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NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY PHARMACIST WINS INTERNATIONAL MICROSOFT HEALTH APP CHALLENGE
More and more people are downloading applications or ‘apps’ to their cell phones to help manage their health, and in less than five years it is predicted that 50 percent of smartphone owners will have downloaded mobile health apps.
These developments have not gone unnoticed by Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Research Fellow Zaher Hajar, PharmD. Recently, Hajar, who is based at the College of Pharmacy (COP) Center for Consumer Health Informatics Research, assembled a team of clinicians and coders in response to an international app challenge by Microsoft and Health 2.0.
The Center for Consumer Health Informatics Research (CCHIR) at Nova Southeastern University has been designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a WHO Collaborating Center in Consumer Health Informatics. This represents the first such Collaborating Center designation by the WHO specific to consumer health informatics in the world. The…
Recipients Announced for President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant & Quality of Life Awards
The 14th Annual President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant (PFRDG) and 11th Annual Quality of Life Awards ceremony was recently held in the Don Taft University Center on NSU’s main campus. NSU President George Hanbury and Vice President for the Office of Research and Technology Transfer Gary Margules recognized 37 research projects…
Phi Delta Chi Support Individuals with Down Syndrome Via Just Dance 2013
On February 9 at Café Iguana in Pembroke Pines, NSU’s College of Pharmacy’s (NSU COP) Beta Lambda Chapter of the Professional Pharmacy Fraternity Phi Delta Chi (PDC) participated in the Just Dance 2013 charity event. This fun event provided information, advocacy and support concerning all aspects of…
Huizenga Business School Announces New Corporate Partnerships with Home Depot and Microsoft
The H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship has welcomed Home Depot and the Latin America division of Microsoft as new corporate partners. Through these partnerships, 280,000 Home Depot employees and thousands of Microsoft employees can now earn their business degree at a special discounted tuition rate from the…