ALLIED HEALTH NEWS
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In
September 2011, Dr. Nadine
Braunstein was awarded a grant from
the USDA to establish school and
community gardens in the Cherry Hill
neighborhood of Baltimore City.
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On October 3, 2009
Allied Health faculty members Tammy Burton and Linda
Caplis jointly presented at the Maryland Consortium
for Adjunct Faculty Professional Development’s
Conference: The Adjunct Advantage: Teaching
Realities in the 21st Century.
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Dr. Braunstein
attended The American Dietetic Association Food and
Nutrition Conference and Exhibition where she was
trained to be a site visitor for the Commission on
Accreditation of Dietetic Education.
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In October Dr.
Weinstein was a presenter at the Association of
Schools of Allied Health Professions conference in
San Antonio titled: “Multi-Agency
Interdisciplinary Mass Casualty Simulation Education
for Health Professions Students.”
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Dr. Weinstein,
along with Dr. Beth Merryman (Occupational Therapy)
and Dr. Jill Bush (Kinesiology) were recently
awarded a $900,000 grant from The Department of
Health and Human Services titled: Partners in
Academic and Life Success (PALS). This is a 3-year
initiative designed to build healthy protective
behaviors in pre-adolescent students in the Cherry
Hill community by providing life-skills and
educational programs. For more information:
http://grad.towson.edu/ours/latestnews/200910.asp
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Dr. Braunstein
submitted a grant to NIH as a co-principal
investigator titled: “Dietary patterns
associated with childhood obesity and early
childhood caries.”
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Professor Caplis and
Dr. Braunstein submitted a Faculty Development and
Research Committee Teaching Innovation Grant
Proposal titled: “Use of tablet technology in
an online advanced writing course for Allied Health
students.”
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Dr. Braunstein presented a poster at The American
Public Health Association meeting in Philadelphia
November 10 titled Diet quality indicators associated with early
childhood caries prevalence in children ages 2–5 in
the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
(NHANES)
Allied Health
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Phone: 410-704-4049
Fax: 410-704-4965
E-mail: nbraunstein@towson.edu
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