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President's PerspectiveThe recent outbreak of measles in several statesprompted President Milone-Nuzzo in her monthlycolumn to wonder why the number of cases of adisease, thought to have been eradicated from the U.S.in 2000, is growing.

Students Go Global During BreakMore than two dozen students participated in overseasservice trips during the winter break.

Argentina

Nathan Allen, Andy Covino, Danielle Davila, Natalie Miano, and Carley Kaikkonen.

Five DPT students in the class of 2020 traveled toCordoba, Argentina for a two-week trip for theircapstone project. Nathan Allen, Andy Covino, DanielleDavila, Natalie Miano, and Carley Kaikkonen traveledwith a group through Child and Family HealthInternational (CFHI), a global health organization.Students were exposed to emergency clinics, internalmedicine, intensive care units, and inpatient/outpatientphysical therapy that included both observation andhands-on practice. During their free time, the studentstook classes including access to health to tangodancing and wine tasting, and traveled to rural areas aswell as other major cities. The interprofessional trip also

Employees Support Harvard-Kent

President Paula Milone-Nuzzo presents a check to Harvard-Kent Assistant Principal Mark Silva, flanked by fundraising co-chairs Val Grande (far left) and Liz Pipes.

Faculty and staff once again stepped up in a big way atthe annual Holiday Party to support a local organization.A total of $3,439.50 was raised for the Harvard-KentElementary School, the IHP’s local public schoolpartner, at the December event’s silent auction andthroughout January during the daily opportunitydrawing.

Learning About a Little-KnownDisease at Caldwell Rounds

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis was the topic on January 8at the annual Ann W. Caldwell President’s Lecture:Interprofessional Rounds. The condition, also knownas Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, is characterized byextreme exhaustion, sleep abnormalities, pain, andSubscribe to our email list

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allowed them to learn alongside and collaborate withstudents of various health care disciplines includingmedicine, nursing, physician assistant studies, andpublic health.

China

Shenzhen Baoxing Hospital President Xiaofeng Chen,assistant professor of nursing and occupational therapy JohnWong, students Jean Mancuso (ABSN), Sarah Manning (OTD),Jessica Broughton (OTD), Annapurna Ravel (ABSN), MitchellKimber (ABSN), Juliet Barriola (OTD), and instructor ofoccupational therapy Emily Zeman.

Faculty members John Wong and Emily Zeman broughtthree ABSN students and three OTD students in earlyJanuary to Shenzhen, China, for a two-weekindependent study project at two local hospitals andseveral community health centers. In addition tolearning about nursing care and rehabilitationtreatments provided in China and the health policy ofthat region, team members experienced firsthand howtraditional Chinese medicine is used in medicaltreatment and health maintenance.

Dominican Republic

Front row, L-R: Irvin Hiralall, Pat Reidy (faculty), SarahWarden, Louisa Centeno-Silva, Susan Granato, and Sarah

other symptoms that are worsened by physical activitybut doesn’t improve with rest. Two people with thecondition, Robie Robitaille and Rivka Solomon, talkedabout how it impacts their lives, while caregivers Dr.Ronald Tompkins and Lisa Hall, RN, talked about theneed for the medical community to become more awareof it.

Team IHP Sports Two Runners at 2019 Boston Marathon

Tom Doucette, MPAS ’18, who works in the sportsmedicine department of Orthopedic Surgery at Brighamand Women’s Hospital, and Kelly Moscariello, amember of the BSN Class of 2020, are the 2019 TeamIHP members who will run the Boston Marathon in April.Via Crowdrise pages, Doucette and Moscariello, bothof whom previously have run marathons, are looking toraise $5,000 each to support Institute causes – the PAprogram for Doucette, and student scholarships forMoscariello.

