1 DDS, MSc, Post-graduation Program in Dentistry, Estácio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Oral Medicine, Brazilian Dental Association, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). 2 DDS, MSc, Stomatology and Oral Surgery, Estácio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (DDS, MSc, Stomatology and Oral Surgery, Estácio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). 3 DDS, MSc, Oral Medicine, Brazilian Dental ...

Certain racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds remain underrepresented (UR) in the biomedical sciences. This underrepresentation becomes more extreme at each higher education stage. To support UR scholars during the critical transition from baccalaureate to PhD, we established an intensive, 1-yr postbaccalaureate training program. W...

BACKGROUND We studied the scientific yield of the medical PhD program at all Danish Universities. METHODS We undertook a retrospective observational study. Three PhD schools in Denmark were included in order to evaluate the postdoctoral research production over more than 18 years through individual publications accessed by PubMed. RESULTS A total of 2686 PhD-graduates (1995-2013) with a med...

The prevalence of morbid obesity in adolescents is rising at an alarming rate. Comorbidities known to predispose to cardiovascular disease are increasingly being diagnosed in these children. Bariatric surgery has become an acceptable treatment alternative for morbidly obese adults, and criteria have been developed to establish center-ofexcellence designation for adult bariatric surgery programs...

BACKGROUND Analysis of graduation success at the University of Split School of Medicine PhD programs conducted in 2011 revealed that only 11% of students who enrolled and completed their graduate coursework between 1999 and 2011 earned a doctoral degree. In this prospective cohort study we evaluated and compared three PhD programs within the same medical school, where the newest program, called...

Building Bridges Across Age and Cognitive Barriers Through Art: College Students' Reflections on an Intergenerational Program With Elders who Have Dementia Elizabeth Lokon PhD a , Jennifer M. Kinney PhD b & Suzanne Kunkel PhD c a Research Associate, Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA b Professor, Department of Sociology and Gerontology & Fellow, Scripps Gerontology ...

An innovative program addresses the need for support, encouragement and guidance on part of women scientists in early years their career, during PhD.

Michael V. Relf, PhD, RN, AACRN, ACNS-BC, CNE, FAAN, is an Associate Editor for JANAC and is the Associate Dean for Global and Community Affairs and Associate Professor, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina, USA. (*Correspondence to: [email protected]; michael.relf@duke. edu). Barbara Swanson, PhD, RN, ACRN, FAAN, is an Associate Editor for JANAC and is a Professor a...

304. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ohio EMS providers: A statewide cross-sectional study Robert Orellana, MPH; Armando Hoet, DVM, PhD; Bo Lu, PhD; Sarah Anderson, PhD; Kurt Stevenson, MD, MPH; Division of Epidemiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Division of Biostatistics, Ohio State Uni...

Clinical investigators within the Canadian and international communities were shocked when the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced that their funding for the MD/PhD program would be terminated after the 2015-2016 academic year. The program has trained Canadian clinician-scientists for more than two decades. The cancellation of the program is at odds with the CIHR's mandate, ...