April 18, 2016

• Florence Gelo, DMIN, associate professor in the College of Medicine, and Girija Kaimal, EdD ’01, an associate professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, recently received a $25,000 grant from the Foundation for Spirituality and Medicine to conduct research on arts based approaches to palliative care. 

• Satwika Rahapsari, a graduate student from Indonesia who is currently studying in the Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling M.A. Program on a student Fulbright Foundation grant, recently presented her research on "Finding the Self in Bedhaya Dance: Jungian Depth Psychology Analysis of the Javenese Sacred Dance" at the 18th Annual Southeast Asia Graduate Student Conference at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y

• Maureen Vita, MA ‘09, art therapist for Drexel Cancer Care and a supervisor for interns in the MA in Art Therapy & Counseling program, recently received the 2015 Outstanding Supervisor Award from the Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association. The award honors an association member who has demonstrated outstanding mentorship, encouragement of professional development and leadership in the field.

• Three associates in the Physician Assistant Program were published in the Journal of the American Association of Physician Assistants (JAAPA), including two Program alumni.

o Post-ICU Syndrome: Rescuing the Undiagnosed, an article co-authored by Elizabeth A. Myers, PA ‘15, was published. It was written with help from her co- authors as while Myers was a student as part of her graduate project.

o A Rare Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain, an article co-authored by alumna, Abigail Gonnella,PA ‘14 was published. Gonnella also wrote a case for the Journal’s“ADifficult Diagnosis” section.

o Efficient Evidence: Strategies for Accessing and Using Medical Evidence Efficiently, an article co-authored by Gary Childs ‘01, Drexel librarian, and Adrian Banning, assistant clinical professor in the Physician Assistant Department, was also published.

• The Division of CNE received the maximum four years ANCC-COA Reaccreditation

• Samira Islam, a graduating student in the Master of Health Administration program, was just accepted as an Administrative Fellow at Geisinger Health System. This is a two-year fellowship and only three are selected per year in the health system.

• The following Nutrition Sciences students matched with a Dietetic Internship of their choice during the first round of the match.  82% of them matched with their first choice internship. Congratulations!

Danielle Aran, Oregon State University
Ashley Bannister, Medical University of South Carolina
Debra Bateman, Inspira Health Network
Abby Brooks, Duke University Hospital
Maggie Buell, University of Alabama, Montgomery
Erin Sheridan, Sodexo Allentown
Samantha Diamond, Virginia Commonwealth University
Zainub Halawani, Inspira Health Network
Brianna Higgins, Sodexo Philadelphia, pediatric emphasis
Elizabeth Keegan, Florida Department of Agriculture, Tallahassee
Heather Krick, Sodexo Philadelphia
Elizabeth McManus, Minneapolis VA
Sarah Mencia, University of California at San Francisco
Samantha Mogil, Yale New Haven Hospital
Kellsey Odonnell, Ohio State University
Laila Ouldibbat, Sodexo New York, pediatric emphasis
Harley Rogers, Napa State Hospital
Leslee Sholomskas, Yale New Haven Hospital
Joe Stanzione, Sodexo New York
Nicole Stein, Virginia Commonwealth University
Kim Thoman, Sodexo Allentown
Emily Werner, University of Michigan, School of Public Health