Next DHSA conference December 10, 2010

The next DHSA-sponsored conference, scheduled for Dec. 10, 2010, at the University of Delaware's Clayton Hall, will focus on women's and children's health. Contact Kathleen Matt at [ksmatt@udel.edu] for more information.

Hold the Date: DHSA Research Conference May 17, 2011

The 2011 DHSA-Research Conference, has been scheduled for May 17, 2011, at the Dorrance Hamilton Building, Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Additional information will be posted here as it becomes available.

2010 Delaware Health Sciences Alliance Research Conference

Tuesday May 4, 2010
Ammon Medical Education Building
Christiana Care Health System

Conference Publications

For your convenience, we have made the 2010 DHSA Research Conference publications and presentations available for download. A contact list can be obtained by emailing dhsa-info@udel.edu

Conference Presentations

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Poster Session Awards

More than 50 research projects were on display in the lobby during the lunchtime poster session. Based on votes cast by those in attendance, the following were selected for awards:

First Place

"Novel Gait Rehabilitation Intervention Improves Walking Performance Post-Stroke," Trisha Kesar, D. Reisman, M. Roos, R. Perumal, W. Farquhar, J. Higginson, K. Randolph, and S. Binder-Macleod.

Second Place

"Suppressing Cancer Cell Motility and Invasiveness Through Small Molecule Enhancers of NaK-ATPase," Thu Huynh, R. McSpadden, R. Damoiseaux, S. Rajasekaran, and A. Rajasekaran.

Third Place (tie)

"Community-Based Participatory Research: Expanding, Evaluating, and Modeling Outreach for Elders with Cancer," Paula Klemm, V. Rempusheski, J. Teixeira, C. Jurkovitz, J. Perry, C. Domroski, and M. Alligood.

"Biomechanical Investigation of the Concussion Dilemma in the Olympic Sport of Taekwondo: A Collaborative Study with UD and Seoul National University," Gabriel Fife, T.W. Kaminski, D. O'Sullivan, W. Pieter, J. Glutting, T.H. Im, and I.S. Shin.

PREVIOUS CONFERENCE MEDIA

3:16 p.m., April 8, 2009----Podcasts of the "Stronger Health-Based Partnerships" conference, held March 24 in Clayton Hall, are now available at [www.udel.edu/podcast/].

The one-day conference brought together leaders in health education, research and services with government, business and community leaders to focus on the state and national challenges to providing outstanding health care.

The following podcasts are available:

Conference welcome by UD President Patrick Harker, keynote address by Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, and a video on the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance:
[http://www.ums.udel.edu/podcast/watch?c=209]

Panel A: The Delaware Health Sciences Alliance
[http://www.ums.udel.edu/podcast/watch?c=211]

Panel B: The Alliance at Work: Implementing First-Class Health Research and Service:
[http://www.ums.udel.edu/podcast/watch?c=213]

Keynote address by Newt Gingrich:
[http://www.ums.udel.edu/podcast/watch?c=215]

Panel C: Providing High-Quality, Affordable and Accessible Services:
[http://www.ums.udel.edu/podcast/watch?c=217]

Future of Health Policy in a Time of Transition, with Racquel Russell, lead adviser on health policy and human services issues for U.S. Sen. Thomas Carper:
[http://www.ums.udel.edu/podcast/watch?c=219]

Panel D: National and State Innovations: Quality, Costs and Accessibiity of Services:
[http://www.ums.udel.edu/podcast/watch?c=221]

RECENT PRESS

Achieving great things.

2010 DHSA Research Conference Coverage
May 5, 2010--More than 275 people from the health sciences research and education community turned out for the 2010 Delaware Health Sciences Alliance Conference on Tuesday, May 4, to share research and explore issues in health care.
UD and Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital to partner on bone disorder study
April 15, 2010--In search of a new treatment for the debilitating disease osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a team of researchers from the University of Delaware and Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children is initiating a two-year study exploring the use of an FDA-approved vibration platform in children with OI.
Delaware Health Sciences Alliance awards two pilot projects
April 1, 2010--Two pilot projects funded by the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (DHSA) under its second competition focus on identifying cutting-edge cancer therapies, and creating the bioinformatics framework that will facilitate translational research among the alliance members.
Transforming the Region's Healthcare
March, 2010--An article in the March edition of Select Greater Philadelphia's "Momentum" discusses how the DSHA is drawing on the collective resources of its partner members - including the health sciences campus to be developed by the University of Delaware at the former Chrysler site - to revolutionize healthcare research and education in the region.

National experts to speak at Delaware Health Sciences Alliance research conference
Tuesday, February 18, 2010--The Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (DHSA) will host its second annual research conference on May 4 at Christiana Care Health System's John H. Ammon Medical Education Center on the Christiana Hospital Campus.

UD health sciences dean to lead partnership programs
December 14, 2009--Kathy Matt, dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Delaware, has been appointed to leadership positions in two partnership programs that she sees as key to promoting health research and education in Delaware.
Older adults with cancer, caregivers focus of $600,000 research grant
Dec. 11, 2009--A team that includes two researchers from the University of Delaware's School of Nursing -- Paula Klemm, professor of nursing, and Veronica Rempusheski, the Jeanne K. Buxbaum Chair of Nursing Science -- has been awarded a two-year, $600,000 grant to conduct research aimed at supporting older adults affected by cancer and their caregivers in Delaware.
DHSA takes center stage at UD Trustees meeting
December 9, 2009--The University of Delaware's Board of Trustees got a firsthand look at the largest single property acquisition in the history of the institution during its semiannual meeting, held Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the former Chrysler assembly plant on South College Avenue in Newark.
Christiana Care's Dr. Petrelli to share cancer success story at national surgeons' conference
November 11, 2009--Christiana Care's pioneering role in significantly reducing Delaware's cancer rate will be in the national spotlight at a prestigious medical conference.