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Growing a New Heart founder honored for innovation in preventing sexual violence

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

WARE, Mass., Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Growing a New Heart founder and principal JAC Patrissi was honored by The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) and the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA).

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  • WARE, Mass., Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Growing a New Heart founder and principal JAC Patrissi was honored by The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) and the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA).
  • Partrissi received the 2023 Gail-Burns Smith Award at a ceremony held during the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse Conference in Aurora, Colorado, on September 27, 2023.
  • In August, Patrissi was presented the same award at the Equity in Action 2023 National Sexual Assault Conference in San Francisco, California.
  • Patrissi has spent more than 30 years educating and advocating on behalf of victims of abuse and violence.

Principal and Founder JAC Patrissi to be honored with national award

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) and the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA) are pleased to honor JAC Patrissi with the 2023 Gail-Burns Smith Award.

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  • HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) and the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA) are pleased to honor JAC Patrissi with the 2023 Gail-Burns Smith Award.
  • Patrissi, who is the Principal and Founder of Growing a New Heart and Co-Founder of A Call For Change, will receive the award during the 2023 National Sexual Assault Conference®.
  • In addition to writing the intervention's framework, she has authored three books, conducted national trainings, and worked in over 40 countries with women and children who were sexually trafficked.
  • It is her longstanding commitment to healing the world through her survivor-centric services and educational resources that make her more than worthy of the recognition that this award brings.

Exactech Presents Latest Research Discoveries at 2023 Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation and smart technologies for joint replacement surgery, announced that 12 studies containing newly discovered scientific and clinical data on the company’s knee and shoulder replacement solutions were presented at the 2023 Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) annual meeting, on Feb. 10-14 in Dallas, Texas.

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  • Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation and smart technologies for joint replacement surgery, announced that 12 studies containing newly discovered scientific and clinical data on the company’s knee and shoulder replacement solutions were presented at the 2023 Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) annual meeting, on Feb. 10-14 in Dallas, Texas.
  • “Exactech is leading the way with significant investments in clinical research and new product development of value-creating technology and innovative solutions associated with improved performance and clinical outcomes,” said Exactech’s Senior Vice President of Extremities Chris Roche.
  • “Such advanced acquisitions allow for personalized femoral planning based on soft tissue, alignment and sizing considerations, and can be reproducibly executed by the ExactechGPS platform.
  • The real-time processing of these analytics translates into an opportunity to provide augmented guidance to knee surgeons.”
    Read more about the research presented by Exactech at this year’s ORS meeting below:

Executive Director Kim Alaburda to be honored with national award

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Wednesday, August 17, 2022

HARRISBURG, Pa., August 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) are pleased to honor Kim Alaburda with the 2022 Gail-Burns Smith Award.

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  • HARRISBURG, Pa., August 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) are pleased to honor Kim Alaburda with the 2022 Gail-Burns Smith Award.
  • Alaburda, who is the Executive Director of the New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (NMCSAP), will receive the award during the 2022 National Sexual Assault Conference held online on August 17.
  • Alaburda has been Executive Director of the NMCSAP for a combined total of over 34 years.
  • The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is the leading nonprofit in providing information and tools to prevent and respond to sexual violence.

Longtime treatment provider and collaborator David D'Amora to receive national award

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Thursday, September 3, 2020

HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) are pleased to honor David D'Amora with the 2020 Gail Burns-Smith Award.

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  • HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) are pleased to honor David D'Amora with the 2020 Gail Burns-Smith Award.
  • David is known for building relationships between criminal justice agencies, treatment providers, and victim advocates.
  • In the mid-1990s, David fittingly worked alongside Gail Burns-Smith to create the country's first community-based management model that combined victim advocacy and perpetrator treatment.
  • "We are pleased to recognize David for his trailblazing work to bridge the fields of sex offender treatment and victim advocacy," said NSVRC Director Yolanda Edrington.

Utah social worker David Fowers receives national honor for extensive prevention and treatment work

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Thursday, August 22, 2019

The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) are pleased to honor David Fowers with the 2019 Gail-Burns Smith Award.

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  • The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) are pleased to honor David Fowers with the 2019 Gail-Burns Smith Award.
  • Fowers is a licensed clinical social worker whose work to make communities safer focuses both on treating sex offenders and helping survivors heal.
  • Fowers helped create the Network on Juveniles Offending Sexually and was instrumental in developing an assessment tool for juvenile offenders.
  • NSVRC is also one of the three founding organizations of RALIANCE, a national, collaborative initiative dedicated to ending sexual violence in one generation.