The Rural Drug Addiction Research (RDAR) Center hosts “The War on Drugs: (un)Intended Consequences,” presented by Joe Caldwell on Friday, April 10th from 12pm to 12:30pm. Depending on one's frame of reference, the War on Drugs can either be described as a catastrophic failure or strategic success. While the modern “War on Drugs” was spawned […]
The Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) is happy to announce that their Translational Science 2020 conference is back on and will transform into an abbreviated, forward-focused scientific meeting with two virtual experiences planned. This innovative approach will provide a forum for leaders and scholars to present and discuss their work, demonstrate how clinical […]
Join us at the Nexus Informatics Conference on April 16-17 in Kansas City, MO. This conference combines a unique blend of informatics perspectives and expertise – industry, academia, medicine, agriculture, technology and biology – a true “nexus”. BioNexus KC, in partnership with Children’s Mercy, assembles researchers using informatics to address complex questions. Average attendance has […]
COVID-19 is threatening agricultural communities on many fronts. Occurring every Thursday at 11am until the end of May, a national COVID-19 Ag Task Force will convene to identify and address risks that farmers, farm workers and ranchers face as it relates to the current pandemic. This series of web-meetings is hosted by the AgriSafe Network […]
Ezequiel Piccione, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurological Sciences at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will present “Lymphoma and the Peripheral Nervous System” on Thursday, April 16th from 11:50am to 12:50pm. Dr. Piccione will discuss pertinent cases of peripheral nerve involvement from lymphoma, review different clinical phenotypes of neurolymphomatosis, and present key […]
“Making Space for Social Distance: Adapting Opioid Treatment Programs to COVID-19” will be presented on April 16th from 2:30 to 3:30pm. In this webinar hosted by the University of Rochester Medical Center, Patrick Seche and Itza Morales-Torres of Strong Recovery will discuss the steps they are taking to adapt substance use disorder (SUD) programs as […]
Join the Anxiety & Depression Association of America for a webinar titled, “Distinguishing Suicidal Ideation from Intrusive Self-Harm OCD”, on April 23rd at 11am (CST) presented by Mike Heady, MA. In this workshop, attendees will learn how to assess for and differentiate intrusive, unwanted self-harm obsessions that occur in OCD from genuine suicidal ideation and […]
COVID-19 is threatening agricultural communities on many fronts. Occurring every Thursday at 11am until the end of May, a national COVID-19 Ag Task Force will convene to identify and address risks that farmers, farm workers and ranchers face as it relates to the current pandemic. This series of web-meetings is hosted by the AgriSafe Network […]
Swetha Pedavally, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurological Sciences at the University of Nebraska Medical Center will present “New Era in Migraine” on Thursday, April 23rd from 11:50 to 12:50pm. Dr. Pedavally will outline various theories behind the pathophysiology of migraine aura/headache, review recent pharmacotherapeutic advances in the treatment of migraines, and discuss […]
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will make seven awards of up to $1 million each to develop community-level support services for children exposed to violence. Eligible applicants are state and local governments, federally-recognized tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education. Funding under this program can be used to develop support services for […]