WASHINGTON, July 7 (TNSper) -- The Association of American Medical Colleges issued the following news release: The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) has announced its 2023-2024 Board of Directors. The incoming board's term begins Nov. 7 and will end at the conclusion of Learn Serve Lead: The AAMC Annual Meeting in November 2024. Lee Jones, MD, dean for medical education and professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine, has been elected to serve as chair of   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 6 -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: Atrium Health, part of Advocate Health, has received $95,000 in grants from the American Cancer Society to provide transportation for patients receiving cancer treatment. A $65,000 grant will benefit patients at Atrium Health Levine Cancer and Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital in greater Charlotte. A $30,000 grant will benefit Levine Cancer patients at Atrium Health Wake Forest   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 7 (TNSper) -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: Julie A. Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVSThe Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recently named Dr. Julie Freischlag, chief academic officer and executive vice president of Advocate Health, chief executive officer of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, and executive vice president for health affairs at Wake Forest University, as chair-elect of its board of di  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 6 (TNSres) -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: With $7 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health, researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Wake Forest University will study whether a combination of resistance training plus bone-strengthening exercises and/or osteoporosis medication use can help older adults safely lose weight without sacrificing bone mass. That paradox - that shedding   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 7 (TNSper) -- The University of North Carolina's School of the Arts issued the following news release: Laurel Donley has been named vice provost of student affairs at UNCSA, effective immediately, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Patrick J. Sims has announced. Currently assistant dean of student development and director of high school life at UNCSA, Donley has more than 20 years of experience in various academic and student affairs positions, 10 of whic  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, June 26 (TNSper) -- Stephens College issued the following news: Dr. Michael Barger has been named dean of the School of Health Sciences at Stephens College. He will begin his duties this summer after serving as an associate professor in the Biology program since 2021. Dr. Barger replaces Dr. Dan Kissinger, Director of Counseling, who served as interim dean. Dr. Barger earned his Ph.D. in Ecology and Parasitology from Wake Forest University. His research interests include pa  more