Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing Earns Opportunities to Expand Community Service and Research

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Released: 8/14/2013 2:00 PM EDT
Source Newsroom: Loyola University Health System

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Newswise — MAYWOOD, Ill. – Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON) faculty member Joanne Kouba, PhD, RD, LDN, and dietetic program interns Stephanie Rink, Lindsay Colman, Jillian Tuchman, Alida Peterson and Mary Thompson, were awarded a $5,000 grant from the Hertzler Fund to offer a nutrition education program with a focus on gardening for children in the neighboring Maywood and Melrose Park communities.

The dietetic interns will collaborate with the ENRICH garden in Maywood, organized by Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine students in partnership with the Maywood Fine Arts Center. The interns will provide a six-week series of classes for area elementary school students to learn about gardening and healthy eating.
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Karen L. Saban, PhD, APRN, CNRN, was selected to attend the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Nursing Research 2013 Summer Genetics Institute (SGI) in Bethesda, Md. Dr. Saban is an associate professor in the MNSON.

The SGI is a one-month intensive research training program at the NIH, which provides participants with a foundation in molecular genetics appropriate for use in research and clinical practice. The program seeks to increase the research capability among graduate students and faculty and to develop and expand clinical practice in genetics among clinicians. Administered by the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, the SGI features lectures and hands-on laboratory training.

"The course demonstrated how genetics and genomics are on the verge of transforming care for patients, policies, ethics and education of clinicians," Dr. Saban said. "This is an exciting area of health care, which I look forward to applying in my research."

Dr. Saban plans to use the knowledge and skills she gained from the course to develop her research integrating social context and inflammation with genetics to explain disparities in cardiovascular disease and stroke in disadvantaged individuals.

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