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The project is building on a 2020 research study, conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, that identified strategic opportunities to improve health and wellbeing for tens of millions of people while reducing US spending on likely-avoidable hospitalizations, emergency department and doctor visits by as much as $528 billion dollars. The University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy will contribute to this effort by supporting research and action in areas including state-level strategies for Colorado and special study sections including practice/payment model transformation and health access and equity.

SWOG Cancer Research Network and its charitable arm, The Hope Foundation for Cancer Research, have jointly developed a website for SWOG Clinical Trials Partnerships (SWOG CTP) as a public resource for current and potential partners to learn about SWOG CTP's structure and staff, how it conducts research, its latest news, and how to get involved.

The White House today issued a proclamation that restores the boundaries of two US national monuments in Utah that are closely linked to paleontological science, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears.

The SingHealth Duke-NUS Maternal and Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI) was launched at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) today by Masagos Zulkifli, Singapore’s Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health. The MCHRI will serve as the centre of excellence for maternal and child health research, to transform and improve national health in Singapore. Its mission is to support the growth and development of every woman and child to their fullest potential, toward optimising Singapore’s human capital.

The Social and Interactive Learning at Community Colleges (SAIL-CC) program will be piloted at colleges representing a variety of geographic locations, rural and urban settings, school sizes, faculty and student demographics, required learning objectives, and other factors. SAIL-CC will design and develop innovative methods and tools to improve teaching and learning in entry-level information technology and computer science courses taught at community colleges. TEEL Lab educational researchers will lead the project, working closely with NISOD and instructors from five community colleges across the U.S. The SAIL-CC grant has been funded as a Level III Engaged Student Learning Project through the National Science Foundation's Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Initiative.

RTOG Foundation and NSABP Foundation, two of the three entities that initially collaborated to establish NRG Oncology, recently announced their financial support of the NRG Oncology Health Equity New Investigator Mentor Program for Underrepresented Minority Scholars.