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Friday, August 26, 2011

Dr. Kramer’s on Health Beat

Dr. Holly Kramer, Director of the Loyola Master of Public Health Program, recorded a short interview for HHS Health Beat. Listen to the interview:

August 23, 2011-Death by Belt Size
http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/#August

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY PRESENTATION


Friday, August 19th

11:00 AM

Conference Room 3340
Maguire Building
PRESENTATION by Nicholas Reder
TITLE:
"A pathway‑focused approach to identify
hypertension risk variants in a sample of Nigerians."

Tips for online learning

• When participating in videoconferences, be sure to use a computer with internet access thru a cable line and use a headset if you will be speaking.
• Make sure you have a private space where you can study.
• As soon as you begin the course, very carefully review the syllabus and if you do not absolutely understand what is expected of students, contact the faculty ASAP.
• If faculty do not respond to emails within 48 hours, try contacting them by phone and/or resend email.
• If there are problems with the course, contact the faculty director ASAP. If the faculty director is not responsive, contact the MPH program director Holly Kramer (hkramer@lumc.edu)
• Set aside time devoted to the online course every week. Mark this time on your calendar. Think of it as an appointment to advance your education and career!
• Stay committed to the course. It takes more self-discipline to do well in an online course compared to traditional coursework.
• Be open-minded about sharing life, work, and educational experiences as part of the learning process
• Be willing and able to commit to 5 to 10 hours per week per course.
• Accept critical thinking and decision making as part of the learning process.
• Before posting comments to a discussion board, sit back and think about your ideas for several minutes before responding.
• Be polite and respectful.
• Trust that high quality learning may happen without traveling to a traditional classroom. Become a true advocate of distance learning.
• Apply what you learn.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale

Graduate School Announcements

August 15, 2011




Still haven’t registered for Fall 2011 courses? Make sure to do so in LOCUS as soon as possible. All MPH students are expected to maintain continuous enrollment. If you need to take time off, be sure to contact the graduate office and inform them of your absence.


Call for Papers:

The Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale is currently accepting abstract submissions for presentation, and the first abstract deadline is August 31. Interested in presenting at the conference? Submit an abstract for consideration

Global Health & Innovation Conference 2012
Presented by Unite For Sight, 9th Annual Conference
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Saturday, April 21 - Sunday, April 22, 2012
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference

The Global Health & Innovation Conference is the world's largest global health conference and social entrepreneurship conference. This must-attend, thought-leading conference annually convenes 2,200 leaders, changemakers, students, and professionals from all fields of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship. Register during August to secure the lowest registration rate. The registration rate increases after August 31.



Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Master's thesis presentation for Clinical Research Methods and Epidemiology

Thursday August 11
11:00 AM

Maguire Bldg Conference Room 3340

Dr. Ellen Sarvida
A pediatric hematologist pursuing her master's degree in Clinical Research Methods and Epidemiology will present her master's thesis project on thrombocytopenia

Eliminating Health Disparities at Work

Eliminating Health Disparities at Work: This two day conference, sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), aims to examine research accomplishments and gaps related to the identification of social, cultural, and economic factors that create occupational health disparities and identify promising practices for eliminating disparities through innovative intervention programs. Participants will include researchers, practitioners, representatives from community organizations, labor organizations, state and local health and labor agencies, employers and others concerned about health disparities at work.


September 14th and 15th 2011

Doubletree Hotel Chicago Magnificent Mile
300 E. Ohio Street, Chicago IL



For more information please contact:

Jennifer McGowan
Coordinator of Special Projects
Continuing Education/Outreach
University of Illinois-Chicago, School of Public Health
Great Lakes Centers for Occupational and Environmental Science
Work: 312-355-3500, Fax: 312-413-7369, jlmcgow@uic.edu
http://www.uic.edu/sph/erc/

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Congratulations Dr. Morales-Vidal____Pregnant women face a risk of stroke that is 2.4 times higher than the risk in nonpregnant women

. By Jim Ritter - Media Relations
High blood pressure during pregnancy is a leading cause of maternal and fetal mortality worldwide. Pregnant women face a risk of stroke that is 2.4 times higher than the risk in nonpregnant women, according to a medical journal article by Loyola University Health System researchers.

"Prompt diagnosis and identification of patients at risk allows for early therapeutic interventions and improved clinical outcomes," the Loyola authors wrote in the medical journal Women's Health.

Pregnancy-induced high-blood-pressure syndromes include pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and a rare but serious illness called HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count). Pre-eclampsia is a multisystem disorder characterized by high blood pressure (top or bottom numbers equal to or greater than 140/90, when measured on two occasions six hours apart) and proteinuria (excess protein in urine -- more than 300 mg. in 24 hours).

Left untreated, pre-eclampsia can cause serious complications, possibly fatal, in the mother and baby. In severe pre-eclampsia, patients may develop oliguria (reduced urine output), pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs), liver dysfunction, thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) and changes in mental status and other cerebral symptoms. Patients may have headaches, stupor, visual blurring, blindness (often temporary) or seizures.

Pre-eclampsia can progress to eclampsia or HELLP. Pre-eclampsia develops into eclampsia when a patient experiences convulsive seizures or goes into a coma. HELLP can cause bleeding, liver problems and high-blood-pressure problems, harming both mother and baby.

"Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia-related events are a major cause of maternal disability and maternal and fetal death in the USA, and without prompt and aggressive treatment these patients may rapidly decline," wrote the authors, who are all neurologists in the Loyola Stroke Program.

For pregnant women who have pre-eclampsia risk factors, starting aspirin at 12 to 14 weeks may decrease the risk of pre-eclampsia and death of the baby. Once a patient is diagnosed with pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, physicians attempt to control blood pressure and seizures and manage brain swelling.

"Prompt delivery of a viable baby remains the main and only curative therapeutic intervention," the authors wrote. Women who have pre-eclampsia are at higher risk for future stroke and cardiovascular disease. The researchers wrote that identifying patients at risk of pregnancy-induced high-blood-pressure syndrome remains "a major research focus."

The authors are in the Department of Neurology of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. They are Sarkis Morales-Vidal, MD (first author); Michael Schneck, MD; Murray Flaster, MD; and senior author José Biller, MD. Morales is an assistant professor, Flaster is an associate professor, Schneck is a professor and Biller is a professor and department chairman.

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