The Quinnipiac University Physician Assistant Society will host the 15th annual “Run For Your Life” 5K Road Race and 14th annual “Cow Chip Bingo” starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, at the North Haven Campus, 370 Bassett Road. The USA Track & Field certified racecourse will be routed through the North Haven Campus. Awards will be given to the [...]
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Bill Introduced by Sen. Fasano to Require Newborn Screening for ALD Passes Public Health Committee
The Connecticut General Assembly’s Public Health Committee gave its approval today to S.B. 465, AN ACT REQUIREING NEWBORN SCREENING FOR ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY. The bill now heads to the state Senate. Adrenoluekodystrophy (ALD) affects the tissue lining around the adrenal glands and nerve cells. The disorder comes with different levels of severity, with the most severe form [...]
Sen. Fasano Introduces Bipartisan Bill Seeking Newborn Screening for Life Threatening Disorder
Hartford, CT – “If they are identified and treated early, the majority can remain asymptomatic.” These are the words of Dr. Jack Kelley, whose son Brian (24) has been quietly but doggedly fighting a rare genetic disorder called adrenoluekodystrophy (ALD). ALD affects the tissue lining around the adrenal glands and nerve cells. The disorder comes [...]
School Raises Money for 6-year-old In Need of New Heart
As the old saying goes, the pen is mightier than the sword, but the students at a North Haven elementary school hope the penny is even mightier as they go to battle for a classmate in need. Continue reading…
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University Launching a Body Donation Program
The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University is launching a body donation program. Bodies donated to the program at Connecticut’s newest medical school will be used to supplement the supply that is being used to teach the 60 students who will be part of the school’s first class when it opens in August on Quinnipiac’s [...]
Quinnipiac University’s New Anesthesiologist Assistant Program Receives State Approval
Quinnipiac University has launched an anesthesiologist assistant program, which will begin this summer. The new master of health science program was recently approved by the Advisory Committee on Accreditation (ACA) of the Office of Financial and Academic Affairs for Higher Education and the state Board of Education. Anesthesiologist assistants are members of the anesthesia care team supervised [...]
Yale Professor of Psychology Offers Ways to Help Your Child Cope with the Recent Tragedy in Newtown, CT
Alan E. Kazdin is the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology at Yale University and Director of Yale’s Parenting Center. This is raw, unedited footage from an interview in which Dr. Kazdin offers ways to help your child cope with the recent tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut.
North Haven Resident Re-Elected Secretary-Treasurer of Physician Assistant Education Association
William Kohlhepp, of North Haven, associate dean of the School of Health Sciences at Quinnipiac University, has been re-elected to a three-year term as secretary-treasurer of the Physician Assistant Education Association. The PAEA is the only national organization representing physician assistant educational programs in the United States. Currently, 168 of the 170 accredited programs in the United States [...]
