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Clarkson University Team Awarded Grant to Support North Country High School Students’ interest in Clinical Neuroscience

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Monday, October 2, 2023

This  program is designed to address key, modifiable barriers that limit student interest in and the ability to succeed in health care careers.

Key Points: 
  • This  program is designed to address key, modifiable barriers that limit student interest in and the ability to succeed in health care careers.
  • BRAIN-STEM provides local 9th–12th grade students and high school teachers, with five-day summer camps and an afterschool program to explore neuroscience.
  • Key to the success of the program includes Clarkson undergraduate students who serve as near-peer mentors and role models to high school participants.
  • This widely disseminated work will allow the North Country to be on the forefront of educating future healthcare professionals.

THE SISTER ACCORD®️ FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES ITS 26th "CELEBRATION OF SISTERHOOD" TEA PARTY FOCUSED ON LEADING WITH KINDNESS

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

CINCINNATI, March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sister Accord®️ Foundation, the organization whose movement is changing the way girls and women treat, support, and interact with each other, announced today that it will host its 26thTea Party in partnership with The Sister Accord®️ at The Ohio State University Chapter. Founder Sonia Jackson Myles will co-host the event along with The Ohio State University Chapter President Faith Scott. The hybrid in-person and virtual event will take place on Sunday, March 26th, at The Hilton Columbus Downtown from 10 AM-3 PM ET with a virtual stream from 10 AM-12 PM ET. In-person tickets have sold out. Virtual tickets are still available.

Key Points: 
  • Founder Sonia Jackson Myles will co-host the event along with The Ohio State University Chapter President Faith Scott.
  • "We are living in what continues to be extraordinarily challenging times, and the need for Sisterhood has never been stronger.
  • To truly live in excellence, we must live and lead from the heart and do this with respect for one another and, most importantly, kindness.
  • Kindness is not weakness as it takes a great deal of strength and emotional intelligence to be kind," said Jackson Myles.

Microbot Medical Launches Presence in the United Kingdom as Highly Accomplished Consultant Interventional Radiologist Professor Mark W. Little Joins its Scientific Advisory Board as Efforts to Commercialize the LIBERTY® Robotic System Continue to Acceler

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

Professor Little is expected to work with other esteemed SAB members to advance the regulatory and commercialization plans for the LIBERTY Robotic System, the first single-use endovascular robotic system.

Key Points: 
  • Professor Little is expected to work with other esteemed SAB members to advance the regulatory and commercialization plans for the LIBERTY Robotic System, the first single-use endovascular robotic system.
  • Professor Little is Consultant Interventional Radiologist & Radiology Research Lead working in Berkshire and London.
  • “I recently participated in a study for the LIBERTY Robotic System, along with several other leading clinicians.
  • He is a current specialist advisor on NICE’s Interventional Procedures Program and is on the editorial board for CVIR.

Affluent Medical : Affluent Medical announces initial success of first clinical implantation of its Epygon mitral heart valve via minimally invasive route

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

Epygon is the only biomimetic mitral valve to restore the physiological blood vortex.

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  • Epygon is the only biomimetic mitral valve to restore the physiological blood vortex.
  • Rapid, 15 minutes, valve implantation procedure and early hospital discharge of the patient on day 5.
  • It is the only biomimetic cardiac mitral valve under development, mimicking the native mitral valve function and generating a physiological blood flow.
  • From initial hands-on the Epygon transcatheter device to deploying the valve inside the patient’s heart, it took me only 15 minutes.

National Sleep Foundation Announces Two New Leadership Positions

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) has named Katrina Loraine Amos Washington as the new Senior Director, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, and Joseph Dzierzewski, PhD, as Vice President, Research & Scientific Affairs.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) has named Katrina Loraine Amos Washington as the new Senior Director, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, and Joseph Dzierzewski, PhD, as Vice President, Research & Scientific Affairs.
  • For more than 30 years, NSF has been the leading voice in sleep health for the public.
  • For more information on the National Sleep Foundation and its mission, visit www.theNSF.org .
  • The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation dedicated to improving health and well-being through sleep education and advocacy.

Reese's Signs Reese-Named College Athletes to NIL Deals

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Thursday, October 6, 2022

ROUND RIDGE, Pa., Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- What's in a name? Thanks to Reese's University's new NIL deal several college football players are about to get a whole lot of chocolate and peanut butter.