PT Faculty and Students Attend2019 Combined Sections Meeting

Lindsey McLeod, DPT ’10; Dean Emerita Leslie Portney;Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor Donna

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Franco. Back row, L-R: Lyndsay Canwell, Emily Diniz, LaurenMcCue, Jen Pinto, Emily Adams, and Sara Smoller (faculty)

A team of 10 nurse practitioner students and two facultytraveled to the Dominican Republic for a weeklongservice trip in La Romana to provide health careservices at the bateys, local communities establishedby sugar cane companies for workers to live close tothe fields while having little access to health care orpublic services line running water or electricity. StudentsIrvin Hiralall, Sarah Warden, Louisa Centeno-Silva,Susan Granato, Sarah Franco, Lyndsay Canwell, EmilyDiniz, Lauren McCue, Jen Pinto, and Emily Adams,along with SON faculty Pat Reidy and Sara Smoller,worked with a local health care team from the GoodSamaritan Hospital, over 200 people received medical,dental and health education services. The IHP teamtraveled to a different batey each day and set upmedical clinics to provide care to the many Haitiansliving in these communities, and helped another 200people by providing education on the prevention ofhypertension and oral rehydration and the importanceof hand-washing and dental hygiene.

Guatemala

Back, L-R: Josh D'Angelo (co-founder Move Together), RobinMurphy (employee, Move Together), Addy (interpreter),Assistant Professor Jane Baldwin, DPT students Xavier Brito,Megan McKinney, and Case McVicar. Front, L-R: Lundy, Patty(both PTs at Villa Nueva clinic), Brianda Prado ’18, DPTstudents Evan Kappler, Katie McKenna, Sidney Argueta,Katherine Lim, Ellyn Wertella, Elana Daglin, and YassiZarbafian, Anna Pietal, DPT ’18, MeMe Ernst (Move Togethervolunteer), and Efosa Guobadia (co-founder Move Together).

Ten DPT students in the class of 2020 traveled toGuatemala, accompanied Assistant Professor JaneBaldwin, and 2018 graduates Anna Pietal and BriandaPrado (both of whom had gone in 2017). During the 10-day trip, the group partnered with the non-profit MoveTogether, Inc., which included cultural immersionactivities, clinical care to patients providing in-servicesand training at a new state hospital in Villa Neuva. TheIHP students were challenged to provide care withlimited resources, but used their creativity and ingenuityto develop ideas that provided outstanding results forpatients.

India

Applebaum; Erin Hallett, DPT ’10; and Nick Caylor, DPT ’10, atthe alumni reception.

Faculty, students, and alumni from the Department ofPhysical Therapy travelled to Washington, DC, for the2019 APTA Combined Sections Meeting on January 23-26. Several made presentations, and all gathered forthe alumni reception before heading home.

Student Life Roundup

JP Bonadonna, OT ’21; Maya Shaanan, OT ’21; Yonnie Collins,BSN ’19; and Naomi Weitz, DEN ’20 at the student mixer.

The Interprofessional and Alumni Committee of theStudent Government Association hosted a social mixerheld after the Ann B. Caldwell Lecture: InterprofessionalRounds lecture on January 15. Held at Two SaintsTavern, many of the 600 students who attended thelecture enjoyed a trivia game, a taco bar, and lots ofinterprofessional mixing. The winners of the trivia gamewere Amanda Mavros, BSN ’19; Laurel Steeves BSN’19; Darren Chew DPT ’20; and Jessica Adamson, MSN’20. Check out other student life activities fromJanuary.

First Draft of NECHE Self-Study CompleteThe NECHE Standard Bearers, appointedrepresentatives from across the Institute, havecompleted a first draft of our Self-Study report for theNew England Commission of Higher EducationSubscribe to our email list

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Top row, L-R: Valerie Kiers, Laura Mackey, Olivia Gampel,Colleen Reynolds, Brianna Ryan, and Brittney Harris. Middlerow, L-R: Faculty Pat Lussier-Duynstee and Elissa Ladd. Frontrow, L-R: Shannon Swenson and Caitlyn Shea.

Eight students from nursing, occupational therapy, andphysical therapy, accompanied by School of Nursingfaculty Elissa Ladd and Pat Lussier-Duynstee traveledto India to participate in the 2019 Global HealthImmersion Program. Olivia Gampel, Colleen Reynolds,and Brianna Ryan (CSD), Brittany Harris, Valerie Kiers,Laura Mackey, and Caitlin Shea (NP), and ShannonSwensen (PA) participated in clinical postings alongwith their Indian student counterparts in hospitals,village clinics, local schools, and communityorganizations. Faculty contributed to discipline-basedinitiatives and teaching in the areas of leadership,evidence-based health care.

