Free Hearing Screenings at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian Health Science Center January through April 13
Get your hearing checked for free Jan. 12 at the Speech and Language Clinic at the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian Health Science Center, 1311 E. Central Drive, in Meridian.
Idaho Awareness to Action Youth Suicide Prevention Project offers free training in Nampa Jan. 12
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Institute of Rural Health is accepting pre-registration for free suicide prevention training in Nampa in January.
Free flu and hepatitis vaccinations, mammogram referrals at Community Health Screening Dec. 3
Uninsured and unable to afford medical care?
Geosciences researchers see world in 3D, thanks to CAVE
Geosciences researchers at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Boise Center Aerospace Laboratory are now able to study the Earth’s surface with greater accuracy, thanks to a sophisticated 3D imagery system called CAVE or Cave Automatic Virtual Environment.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian counseling student paints winning ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø holiday greeting card
A painting of a white dove symbolizing peace with the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø logo in the background is the winning entry in ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s annual President’s Holiday Greeting Card Contest.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian Health Science Center and Ada County to provide free flu and hepatitis vaccinations at community health screening Oct. 29
Uninsured and unable to afford medical care?
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Caroline Faure honored for educating Idahoans about concussion in young athletes
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Caroline Faure has been named Idaho’s top 2010 HealthCare Hero Educator by the Idaho Business Review newspaper for her statewide efforts to educate the public about concussion and the adolescent athlete.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian College of Pharmacy to provide free flu vaccines to first 40 guests at Oct. 28 open house
Need a flu shot?
Learn about hot careers at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Health Science Experience Night Oct. 28
Interested in becoming a pharmacist, physician assistant or nurse? A medical lab scientist, mental health counselor or speech-language pathologist?
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian’s Ruth Schneider is Idaho’s Outstanding Registered Dietitian of the Year
The Journal of the American Dietetic Association recognized Ruth Schneider, clinical associate professor at the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian Health Science Center, in its September issue as Idaho's Outstanding Registered Dietitian of the Year.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian faculty and students to conduct free health screenings Sept. 24
Uninsured or out-of-work? Don’t ignore your health because you can’t afford a doctor or dentist.
Three ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø professors and a student are 2010 Health Care Hero honorees
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø professors, Miki Goodwin, Glenda Carr and Caroline Faure, are honorees in the 2010 Health Care Heroes program sponsored by the Idaho Business Review newspaper.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Health High School continues dual-enrollment health-related courses for 2010-11 academic year
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Health High School will continue its dual-enrollment health-related courses in the fall 2010 and spring 2011. Qualified high school students can take several Web classes for both high school elective and academic college credit.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø to conduct free seminars on concussion and the adolescent athlete July 29-30 in Treasure Valley
Learn about concussion and how to assess head injuries in the adolescent athlete at two free seminars instructed by Dr. Caroline Faure, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø assistant professor of sport science and physical education.
Barbara Mason and Laura Woodworth-Ney accepted to HERS Institutes for women in higher education
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Laura Woodworth-Ney and pharmacy Professor Barbara Mason are honing their leadership skills through Higher Education Resource Services or HERS, a prestigious leadership and management program for women in higher
Awareness to Action Youth Suicide Prevention Project offers free training Sept. 8 in Boise
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Institute of Rural Health will offer training Sept. 8 on how to advocate for suicide prevention in an "Awareness to Action Academy" for professionals, caregivers, community leaders, parents, survivors of suicide and all those who work to reduce Idaho’s
High School Students Jump Start College Enroll in Fall 2010 ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Health High Schoo
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Health High School (UHHS) will continue its dual-enrollment health education courses in the summer and fall 2010. Students can take classes for both high school elective and academic college credit.
Saving Lives: Doctors and Medical Students Train at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian
We get better at a task when we practice, and medical doctors are no different.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian Graduates its Largest Class Ever; Laura Bainbridge Takes Top Student Excellence Honor
“I am thrilled and honored to receive this award. It is very unexpected,” said nursing graduate Laura Bainbridge after she was named ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian Health Science Center’s 2010 Student Excellence Award winner at graduation exercises April 26 in Boise.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Counseling Program Ranked 13th in Nation By U.S. News and World Report
POCATELLO – U.S. News and World Report has ranked the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø counseling program--with classes offered in Meridian and Pocatello--as the 13th best program of its kind in the country in the magazine’s ratings that came out earlier this month.
Idaho Lawmakers Appropriate $1 Million for New Dental Clinic at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian Health Science Center
The Idaho Legislature has adopted legislation that will provide $1 million for an advanced dental residency clinic in Meridian.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian to Graduate its Largest Class ever April 26; Lt. Gov. Brad Little is Guest Speaker
For the second consecutive year, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø will graduate a record number of students from its Treasure Valley programs, awarding 180 graduate and undergraduate degrees in the health professions and sciences.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Institute of Rural Health Hosts Free Suicide Prevention Workshop May 18
The latest scientific information about youth suicide, warning signs, risk and prevention will be discussed in a free training session Tuesday, May 18, sponsored by the Awareness to Action Idaho Youth Suicide Prevention Project at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Institute of Rural Health.
KCHP to Hold Research Day Activities April 9 in Pocatello and Meridian
Communities and KCHP: Advancing Idaho Health Care Together is the theme of the annual ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Kasiska College of Health Professions Research Day, Friday, April 9, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Pocatello and Meridian.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Institute of Rural Health's Ann Kirkwood Named to Serve on National Substance Abuse/Mental Health Steering Committee
POCATELLO – Ann Kirkwood, senior research associate for ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Institute of Rural Health, has been named to serve on the Steering Committee for the Substance
Institute of Rural Health to Sponsor Spring Web Series on Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury research, education and prevention will be explored in a free, five-part Web series, sponsored by ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Institute of Rural Health and Rocky Mountain Learning, a nonprofit online meeting and training provider.
Proposals for Kasiska College of Health Professions Research Day Due Feb. 12
Are you conducting exciting health-related research you’d like to share with faculty, students and community partners? Consider displaying your project at the 21st annual Kasiska College of Health Professions Research Day, Friday, April 9.
Special Olympics International Awards ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Dental Hygiene Professor $100,000 Grant to Study Healthy Athletes Volunteers
How does volunteering in the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes program affect health professionals? Does it change the perception and practice behaviors toward people with intellectual disabilities?