Key Points: 
  • Thanks to Reese's University's new NIL deal several college football players are about to get a whole lot of chocolate and peanut butter.
  • And what better way to win this season than to add Reese's chocolate and peanut butter Footballs into the mix.
  • What better way to celebrate than signing the best-named players in college football to Team Reese?
  • is offering the tastiest and most exclusive NIL contract in history by signing 12 college football athletes with the last name "Reese.

Winston Family Foundation Names Sylia Obagi as Founding Executive Director

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Winston Family Foundation, a new philanthropic organization, announced today, Sylia Obagi, CPA, MBA, as its founding executive director. The Winston Family Foundation seeks to address issues of national importance related to health and well-being, focusing on child and adolescent brain development, environment, and community and economic development.

Key Points: 
  • JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Winston Family Foundation, a new philanthropic organization, announced today, Sylia Obagi, CPA, MBA, as its founding executive director.
  • Obagi has guided the giving strategies of several high-profile, high-net-worth families and held leadership executive roles with various family foundations, most recently with the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation.
  • In her role as vice president of finance and operations for the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Obagi was part of the foundation and the Blank Family Businesses executive leadership team.
  • "Sylia is a rare leader who understands how to build organizations and convert philanthropic ambition into positive action," said Jim Winston, Jr., Ph.D., trustee of the Winston Family Foundation.

AMS Welcomes New Affiliate Dr. Adam Alter, Consumer Behavior Expert and New York Times Bestselling Author

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Thursday, August 18, 2022

WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Applied Marketing Science, Inc. (AMS), a leading-edge market research and consulting firm, is pleased to welcome newly affiliated expert Dr. Adam Alter, an authority on consumer behavior and decision-making, and a New York Times bestselling author. AMS will support Dr. Alter in complex litigation involving survey evidence and expert witness testimony for matters of deceptive advertising, class actions, and more.

Key Points: 
  • Applied Marketing Science, Inc. (AMS), a leading-edge market research and consulting firm, is pleased to welcome newly affiliated expert Dr. Adam Alter, an authority on consumer behavior and decision-making, and a New York Times bestselling author.
  • AMS will support Dr. Alter in complex litigation involving survey evidence and expert witness testimony for matters of deceptive advertising, class actions, and more.
  • WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Applied Marketing Science, Inc. (AMS), a leading-edge market research and consulting firm, is pleased to welcome newly affiliated expert Dr. Adam Alter , an authority on consumer behavior and decision-making, and a New York Times bestselling author.
  • AMS will support Dr. Alter in complex litigation involving survey evidence and expert witness testimony for matters of deceptive advertising, class actions, and more.

Don't like to workout? Blink Fitness wants to help by offering free hypnosis

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Wednesday, August 17, 2022

NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Don't like to workout? Blink Fitness wants to change that. The gym that prioritizes Mood Above Muscle® is going the extra mile to offer a unique technique used by celebrities and athletes, shown to be successful in helping people overcome mental hurdles that are holding them back.

Key Points: 
  • Blink Fitness offers free hypnosis sessions to motivate people to workout.
  • Launching on September 12th, Blink Fitness is introducing Gymnosis a series of complimentary in-gym and virtual hypnosis sessions to help people get, and stay, motivated to workout.
  • For a limited time, Blink Fitness will be offering free Gymnosis sessions both in-person at Blink's Park Slope location in Brooklyn, New York and virtually across the U.S. from September 12-18, 2022.
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    "A commitment to working out and wellness takes personal motivation," said Todd Magazine, CEO at Blink Fitness.

RIT will begin offering two new Ph.D. programs in fall of 2023

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Thursday, July 21, 2022

ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Rochester Institute of Technology will begin offering two new Ph.D. programs beginning in the fall of 2023—each with historical academic significance for the university.

Key Points: 
  • RIT will begin offering two new Ph.D. programs beginning in the fall of 2023: business administration and cognitive science.
  • Today, RIT enrolls 300 students in 11 Ph.D. programs.
  • ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Rochester Institute of Technology will begin offering two new Ph.D. programs beginning in the fall of 2023each with historical academic significance for the university.
  • Today, RIT enrolls 300 Ph.D. students in 11 Ph.D. programs.