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	<title>Texas A&#38;M Health Science Center</title>
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		<title>Faculty involved in Tobacco Cessation Initiatives</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/24/tobacco-cessation-initiatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae Lynn Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Colwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenneth McLeroy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monica Wendel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Texas youth Tobacco Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Cessation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Several faculty at the Texas A&#038;M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) School of Rural Public Health are involved in tobacco initiatives. Brian Colwell, Ph.D., professor and department head, is principal investigator of the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) funded Texas Youth Tobacco Awareness Program (TYTAP), a statewide program aimed at reducing tobacco use among youth and adolescents through education and awareness of the short- and long-term impacts of tobacco use. Additionally, in collaboration with researchers at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, he recently completed work on the National Cancer Institute funded, “Enhanced Smoking Cessation for University Students (SUCCESS)” a study that focuses on improving tobacco use prevention and cessation programs among college students.]]></description>
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		<title>College of Nursing graduates Class of 2013</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/23/college-of-nursing-graduates-class-of-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly Lambert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nursing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College of Nursing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commencement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas A&#38;M Health Science Center College of Nursing held commencement ceremonies Friday, May 17, at Rudder Auditorium on the Texas A&#38;M University campus. The college graduated 89 students with Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees. The ceremony kicked off with a welcome by Dean Sharon Wilkerson, Ph.D., RN, CNE, followed by stage party introductions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent graduate and current student awarded accreditation fellowships</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/22/accreditation-fellowships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae Lynn Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accreditation Fellowships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Maria Pulido Saldivar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daphne Quick]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A May graduate and a current student with the Texas A&#038;M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) School of Rural Public Health recently were awarded accreditation fellowships by the Texas Department of State Health Services. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Ory lead author on editorial on chronic-disease self-management for aging adults</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/20/ory-chronic-disease-self-management/</link>
		<comments>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/20/ory-chronic-disease-self-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae Lynn Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging adults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chronic disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geriatrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcia Ory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marcia G. Ory, Ph.D., M.P.H., Regents and Distinguished Professor in the Texas A&#038;M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) School of Rural Public Health, was lead author for an editorial on chronic-disease self-management for aging adults. ]]></description>
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		<title>Training tomorrow’s doctors: How to help when healing stops</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/20/training-tomorrows-doctors-how-to-help-when-healing-stops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah McNichols</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[end-of-life care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palliative care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TAMHSC-COM students practice the doctor’s challenging role in end-of-life care: Delivering devastating news to patients and their loved ones, and telling patients what comes next when there is no curative path forward.]]></description>
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		<title>Pharmacy students prepare for diverse populations</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/17/pharmacy-students-prepare-for-diverse-populations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheri Shipman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rangel College of Pharmacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="http://news.tamhsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/spanishlesson-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Students in the Spanish class explore many terms and names for diseases, body parts and foods that might be used by patients while emphasizing those terms most commonly used in South Texas. This serves as a means of preparing students for real-life patient encounters and counseling sessions." style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" />Pharmacists face an ever-changing population, especially in Texas, where the minority is becoming the majority. To combat the health disparities of the border and South Texas, students at the Texas A&#38;M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy in Kingsville are prepared to counsel, care for and serve Hispanic patients in multiple ways.]]></description>
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		<title>McIntosh appointed to diversity post</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/17/david-mcintosh-appointed-to-tamhsc-college-of-medicines-first-diversity-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah McNichols</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McIntosh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas A&#038;M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) College of Medicine has named David McIntosh to the position of assistant dean for diversity. The role is the first in the college’s 34-year history to be focused exclusively on issues of diversity.]]></description>
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		<title>Physical activity program for seniors through SRPH showing positive results</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/17/fit-strong-program-success/</link>
		<comments>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/17/fit-strong-program-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae Lynn Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazos Valley Area Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazos Valley Council of Governments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fit & Strong!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcia Ory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fit &#038; Strong!, an evidence-based physical activity program for seniors, has been successfully implemented by the Brazos Valley Area Agency on Aging and the Navasota Department of Parks and Recreation, reaching more than 200 seniors in the Brazos Valley.]]></description>