Conferencing in India

School of Nursing faculty Elissa Ladd, AntoniaMakosky, and Pat Lussier-Duynstee co-hosted theconference “Indo-US Symposium on Building Capacityin Interprofessional Health Professions Education”during the winter break while they were travelling inIndia with students. The international conference washeld in conjunction with Manipal Academy of Higher

(NECHE). The Steering Committee thanks theseindividuals for their continued commitment to thisimportant project. The next few months will be spentgathering feedback from the IHP community, collectingsupporting documents, and revising the draft. Pleasecontact Joanna Kreisel, NECHE Project Manager,with any questions.

IHP Scholarship and ResearchA monthly representative sampling of scholarship by theIHP community.

Communication Sciences & DisordersCortes, J.P., Espinoza, V.M., Ghassemi, M., Mehta,D.D., Van Stan, J.H., Hillman, R.E. ... & Zanartu, M.(2018). Ambulatory assessment of phonotraumaticvocal hyperfunction using glottal airflow measuresestimated from neck-surface acceleration. PLoSOne, 13, e0209017.

Pattee, G. L., Plowman, E. K., (Focht) Garand, K. L.,Costello, J., Brooks, B. R., Berry, J. D., Smith, R. A.,Atassi, N., Chapin, J. L., Yunusova, Y., McIlduff, C. E.,Young, E., Macklin, E. A., Locatelli, E. R., Silani, V.,Heitzman, D., Wymer, J., Goutman, S. A., Gelinas, D.F., Perry, B. Nalipinski, P., Stipancic, K., O'Brien, M.,Sullivan, S. L., Pioro, E. P., Gargiulo, G., Green, J. R.(2019), Provisional best practices guidelines for theevaluation of bulbar dysfunction in amyotrophiclateral sclerosis. Muscle Nerve.

Wallace, S., Worrall, L., Rose, T., Le Dorze, G.;Breitenstein, C., Enderby, P., Bose, A., Brady, M.,Cruice, M., Copland, D., Hersh, D., Cherney, L., Babbitt,E., Rochon, E., Pearl, G., Hilari, K., Marshall, J.,Webster, J., Kelly, H., Howe, T., Kiran, S., Nicholas, M.,Rose, M., Sage, K., Laska, A.C., Patterson, J., Small,S. (2018). A core outcome set for aphasia treatmentresearch: Consensus statement. International Journalof Stroke.

Interprofessional EducationFoley, E., Nicholas, M.L., Baum, C., & Connor, L.T.(2019). Influence of Environmental Factors onSocial Participation Post-Stroke. BehaviouralNeurology. Volume 2019, Article ID 2606039

Merewood A, Bugg K, Burnham L, Krane K, Nickel N,Broom S, Edwards R, Feldman-Winter L. AddressingRacial Inequities in Breastfeeding in the SouthernUnited States. Pediatrics. 2019 Jan 18. pii: e20181897.doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-1897. [Epub ahead of print]PubMed PMID: 30659064.

Weinstein, A., Reidy, P., Simon, L., Makosky, A.,Merson, J., Williams, R., Ryan-Collin, C., & Cohen, M.(2018) Creating interprofessional learning inpractice. The Clinical Teacher, 15: 1-9.

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Education, MAHE-Faimer International Institute inInterprofessional Education, the Centre for ContinuingEducation and Interprofessional Development, andManipal College of Nursing.

New BSN Students Begin

The School of Nursing held its Convocation ceremonyon January 10 for the 97 students in the Bachelor ofScience in Nursing’s Class of 2020.

Faculty Development DayDr. KerryAnn O’Meara, associatedean for Faculty Affairs andGraduate Studies in the Collegeof Education at the University ofMaryland-College Park,presented “Thriving as Scholars:How We Can CatalyzeProfessional Growth and Impact”at the first Research and

Scholarship Day on January 8. Sponsored by the Officeof the Provost, the day-long event also featured Institutefaculty presenting their scholarship, a panel Q&A, andopportunities to explore potential collaborations.

