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STAYING INFORMED - our faculty and staffNURSING PROFESSORAT DYC NAMED TOBOARD OF HEALTHFOUNDATION OFWESTERN ANDCENTRAL NEW YORKDr. Denise Dunford, DNS, FNP, RN, associateprofessor and director of the family nursepractitioner program at D’Youville College,has been named to the board of trusteesof the Health Foundation of Western andCentral New York.Dr. Dunford is a member of the AmericanAcademy of Urgent Care Medicine, theAmerican College of Nurse Practitioners,the National Organization of NursePractitioner Faculties, the AmericanAssociation of University Professors andthe Emergency Nurses Association. Sheis also a member of the National BreastCancer Coalition, the Susan G. KomenFoundation Partnership and is a volunteernetwork speaker for the American HeartAssociation in Buffalo, N.Y.Dr. Dunford maintains an active clinicalpractice as a nurse practitioner in thedepartment of emergency medicine atBuffalo General Hospital.Dr. Dunford has received many professionaland academic awards and honors for herwork, including the National Competencein Aging Award from the EmergencyNurses Association in 2010; Women of Business Firstof Buffalo in 2007; Catherine McAuleyDistinguished Alumna Award from MountMercy Academy in 2003; OutstandingNursing Faculty Award from D’YouvilleCollege in 2002; and The Nurses’ HealthStudy 20-Year Anniversary Award, 1989-2009.She earned an associate degree innursing from Erie Community College, abachelor’s degree in social science fromthe University at Buffalo, a bachelor’s innursing degree from D’Youville College, amaster of science - family nurse practitionerdegree from the University at Buffalo anda doctor of nursing science degree from theUniversity at Buffalo.D’YOUVILLE BUSINESS PROFESSORKEY SPEAKER AT ‘FOR-PROFIT’HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCEDr. Bonnie Fox Garrity, associate professorof business at D’Youville College, was one ofthe key speakers at the Access, Competition,held at the Sanford School of Public Policyat Duke University recently.Dr. Fox Garrity spoke on the differences at these institutions.She was invited as a recognized leading publications in the Journal of CriticalEducation Policy Studies, co-authoredwith her D’Youville associates Dr. RogerFiedler and Dr. Mark Garrison.The national two-day conference wasattended by educational leaders in the area institutions. Approximately 100 leaders inD’Youville College is collaborating withUniversity Emergency Medical Services health workers on an innovative programfor emergency department (ED) patients.Under a $2.6 million federal grant, theBetter Health through Social and HealthCare Linkages Beyond the EmergencyDepartment (HealthiER) will assistMedicaid and Medicare patients in Buffaloafter they leave the ED. (The designation“Emergency Department” has replaced theappellation “Emergency Room.”) go to the home of the recently dischargedED patient to help with the ‘disconnectsituation’ once a patient leaves the ED,”says Lauraine A. Neal, RN, MS, assistantprofessor of nursing at D’Youville,program developer and the HealthiERproject coordinator for UEMS.“We will send the workers to high-risk,high-need patients that have been referredDr. Fox Garrity was invited to speak atthe Association for the Study of HigherEducation Conference in Las Vegas inNovember, and Dr. Dion Daly, chair of theD’Youville business department, presenteda joint paper co-written with Dr. FoxGarrity at the American Institute of HigherEducation Conference in Niagara Falls lastOctober.A graduate of the University at Fredonia,Dr. Fox Garrity earned her master of artsin speech communication degree at theUniversity of North Carolina and herMBA at Canisius College. Her doctorate ineducation is from D’Youville College Professional in Human Resources.She received the D’Youville Scholar of theYear Award in 2012 and was voted CollegeProfessor the Month by the D’Youvillestudent body in 2008.PROGRAM HELPS HOSPITAL EMERGENCYSERVICE PATIENTS AFTER DISCHARGEby the ED personnel and provide them withsuccessful linkage to primary care, socialor other health services in the community,”she said. Education, coaching on health,wellness, and disease self-managementwill also be available. Western New York and is voluntary. Itsgoal is to reduce emergency departmentvisits by 30 percent, and both hospitaladmissions and inpatient readmissions by25 percent.D’Youville will train the volunteer healthworkers in a three and a half week programand will utilize faculty and students fromthe college’s array of healthcare programscurrently on campus. They will providespecialized instruction on medicationmanagement, behavior change, physicaltherapy and nutrition.The University at Buffalo departmentof family medicine will provide care forpatients without primary care providers.16
