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NIH awards Radial Analytics a Small Business Innovation Research grant to help advance the goals of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease

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Thursday, January 26, 2023
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CONCORD, Mass., Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Radial Analytics has been awarded a NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to help advance the goals of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease. This highly competitive grant award will support rapid innovation by leveraging Radial's clinically proven AI/ML platform, which is used by healthcare professionals to optimize patient care transitions. The grant award will support a new research initiative to use big data and machine learning to accurately predict the clinical progression of people living with Alzheimer's and related dementias. Radial Analytics is partnering on this important work with Dr. Peter Rabins at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Professor Joseph Gaugler at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

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  • CONCORD, Mass., Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Radial Analytics has been awarded a NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to help advance the goals of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease .
  • The creation of Radial Analytics' AI/ML platform was inspired by the idea of using "nudge theory" to empower healthcare professionals to make better decisions.
  • This NIH SBIR grant will support novel research to more accurately identify later stages of Alzheimer's Disease.
  • The research discussed above is supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health grant R43AG076191 .

Cambia Health Solutions appoints Donna L. Milavetz, MD, MPH as chief medical officer

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022
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PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambia Health Solutions is pleased to announce Donna L. Milavetz, MD, MPH, FACP as chief medical officer.

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  • PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambia Health Solutions is pleased to announce Donna L. Milavetz, MD, MPH, FACP as chief medical officer.
  • "Since Dr. Milavetz joined Cambia as executive medical director earlier this year, she has established herself as an entrepreneurial and collaborative leader," said Jared Short, Cambia's chief executive officer.
  • She founded and led Onsite Care, Inc. as its chief executive officer and chief medical officer for more than a decade.
  • "I am honored to take on this role at such an exciting time for Cambia and the health care industry," said Dr. Milavetz.

St. Baldrick's Foundation Funds $8.9 Million in Grants to Support the Most Promising Childhood Cancer Research

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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This is why the St. Baldrick's Foundation funds the most promising research no matter where it takes place from your backyard institution to other cutting edge research facilities treating childhood cancers around the globe.

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  • This is why the St. Baldrick's Foundation funds the most promising research no matter where it takes place from your backyard institution to other cutting edge research facilities treating childhood cancers around the globe.
  • To donate to critical childhood cancer research or to learn the many ways you can get involved, visit StBaldricks.org.
  • Become an advocate and join the Speak Up for Kids' Cancer advocacy action network to encourage federal lawmakers to continue to fund childhood cancer research.
  • The St. Baldrick's Foundation, the largest charitable funder of childhood cancer research grants, is on a mission to give kids a lifetime by supporting the most promising research to find cures and better treatments for all childhood cancers.

Canon Solutions America Presents CAHME Award for Sustainability in Healthcare Education and Practice

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Wednesday, June 1, 2022
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MELVILLE, N.Y., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., joins the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) to announce that the Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) earned the 2022 CAHME/Canon Solutions America Award for Sustainability in Healthcare Management Education and Practice.

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  • MELVILLE, N.Y., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., joins the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) to announce that the Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) earned the 2022 CAHME/Canon Solutions America Award for Sustainability in Healthcare Management Education and Practice.
  • Every year, the organization partners with Canon Solutions America to recognize educational institutions that strive to instill ideals of sustainability and social responsibility in future healthcare leaders with the Award for Sustainability in Healthcare Management Education and Practice .
  • "Receiving the CAHME/Canon Solutions America Award for Sustainability in Healthcare Management Education and Practice is a true honor for us," said Jean Abraham, PhD, professor and interim head, SPH Division of Health Policy & Management.
  • A wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., Canon Solutions America, Inc. is headquartered in Melville, NY and has sales and service locations across the U.S. For more information on Canon Solutions America, please visit csa.canon.com .