Supporting the Patriots

Goodman, J.H. (2019). Perinatal depression and infantmental health. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. (epubahead of print). doi.org/10.1111/2047-3095.12235

Goodman, J.H. (2018). Appreciation for our peerreviewers. Journal of the American Psychiatric NursesAssociation, 24(6):480-481.

Goodman, J.H. & Johnson, E. (2018). Improvingnursing and midwifery education in a resource-limited context: An initial evaluation. Journal ofNursing Education, 1;57(12):712-719.

Gona, C., Pusey-Reid, E., Lussier-Duynstee, P., &Gall, G. (in press). The experiences of black nursingalumni at a predominantly white institution. NurseEducator. Epub 12/13/18

Grundy, Q. & Ladd E. (2019). “Nurse Ambassadors”:a new “fulcrum” of pharmaceuticalmarketing. Health Affairs Blog, January 4, 2019.

Hill, R., & Flanagan, J. (in press). The maternal-childbond: Clarifying the concept. International Journal ofNursing Knowledge.

Hill, R., Wong, J., & Thal, R. (2019). Formativeassessment and its impact on student success.Nurse Educator, 44(1), 4.

Ladd, E. January 2019. Symposium Coordinator:Building capacity in interprofessional health professionseducation. Invited Keynote: Introduction toInterprofessional Education: Bridging the Gaps.Manipal, India.

Weinstein, A.; Reidy, P.; Simon, L.; Makosky, A.;Merson, J.; Williams, R.; Ryan-Collin, C.; & Cohen, M.(2018) Creating interprofessional learning in practice.The Clinical Teacher, 15: 1-9.

Occupational TherapyQuantifying Stroke Recovery Trajectories Across thePost-Acute Care Continuum: A Pilot Feasibility Study.Lin D., Cloutier A., K.Parlman, Ranford J., Fasoli S.,Clark J., MacDonald K., Giatsidis F., Mazw N.,Finklestein S., Hochberg L.. Poster presented at theAmerican Conference of Rehabilitation Medicine(ACRM) annual conference, Dallas, October 1, 2018.

Fasoli, S. A paradigm shift: Rehabilitation robotics,cognitive skills training and transfer to function. Invitedlecture for 39th annual Braintree NeurorehabilitationConference, Braintree, MA, November 10, 2018.

Haddad, A. M., Doherty, R.F., and Purtilo, R.D. (2019).Health Professional and Patient Interaction, 9thEdition. St. Louis: Elsevier.

Physical TherapyLedingham, A., Cohn, E.S., Baker, K.R., & Keysor, J.J.(in press). Exercise adherence: Beliefs of adults withknee osteoarthritis over 2 years. Physiotherapy

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Kathleen Shaughnessy, OTD ’21, was among those oncampus who were decked out in New England Patriotsgarb as the team prepared to capture its sixth SuperBowl title on February 3.

Dignity and Respect on Campus

January 14-February 12 is Dignity and RespectMonth at the Institute. To promote Tip 28 of the 30 Tipsof Dignity and Respect, “Lend a hand,” there was awarm coat, hat, and glove drive that collected 40 itemsfor Action for Boston Community Development,Boston's antipoverty agency serving more than 95,000low-income Greater Boston residents annually. Topromote Tip 29: “Live a healthy life,” students, faculty,and staff are invited to register for free fitness andnutrition classes.

New Employees

Theory and Practice.doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2018.12.013

Merson, J. Hypothyroidism. (2018). Journal of theAmerican Academy of PAs.

Simpson L, Keysor J, Cochrane F, Allaire S.Preferences for Receiving an Evidence-based JobRetention Program among Adults with Arthritis.Gerontological Society of America national meeting,Boston MA Nov. 14-18, 2018. Posterpresentation. doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2019.1566943

Wei, J., Gross, D., Lane, N.E., Lu, N., Wang, M., Zeng,C., ... Zhang, Y. (in press). Risk factor heterogeneityfor medial and lateral compartment kneeosteoarthritis: Analysis of two prospective cohorts.Osteoarthritis and Cartilage.

IHP AchievementsMeredith Scannell, assistantprofessor of nursing is the authorof the new book, Fast FactsAbout Forensic Nursing: WhatYou Need To Know. Publishedby Springer Publishing Co., it is acomprehensive guide to therapidly expanding specialty offorensics nursing, and

encompasses the wide range of injury and assault casesrequiring the collection of forensic evidence in preparationfor a legal case.

