, and Health
Choice Network of Florida. Dr.
Cook was also invited to serve
as a reviewer for the Center for
Medicare and Medicaid Health
Care Innovation Awards,
which will provide up to $1
billion in funding for projects
that develop new-payment
and service-delivery models.
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OMS-II Naveen Dhawan,
M.B.A.
, authored an article
entitled “Partnerships in
Medical Business: A Frame-
work for Choosing the
Right Key Players” that was
published in the September-
October issue of the
Journal of
Medical Practice Management
.
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Marti Echols, Ph.D., M.Ed.
,
assistant dean of medical
education, was elected by the
American Association of Col-
leges of Osteopathic Medicine
(AACOM) to serve as chair
for the Society of Osteopathic
Medical Educators in April. Dr.
Echols and
Heather McCarthy,
D.O.
, assistant professor of
medical education and director
of the Simulation/Standard-
ized Patient Lab, received a
$5,000 research award from
AACOM for the project “Medi-
cal School Applicants Percep-
tions of Simulation Experience
Within the Interview Day.” Dr.
Echols also received a $10,000
research award from AACOM
for the project “Simulation-
Based Intern Boot Camp.”
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Phyllis Joy Filker, D.M.D.,
M.P.H.
, who serves as associate
professor in the college’s Mas-
ter of Public Health Program
and director of quality im-
provement at NSU’s College of
Dental Medicine, coauthored
a publication with
Nicole
Cook, Ph.D., M.P.A.
, assistant
professor of public health. The
article, entitled “Electronic
Health Records: A Valuable
Tool for Dental School Strate-
gic Planning,” was published
in the May 2013 issue of the
Journal of Dental Education
. She
also was appointed regional
interim director of the Ameri-
can Dental Education Associa-
tion’s Consortium of Operative
Dental Educators.
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Mark Gabay, D.O., FACOP,
FAAP
, assistant professor of
pediatrics and osteopathic
pediatric residency program
director at Miami Children’s
Hospital, serves as an Ameri-
can Osteopathic Board of Pe-
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diatricians’ board member and
was one of several lead figures
in the development and imple-
mentation of the first online
electronic residency in-service
examination, which was
administered to all osteopathic
pediatric residencies across the
nation in August.
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Michelle Gagnon Blodgett,
Psy.D.
, assistant clinical profes-
sor of geriatrics and coordina-
tor of geriatric clinical services,
coauthored an article entitled
“Understanding Dementia:
Etiology, Communication, and
Exercise Intervention,” which
was published in the August
edition of the
Strength and
Conditioning Journal
.
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Robin J. Jacobs, Ph.D.,
M.S.W.
, associate professor
of psychiatry and behavioral
medicine, preventive medi-
cine, biomedical informatics,
and public health and direc-
tor of international medicine,
coauthored an article with
Raymond Ownby, M.D., Ph.D.,
M.B.A.
, professor and chair of
the Department of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Medicine,
Rosemary Davenport, M.S.N.,
ARNP, CCRC
, nurse practitio-
ner and research coordinator,
and
Ana Maria Homs, Psy.D.,
M.S.N., ARNP
, research as-
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