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CBRE Group, Inc. Closes Acquisition of J&J Worldwide Services

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
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CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE) and Arlington Capital Partners today announced CBRE’s completion of its acquisition of J&J Worldwide Services, a leading provider of engineering services, base support operations and facilities maintenance for the U.S. federal government from Arlington, a Washington, D.C.-area private investment firm specializing in government regulated industries.

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  • CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE) and Arlington Capital Partners today announced CBRE’s completion of its acquisition of J&J Worldwide Services, a leading provider of engineering services, base support operations and facilities maintenance for the U.S. federal government from Arlington, a Washington, D.C.-area private investment firm specializing in government regulated industries.
  • J&J primarily serves the U.S. Department of Defense through long-term, fixed-price contracts.
  • It serves such facilities as Brooke Army Medical Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the United States Naval Academy.
  • “The acquisition is consistent with key elements of our M&A strategy that focus on enhancing our technical services capabilities, increasing revenue resilience and secular growth, and expanding our government client base within our Global Workplace Solutions segment,” said Bob Sulentic, chair & chief executive officer of CBRE.

America’s VetDogs Provides the Pentagon with Specially Trained Facility Dog

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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Smithtown, NY and Washington, DC, Nov. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- America’s VetDogs is honored to place a specially trained facility dog at the Pentagon with J-3 Operations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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  • Smithtown, NY and Washington, DC, Nov. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- America’s VetDogs is honored to place a specially trained facility dog at the Pentagon with J-3 Operations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  • Charlie, a 2-year-old yellow Labrador Retriever, was specifically trained as a facility dog to provide animal assisted support for Pentagon personnel and visitors.
  • Charlie becomes the newest valued member of the America's VetDogs facility dog team, joining the ranks of more than 25 facility dogs, including honorary Chief Petty Officer Sully H.W.
  • “We are humbled to have an America’s VetDogs facility dog at the Pentagon to provide support to military and civilian personnel who serve our nation,” said John Miller, president and CEO, America’s VetDogs.

Healed Warrior Uses His Story to Inspire Others

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023
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And then they finally were able to release me from the hospital and allow me to start at the Center for the Intrepid.

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  • And then they finally were able to release me from the hospital and allow me to start at the Center for the Intrepid.
  • That's for sure.”
    J.P. and his wife, Crystal, now spend their time traveling and telling his story to inspire others.
  • I am literally a walking example of being able to do so much.”
    “I'm not a wounded warrior.
  • I'm just a warrior, because I'm healed, and I'm even stronger than I used to be.

Wooster Community Hospital's Eric Gasser Earns the 2023 Stoltenberg Future Fund Health IT Leadership Scholarship

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Stoltenberg Consulting, Inc., a leading healthcare IT consulting firm, today named Eric Gasser, vice president and chief information officer (CIO) at Wooster Community Hospital in Wooster, Ohio, as the recipient of the 2023 Stoltenberg Future Fund Scholarship for healthcare technology leadership continuing education.

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  • Stoltenberg Consulting's CHIME Education Foundation scholarship helps advance health tech leaders, with Wooster Community Hospital CIO named as the 2023 recipient.
  • PITTSBURGH, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Stoltenberg Consulting, Inc. , a leading healthcare IT consulting firm, today named Eric Gasser, vice president and chief information officer (CIO) at Wooster Community Hospital in Wooster, Ohio, as the recipient of the 2023 Stoltenberg Future Fund Scholarship for healthcare technology leadership continuing education.
  • By supporting health IT leadership development, the scholarship promotes digital health advancement and technology-enabled patient engagement in hospitals and health systems.
  • Gasser plans to utilize the Stoltenberg Future Fund Scholarship toward his MBA education at the University of Akron this fall.

Velocity aggressively expands MASH/MASLD capabilities with latest site acquisitions

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023
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DURHAM N.C., Oct. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Velocity Clinical Research (“Velocity”), the leading multi-specialty clinical sites business, announced it has acquired Impact Research Institute (Waco, TX) and the clinical trials unit of Liver Institute Northwest (Seattle, WA), aggressively expanding its capabilities in liver disease research, including MASH (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis) and MASLD (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease).

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  • Velocity is a major player in this space with 23 sites capable of performing MASH/MASLD studies globally.
  • With the two recent site acquisitions, Velocity adds two internationally renowned researchers and key opinion leaders (KOL) in liver disease research as principal investigators, Kris Kowdley, MD, AGAF, FAASLD, FACP, FACG, and Nadege Gunn, MD, CPI, who join Roland Kuchta, MD, in Germany.
  • Dr. Gunn commented, “We are fully prepared to make Velocity the first-choice site network for liver disease clinical trials worldwide.
  • Velocity has over 80 locations globally and access to more than 220 principal investigators and one million patients.