School of Nursing faculty Suellen Breakey, Patrice K.Nicholas, and Patricia Lussier-Duynstee, havecompleted the Certificate in Climate Change andHealth Program at the Yale School of Public Health.

Teresa Kimberley, professor ofphysical therapy and director ofthe Brain Recovery Lab, wasnamed an associate editor forthe Journal of PhysicalTherapy. She also has receivedan appointment as research staffat Massachusetts General

Hospital’s Department of Neurology.

Hannah Rowe, a doctoralresearch fellow in the Speechand Feeding Disorders Lab andSubscribe to our email list

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Lori Dobson Assistant Professor Genetic Counseling

New Role Joan Blue Administrative and ProjectSpecialist for Programs andEvents School of Nursing

Mary Knab Interim Associate Provost for Interprofessional Education and Practice, Directorof CIPSI Office of the Provost

Midge (Annamaria) Hobbs IMPACT Practice CurriculumDirector, Assistant Professor CIPSI Office of the Provist

Promotion Taylor DiJohnson Program Manager Physician Assistant Studies

Claire Sonnenberg Clinical Education Placementand Marketing Manager

New Job PostingsOffice of Development Development Operations Manager Office of Student and Alumni Services

a PhD student, has received theInstitute’s 2019 Dr. David KrebsDoctoral Research Fund for herwork on the differential diagnosisof apraxia and dysarthria.

Caitlin Fitzgerald, assistant professor of physicaltherapy, and Patrice Nicholas, professor of nursing,have been selected as the inaugural fellows of theInstitute’s Teaching Excellence Academy forLearning (TEAL).

Alumni Award NominationsAccepted Through March 22Know an alumnus who’s doing extraordinary things? Ifso, please nominate him/her for either the Bette AnnHarris ’83 Distinguished Alumni Award or the EmergingLeader Alumni Award, both of which will be presentedduring 2019 Commencement ceremonies on May 13.

Mark Your Calendar February 4: Health Consequencesof Climate ChangeSchool of Nursing faculty Suellen Breakey and PatriceNicholas, representing the Center for Climate Change,Climate Justice, and Health, will present “Dialogue withthe IHP Community Regarding Climate Change and ItsHealth Consequences” on Monday, February 4, from12:00 – 12:50 p.m. in Shouse 322. It’s an opportunityfor the IHP community to learn more about thechallenges that climate change poses for our future, forhealth professions education, and the health of ourcommunities.

Calendar

02/01 Senate Meeting (Faculty) 9:00–10:50 a.m.

02/04 A Dialogue With the IHP CommunityRegarding Climate Change and ItsHealth Consequences (Institute Wide) Noon–12:50 p.m., Shouse 322

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Department Coordinator and Assistant to the Dean Office of Financal Services Senior Accounting Analyst

School of Nursing Program Lead Communication Science and Disorders Research Study Coordinator Office of Enrollment Services Assistant Director of Admission A complete list of Institute faculty and staff jobpostings can be found online, and a list of GraduateAssistantship opportunities can be found on ourwebsite.

Please submit suggestions or comments about anyissue at the IHP to President Milone-Nuzzo's onlinesuggestion box, Institute Input.

Feedback, Tips, Ideas, Etc.Please forward items of interest to Yardarm editor JohnShaw. View past editions.

02/06 Faculty Book Group: CheatingLessons (James Lang) (Faculty) Noon–1:00 p.m.

02/06 Masterpieces and Mocktails – StudentPaint Night (Students) 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m., Shouse 305. RSVP: Kerry Kearns in OSAS

02/11 Student Town Hall Meeting (Students) Noon–1:00 p.m., Shouse 305

02/14 Lunch Bite 1: Finding the “Write” Time Noon–1:00 p.m.

02/17 Last day to drop a class without a "W"grade – No refunds after this date. Last day to elect pass/fail

02/18 Presidents Day, offices closed

02/20 Workshop 2: Designing EffectivePresentations (Faculty) 1:00–2:00 p.m.

02/26 Schwartz Rounds (Institute Wide) Noon–1:00 p.m., Shouse 322

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