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⛰️“When I go hiking, I leave no trace. You don't leave anything behind, you don't leave any footprint, or any impact on the environment." 👩⚕️ Meiling Zhou, a nurse consultant at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and a recent recipient of The University of Melbourne's Wattle Fellowship, says her passion for hiking has led her to co-designing waste solutions in the nursing simulation lab. 💬 “We know that students, particularly healthcare students, are becoming more aware of climate change, planetary health and sustainability, and they want to have sustainability in healthcare as a part of their curriculum. But currently there are no real recommendations about the best way to approach this." ♻️ "Firstly, we're hoping to develop a prototype of how to make our simulation labs more sustainable. The large amount of waste is often created in these simulated environments, so we’re trying to reduce this using a co-design process.” Read more about Meiling's story 👉 https://unimelb.me/3QAZmct 🎟️ Join us for a special healthcare sustainability event on Tuesday 14 May, First do no harm: Is sustainable healthcare the prescription for the future? 👉 https://unimelb.me/3ydgpep

Social Work Professor Melinda S. Kavanaugh's YCare project received 2025 SEED funding from the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment. YCare is a skills and support program for children and youth who provide care for persons living with an illness or injury.

3 systems partner on lab degree program: Miami-based Baptist Health, Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare and Louisville-based UofL Health are partnering with Indiana University Southeast in New Albany to build a laboratory science degree and workforce development program. http://dlvr.it/THXQ0J

Applications now open for national award on learner-led climate solutions The AAMC has collaborated with Health Care Without Harm (https://shorturl.at/kss16) to offer the Emerging Physician Leader Award, which recognizes medical students, residents, or fellows who have demonstrated a passion for sustainable, climate-smart health care or a commitment to working on climate solutions to protect health. Award recipients will receive a scholarship to attend CleanMed 2025: (https://shorturl.at/vI98i) and a $1,000 grant to fund a project that supports physician and medical student action to reduce the environmental impact of health delivery and promote climate-smart health care through mitigation, resilience, and leadership. Applications are due Jan. 21. Read More: https://shorturl.at/uVTRq

The LEAP-Epi project is a joint project between the University of Leicester, the University of the Witwatersrand, and the SA Medical Research Council, ably led by Joshua Vande Hey. Air quality -- both indoor and outdoor -- has an important impact on health. In this project we were both cost-effective methods of measuring air quality and doing a pilot study to measure air quality in both urban and peri-urban settings. This paper, led by Caradee Wright, gives an overview of the work. https://lnkd.in/duTp-Bnc

Did you know that the new University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine research labs are designed with sustainability at their core? From energy-efficient systems to sustainable materials, these labs will support ground-breaking medical research while minimizing environmental impact. It’s inspiring to see projects like this where we’re using innovative solutions to transform healthcare with climate action in mind. Learn more about this groundbreaking project here: https://okt.to/rwmciT

Enhancing Global Health knowledge and skills! We are currently in the midst of one of the key Master Advanced Cross-Cutting Modules: NAPTs (Needs Assessment and Planning Tools), under the guidance of our Master Coordinator, Dr. Sonia Diaz Monsalve. This week, our students had the privilege of learning from the incredible and energetic Dr. Vicki Doyle, Director at Capacity Development International and Teaching Fellow at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. With her extensive expertise in all continents and passion for QI (Quality Improvement), Vicki guided our 21 international students in mastering strategies to identify health priorities and develop sustainable, impactful solutions for urban settings by using a team work approach. Together, we can! Vicki left us with some truly inspiring words. Take a moment to hear what she had to share. The Quality Revolution continues! Application for our next Cohort will be open on March 01, 2025. More information is available here in this link: https://lnkd.in/eFKxZ3s7

🤝 How can academic researchers and civic and business leaders collaborate more effectively? 🤝 USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences has launched Public Exchange, a platform facilitating streamlined pathways for leaders to access academic expertise. With the intention to accelerate solutions to complex social and environmental issues, this model enhances the societal impact of academic research. 🌍💡 Learn more about this innovative initiative here at Stanford Social Innovation Review written by Amber D. Miller: https://lnkd.in/eiBGXXZp

Did you know that the new University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine research labs are designed with sustainability at their core? From energy-efficient systems to sustainable materials, these labs will support ground-breaking medical research while minimizing environmental impact. It’s inspiring to see projects like this where we’re using innovative solutions to transform healthcare with climate action in mind. Learn more about this groundbreaking project here: https://okt.to/SinGqh

Higher Ed Leaders, This One’s for You! 🎯   Join Wilson College President, Dr. Wes Fugate, along with EIM’s Phillip R. Stahle and April A. Briggs, to explore launching in-demand hybrid health care programs.   As demand surges for health care professionals, universities are seeking innovative ways to meet industry needs. At the same time, students are prioritizing programs that provide greater flexibility.   Seize this opportunity to drive growth while addressing a critical societal need. Is your institution prepared to lead the charge?   REGISTER HERE: https://lnkd.in/gbHq-Fxy