ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) issued the following news release: ACTFL is pleased to announce the 2022 awardees of the ACTFL Research Priorities grants. Each project either initiates a new research study, supports or expands a study underway, or explores an emerging research area connected to one or more Research Priority areas. The studies were selected after a thorough review by an expert review panel. The selected stu  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Sept. 23 -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2022: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist was announced as the exclusive medical partner of the new Metropolitan Village mixed-use redevelopment effort in East Winston-Salem today during a groundbreaking for the new development. As part of the partnership, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist will partner with community leaders and Liberty Atlantic Development Partners to progr  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Sept. 21 -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's Children's Surgery Program has been re-verified as a Level I Children's Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). The program, including locations at both Brenner Children's Hospital and Outpatient Surgery - Clemmons, is one of only two in the state to receive this verification. "We want families to know that whether their child ne  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (TNSper) -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute issued the following news release: The Comptroller General of the United States, Gene L. Dodaro, who serves as the head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), has announced the appointment of six new members of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's (PCORI) Board of Governors. PCORI's Board of Governors consists of up to 21 representatives of the patient, health care consumer, clinical, h  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (TNSper) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following news release: Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), today announced the appointment of six new members to the Governing Board of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Dodaro also reappointed two members and designated the Governing Board's new chair and vice chair. "The individuals named today bring strong  more

DANVILLE, Pennsylvania, Sept. 23 (TNSper) -- Geisinger Health issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2022: Shuping Ge, M.D., has joined Geisinger as system chair of the Department of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiology. A specialist in pediatric cardiology, Dr. Ge cares for babies before and after birth, children and adolescents with congenital heart disease. He has clinical and translational research interest and expertise in non-invasive cardiovascular imaging, fetal cardiology  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The National Cancer Institute has awarded more than $5.2 million to a team lead by researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) for a study that will fill critical gaps in knowledge around obesity-mediated cancer risk. Liza Makowski, PhD, professor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the UTHSC College of Medicine, is the lead investigator   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Sept. 20 (TNSpro) -- The Wake Forest University Schools of Business issued the following news release: The Wake Forest University School of Business now offers an enhanced way of learning for working professionals who desire greater flexibility when choosing an MBA program. The part-time MBA Charlotte Saturday program will transition to a hybrid option, providing a full range of MBA format offerings for Wake Forest, including in-person and online. The hybrid prog  more