Lewis School of Health & Life Sciences Newsletter: February 2024
Message From the Founding Dean
Welcome to the February edition of our Earl R. and Barbara D. Lewis School of Health & Life Sciences Newsletter. As the Lewis School continues to lead in preparing highly trained professionals to meet rural and distance-challenged healthcare environments, we have news about our new EMS Education Department in this issue. We also feature the announcement of our two Feitelberg Fellows, as well as some interesting information about Clarkson research on a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease. I hope you enjoy reading about our students and faculty as much as I enjoy working with them each day.
— Lennart Johns, Founding Dean of Health & Life Sciences
EMT/Paramedic Training Grant
The Northern Border Regional Commission and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have awarded Clarkson $412,500 to address the EMS healthcare crisis in the North Country. The funding will be used to develop a high-fidelity training center for EMT and paramedic education, allowing the Lewis School to train 300 EMTs and 60 paramedics over the next three years.
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First Paramedic Class (Video)
The first cohort of future paramedic professionals has started the new nine-month EMS education program. This paramedic training program for the North Country community addresses a critical EMS staffing shortage in the region.
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DPT Students Awarded Fellowship
DPT students Ariana Kelly ‘24 and Xuan Li ‘24 have been awarded the Samuel B. Feitelberg Physical Therapy Endowed Fellowship for 2023-24. The fellowship assists students in developing cultural proficiency through a variety of activities – particularly clinical internships.
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Testing Alzheimer’s Treatment
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ka Ho Leung was awarded a nearly $300,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to test a new treatment that targets specific channels in cells to see if it can help reduce the harmful sustained immune response in Alzheimer's disease.
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