Fifty Houston Area Entrepreneurs Build Business Capacity Through Clark Construction’s Small Business Development Program

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Thursday, October 5, 2023
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Houston, TX, Oct. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clark Construction Group has expanded its Strategic Partnership Program (SPP) to the Greater Houston area.

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  • Houston, TX, Oct. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clark Construction Group has expanded its Strategic Partnership Program (SPP) to the Greater Houston area.
  • Originally launched in 2006, the 8-month program delivers executive development for small and diverse construction industry business leaders across the country.
  • A diverse mix of more than fifty Houston-area small business owners and leaders make up the 2023 class.
  • This comprehensive development program deepens Clark’s investment in enhancing the capacity and scale of Houston area small firms.

Donald S. Karcher, MD, FCAP, elected 38th President of the College of American Pathologists

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Saturday, October 7, 2023
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Donald S. Karcher, MD, FCAP, is the newly elected President of the College of American Pathologists (CAP).

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  • Donald S. Karcher, MD, FCAP, is the newly elected President of the College of American Pathologists (CAP).
  • At a meeting of the membership on Saturday, October 7, 2023, Dr. Karcher was inaugurated as the organization’s 38th President.
  • “As pathologists we all share the same challenges, celebrate the same victories, and deal with the same defeats.
  • Another goal is to assure pathologists are increasingly visible to the healthcare system and to their patients.

bioAffinity Technologies Acquires Laboratory Assets of Precision Pathology Services

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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bioAffinity Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIAF, BIAFW), a biotechnology company addressing the need for noninvasive detection of early-stage lung cancer, announces the acquisition of the laboratory assets of Village Oaks Pathology Services, P.A., d/b/a Precision Pathology Services, a clinical laboratory accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988.

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  • bioAffinity Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIAF, BIAFW), a biotechnology company addressing the need for noninvasive detection of early-stage lung cancer, announces the acquisition of the laboratory assets of Village Oaks Pathology Services, P.A., d/b/a Precision Pathology Services, a clinical laboratory accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988.
  • The laboratory assets are being acquired by a new wholly owned subsidiary of bioAffinity Technologies, Precision Pathology Laboratory Services, LLC (PPLS).
  • Precision Pathology provides pathology services to physicians practicing in a variety of outpatient settings and has offered bioAffinity Technologies’ CyPath® Lung as a laboratory developed test for the detection of early-stage lung cancer.
  • In addition to CyPath® Lung, Precision Pathology offers a range of laboratory services including respiratory testing for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza, anatomic pathology, morphological stains, histological services, DNA extractions, STI testing, and women’s and men’s health testing.

SECOND FISHER HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT AUDIE MURPHY CAMPUS OF THE SOUTH TX VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

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Thursday, August 31, 2023
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Scheduled for completion in 2024, this new Fisher House will join one additional house at the VA medical center, four houses at Brooke Army Medical Center, and three houses at Lackland Air Base.

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  • Scheduled for completion in 2024, this new Fisher House will join one additional house at the VA medical center, four houses at Brooke Army Medical Center, and three houses at Lackland Air Base.
  • The South Texas Veterans Health Care System Fisher House will be the 14th in the state of Texas and the 97th of the network that stretches across the country and overseas.
  • “The Fisher House will be a place for veterans and their families to find comfort during difficult moments in their care journey.
  • The home was gifted to VA upon completion as part of the public-private partnership between Fisher House Foundation and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

ProSource360 Wins CRMSDC Supplier of the Year Award, Recognizing Outstanding Performance and Community Engagement

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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This esteemed recognition celebrates ProSource360's exceptional performance, commitment to community investment, successful partnerships with minority-led firms, and active involvement with CRMSDC.

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  • This esteemed recognition celebrates ProSource360's exceptional performance, commitment to community investment, successful partnerships with minority-led firms, and active involvement with CRMSDC.
  • "We are honored to be nominated for the Supplier of the Year award by CRMSDC.
  • Beyond their business accomplishments, ProSource360 is deeply committed to making a positive social impact in the communities they serve.
  • The winning of the 2023 CRMSDC Supplier of the Year award underscores ProSource360's outstanding performance, extensive community engagement, and strong commitment to partnership building.