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		<title>Donovan named to post in Round Rock</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/16/dr-jim-donovan-named-to-transformational-post-at-round-rock-campus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah McNichols</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clinical integration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[practice transformation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To help prepare tomorrow’s doctors for the changing landscape of medical practice and patient care, the Texas A&#038;M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) College of Medicine has named Jim Donovan, M.D., as its first associate dean of clinical integration and practice transformation.]]></description>
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		<title>Decker honored with The DAISY Faculty Award</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/15/decker-honored-with-the-daisy-faculty-award/</link>
		<comments>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/15/decker-honored-with-the-daisy-faculty-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly Lambert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nursing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College of Nursing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DAISY Award]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faculty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Graduates often talk about hearing a faculty member’s voice in the back of their head helping through a tricky situation or difficult procedure. To honor these nurse educators that students hear – even years after graduation – the College of Nursing recognizes outstanding faculty members annually with The DAISY Faculty Award.]]></description>
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		<title>Collaborative curriculum: Students develop clinical scenarios</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/15/the-collaborative-curriculum-students-help-develop-clinical-scenarios-based-on-physicians-toughest-moments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah McNichols</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical school]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[palliative care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supportive care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Georgina De la Garza had only been a student at the Texas A&#38;M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) College of Medicine for a year when she went home in summer 2012 to visit her family in Mexico, but the real world doesn’t always stagger challenges as predictably as licensing exams. She arrived home at a moment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Physical activity key for older adults</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/13/physical-activity-key-for-older-adults/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 22:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly Lambert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nursing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College of Nursing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Aging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Research gives a whole new meaning to the old saying “use it or lose it” for aging adults. Functional decline in the older adult is due, at least in part, to physical inactivity, notes Sonia Turnbow, M.S.N., RN, WHNP, assistant professor at the Texas A&#38;M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) College of Nursing. During Older Americans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctoral student selected as student session winner at APHA annual meeting</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/13/adepoju-session-winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 20:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae Lynn Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[APHA Annual Meeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Care Student Session]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NIH P20 Grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Omolola Adepoju]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Omolola Adepoju, M.P.H., doctoral candidate at the Texas A&#038;M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) School of Rural Public Health, has been selected as a winner for the Medical Care Student Session at the 2013 APHA Annual Meeting. ]]></description>
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		<title>Graduate students receive award from Texas Public Health Training Center</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/13/tphtc-student-practicums/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 20:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae Lynn Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kiran Bhurtyal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lauren Rosenbluth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Yuen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noor Mahmoud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shaola Abagat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SRPH]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Veronica Cox]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Six graduate students at the Texas A&#038;M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) School of Rural Public Health have received the Governmental Public Health Practice Award from the Texas Public Health Training Center (TPHTC). ]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative program advances dental residents’ training</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/10/innovative-program-advances-dental-residents-training/</link>
		<comments>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/10/innovative-program-advances-dental-residents-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaDawn Brock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dentistry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dental Implant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nagy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prosthodontics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Until now, dental residents in Texas A&#38;M University Baylor College of Dentistry’s prosthodontic graduate program concentrated primarily on treatment planning and restorative care, leaving most of the surgical aspects of dental implants to the oral surgery and periodontic specialties. That is changing thanks to a new education standard of the Commission on Dental Accreditation set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garney examines lack of access to health care for rural residents</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/09/garney-bvhp-access-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 19:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae Lynn Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BVHP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whitney R. Garney, M.P.H., Brazos Valley regional manager with the Center for Community Health Development located at the Texas A&#038;M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, recently authored an article on the lack of access to health care for rural residents.]]></description>
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		<title>Smith to direct biomedical informatics initiatives</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/09/smith-to-direct-biomedical-informatics-initiatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 18:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah McNichols</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bioinformatics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leap in available biological information over the past decade has created new, exciting ways to better understand human disease and develop effective treatments, and the Texas A&#038;M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) is poised to be at the forefront of these opportunities.

