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Dean Tondiglia (right), ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï police chief and director of public safety, goes through the PulsePoint Respond app on his phone while ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Fire Chief John Tosko (left) looks on with an automated external defibrillator (AED) in front of him.

City of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Partners With ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State and UH to Launch New Lifesaving Tool

Sudden cardiac arrest, when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating, is the leading cause of natural death in the United States. To help people survive from sudden cardiac arrest, the city of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï has partnered with ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï and University Hospitals Portage Medical Center to offer PulsePoint Respond.

Tags: Community & Society, Health, Department of Public Safety, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Police Services, Town-Gown

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï faculty and staff, along with mascot Flash, enjoy a spin class at the Fac/Staff Rec & Play Day.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Strikes Gold Again for Healthy Worksite

On the heels of being honored by the American Heart Association for its highest workplace wellness award, the Healthy Business Council of Ohio (HBCO) has awarded ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï the 2019 Healthy Worksite Gold Level Award for its healthy worksite practices.

Tags: Health, Division of Human Resources, Awards and Honors

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Wendy Umberger, Ph.D., associate dean for graduate programs at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s College of Nursing, stands with Jim K. Tudhope, DNP, the first ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Peg’s Foundation Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) scholar recipient.

Peg’s Foundation Gifts ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s College of Nursing $165,000 Grant to Advance Mental Health Care in Northeast Ohio

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s College of Nursing recently received a grant totaling $165,000 from Peg’s Foundation, formerly the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, a private grant-making foundation that supports mental health programs in Northeast Ohio. 

Tags: Health, College of Nursing

Brain Health Research Institute

Students De-stress with Dogs on Campus Pet Therapy Program.

Playing Games, Petting Pups: Stress-Free Zone Offers Much-Needed Break for Finals Week

What could be better to reduce end-of-semester stress than petting a dog? How about petting multiple dogs and digitally dunking with LeBron through esports? This year’s Stress-Free Zone, which is from 3-5 p.m. on Dec. 9 and 10, will be hosted on the first floor of University Library and will feature esports, therapy dogs, makerspace activities and more.

Tags: Student Life, Health

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Wendy Umberger, Ph.D., associate dean for graduate programs at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s College of Nursing, stands with Jim K. Tudhope, DNP, the first ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Peg’s Foundation Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) scholar recipient.

Peg’s Foundation Gifts ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s College of Nursing $165,000 Grant to Advance Mental Health Care in Northeast Ohio

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s College of Nursing recently received a grant totaling $165,000 from Peg’s Foundation, formerly the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, a private grant-making foundation that supports mental health programs in Northeast Ohio. 

Tags: Health, College of Nursing

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Wellness Club President standing with Wellness Club Ambassador and Advisor

$1,000 ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Grant Establishes ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Geauga Mental Health and Wellness Center

The ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Geauga Campus Wellness Club, in conjunction with Counseling Services, recently received a $1,000 Seeds of Wellness Grant from ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State. The grant is designed to benefit the entire ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Geauga student body with the establishment of a new Mental Health and Wellness Center. 

Tags: Health, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï at Geauga

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Sara Bayramzadeh, Ph.D., serves as coordinator and Elliot Professor in the Healthcare Design Program in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï's College of Architecture and Environmental Design.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Healthcare Design Researcher Receives $2.47 Million to Design Safer and More Efficient Level I Trauma Rooms

Traumatic injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally and the first in Americans age 44 and younger, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Level I trauma rooms are intended to stabilize and save the lives of patients with the most severe traumatic injuries. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $2.47 million grant to Sara Bayramzadeh, a ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï researcher, to help create trauma rooms that support staff in saving patients’ lives.

Tags: Health, Research & Science, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Brain Health Research Institute, College of Nursing, Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

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Collaborative ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.

Tags: Health, Research & Science, College of Public Health, Department of Computer Science, College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s Newest Flashfleet

Flashfleet Debuts New Bike-Share Program

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s newest Flashfleet is changing the landscape of using a bike-share program on campus. Flashfleet is available to students, faculty, staff and surrounding community members.

Tags: Student Life, Health

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