PROFESSOR SPEAKSAT NATIONALSUMMIT ONACADEMICBENEFITS OF SPORTDr. Donald F. Sabo, a professor in theD’Youville College health servicesadministration program and director of theCenter for Research on Physical Activity,Sports and Health (CRPASH), spoke at theinaugural LA84 Foundation Summit inNovember 2012 in Los Angeles.His focus was on research and educationpolicy links to high school sports and theeducation benefits of such a policy.Sabo was joined by leading researchers,educators, journalists, philanthropists,athletes and sports administrators toexamine the benefits of youth sports andtheir connection to academic achievement.“Youth sports and high school athleticsare among the best kept secrets in U.S.education,” Sabo said. “Thinking about theeconomic downturn, no one is looking athigh school athletics as a national asset toincrease our competitiveness in the globaleconomy.”Sabo is the author of several nationalreports on the social impact of sports and arecognized expert in the field.The foundation, named for “The Legacyof the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games,”studies and funds youth sports. “Thissummit brings together experts to examinethe available research and how to best useit to highlight the importance of sport inkeeping kids connected to school andachieving better academic outcomes,” saidfoundation president Anita L. DeFrantz.The keynote speaker was Pat Haden,University of Southern California athleticdirector and a Rhodes Scholar.A key topic was the need to better alignsports and academics and tackled how toencourage and strengthen the relationshipbetween sports and school in an era ofshrinking school budgets that threatenathletics and physical education.Editor’s Note: Look in our next issue fora follow-up article detailing Dr. Sabo’sresearch.D’Youville physical therapy students and faculty shown at the 2013 American Physical TherapyAssociation Combined Sections Meeting in San Diego in January.DYC PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENTS ACTIVE INTHE COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONDuring the 2012/2013 academic year theStudent Physical Therapy Association(SPTA) has been very active atD’Youville College. Some of the mostnoteworthy efforts include their continuedparticipation in the Feed My StarvingChildren campaign, initiation of the firstSPTA curling tournament fundraiser, andpromotion of students to attend a nationalphysical therapy conference.Physical therapy students at D’YouvilleCollege collaborated with other physicaltherapy schools in the Buffalo area,including Villa Maria College, to fundraiseand participate in a one-day mobile-packingevent for the non-profit organization FeedMy Starving Children (FMSC). SPTAsupplied over 20 volunteers, made up ofstudents and faculty, and donated $1,000 tothe organization. As a volunteer team, withother community members, DYC packagedenough food to feed approximately 40children for an entire year.The SPTA embarked upon their firstHalloween curling event on October27, 2012 at the Niagara Curling Club inNiagara Falls, Canada. Participants wereinvited to play individually or form a teamof four. Prior to the competition, everyonewas given a curling lesson. Prizes wereawarded for best team theme, first place,last place, best team costume and bestpotluck contribution. When players werenot on the ice, they socialized over a potluck dinner and supported a basket auctionand 50/50 raffle. The response from thisevent was overwhelming. People were ableto try a different sport and have fun in theprocess. Proceeds from the event went tosupport both FMSC and SPTA.For the second time, the SPTA organizedover 30 physical therapy students to attendthe Annual American Physical TherapyAssociation’s Combined Sections Meetingin San Diego, Calif. in January. Thisconference, with an attendance of over9,000 physical therapists, is the largestconference of the American PhysicalTherapy Association. The nation’s highestregarded practitioners and researcherspresented state-of-the-art physical therapytopics. This was an excellent educationaland networking opportunity for D’Youvillestudents. As a group, all students activelyparticipated in fundraising efforts to helpdefray costs. The fundraisers includedproceeds from the curling event; sellingpoinsettias, chocolate bars, and koozies;bake sales and a massage-athon at alocal shopping mall. Students had theopportunity to actively participate in thephysical therapy profession outside of thecampus. They build a camaraderie withfellow classmates as well as with studentsand professionals from across the country.The excitement for our profession ofphysical therapy was infectious!alumni.dyouville.edu 17
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