Dr. Jack Smith has been recruited as a professor of microbial and molecular pathogenesis in the TAMHSC-College of Medicine, with a joint appointment in the TAMHSC-School of Rural Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management. He is spearheading efforts to establish collaborative research and product development efforts into biomedical informatics, an interdisciplinary field applying computer technology to manage biological information.]]></description>
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		<title>Commencements in Kingsville, College Station, Dallas</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/08/commencements-in-kingsville-college-station-dallas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 13:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Maier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas A&#038;M Health Science Center will host commencement ceremonies for the Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy on Saturday, May 11; College of Nursing on Friday, May 17; School of Rural Public Health, College of Medicine and School of Graduate Studies on Saturday, May 18; and Texas A&#038;M University Baylor College of Dentistry on Friday, May 24.]]></description>
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		<title>Doctoral student awarded grant by International Society of Blood Transfusion</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/06/appiah-isbt-fellowship-grant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 15:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae Lynn Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Appiah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harold Gunson Fellowship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bernard Appiah, M.S., doctoral student at the Texas A&#038;M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, was awarded a Harold Gunson Fellowship grant by the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT).]]></description>
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		<title>Health Careers Program influences students on medical career paths</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/02/health-careers-program-influences-students-on-medical-career-paths/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 17:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Maier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas A&#038;M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) Coastal Bend Health Education Center (CBHEC) has introduced a variety of health-related career paths to students across the region. Its Health Careers Program reached more than 1,600 students in 2012 and taught them about medical careers through a mobile medical library, annual conference and three-day summer camp.]]></description>
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		<title>Pharmacy director of assessment selected</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/01/health-services-program-selects-pharmacy-director-of-assessment/</link>
		<comments>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/01/health-services-program-selects-pharmacy-director-of-assessment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 21:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheri Shipman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Management Education Fellow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fadi Alkhateeb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rangel College of Pharmacy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="http://news.tamhsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Alkhateeb-Fadi-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Fadi M. Alkhateeb, B.S.Pharm., MBA, Ph.D., director of assessment and associate professor of economic, social and administrative pharmacy at the Texas A&amp;M Health Science Center Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, has been selected as a Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Management Education Fellow for 2013-2015." style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" />Fadi M. Alkhateeb, B.S.Pharm., MBA, Ph.D., director of assessment and associate professor of economic, social and administrative pharmacy at the Texas A&#38;M Health Science Center Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, has been selected as a Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Management Education Fellow for 2013-2015.]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing students benefit from new “smart” IV technology</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/01/nursing-students-benefit-from-new-smart-iv-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/01/nursing-students-benefit-from-new-smart-iv-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly Lambert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nursing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[College of Nursing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medication Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smart Pumps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Students in the TAMHSC-College of Nursing are getting practical experience with state-of-the-art medication safety technology thanks to new intravenous (IV) “smart” infusion pumps. The college recently acquired Sigma Spectrum Infusion Pumps and Medfusion® 3500 Syringe Infusion Pumps for simulation activities.]]></description>
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		<title>Innovations in Education: How iPad’s are transforming the classroom</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/01/innovations-education-ipads/</link>
		<comments>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/01/innovations-education-ipads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae Lynn Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Burdine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much of today’s public health study occurs in the field, and students require a tool adaptable to any environment. In response, the Texas A&#038;M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) School of Rural Public Health has provided students and faculty with personal iPads.]]></description>
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		<title>Student pharmacists receive awards</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/05/01/student-pharmacists-receive-awards-at-tshp-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheri Shipman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students at the Texas A&#38;M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy received premier awards at the annual Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists (TSHP) meeting April 26-28 in Austin.]]></description>
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		<title>Researcher studies partner violence, psychosocial distress of Chinese female sex workers</title>
		<link>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/04/30/yan-hong-fsw-partner-violence/</link>
		<comments>http://news.tamhsc.edu/2013/04/30/yan-hong-fsw-partner-violence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae Lynn Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[female sex workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[partner violence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yan Hong]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yan Hong, Ph.D., associate professor at the Texas A&#038;M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) School of Rural Public Health, is lead author on a recently published study examining partner violence and the psychosocial distress experienced by female sex workers (FSWs).]]></description>
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