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President's Perspective
President Milone-Nuzzo looks at Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s health care bill inthis month’s
column.
SAiL Lab Receives Grant from RSM to Help Children in Charlestown
The Institute received a grant from the Charlestown
office of accounting firm RSM that will leverage
literacy expertise and research to help provide
children at Harvard-Kent with the support and
resources to succeed. Dr. Tiffany Hogan, director of
the SAiL Lab, and post-doctoral research fellow Dr.
Rouzana Komesidou will lead a three-year grant to
implement a long-term initiative at the Charlestown
public school which has one of the highest rates of
economically disadvantaged students and one of the
highest rates of English learners in Boston.
Photo: L-R: Patrick O'Neill of RSM, IHP President Paula Milone-Nuzzo, SLP students Elise Hopkins
Gallegos & Alexandra Hanson, IHP Chief Development Officer Clare McCully, and Erinn Johnson of RSM.
Students and Faculty Go Global During the Holiday Break
Four groups of students, accompanied by faculty members, traveled across the globe during the holiday
break.
Guatemala
Eight students from the DPT program’s class of 2021 visited
Guatemala with Dr. Jane Baldwin, the fourth year she has taken
students to the Central American country. The group once again
went to the PT clinic in Villa Nueva, where they worked to optimize
treatment plans and overall patient approaches with its staff and
other students. Each IHP student spent two mornings presenting in-
services to the Guatemalan students, including ones on stroke and
cerebral palsy, as well as participating in patient care.
Photo: Front row (L-R): Faye Etienne, Sarah Dempsey, and Megan Moisand. Back row (L-R): Kendra
Morscheck, Madi Horner, Lucy Lotz, Emily Workman, and Ramiro Escalera.
Dominican Republic
Seven students from the School of Nursing went with faculty
members Dr. Kathy Simmonds and Dr. Jean Bernhardt to the La
Romana area of the Dominican Republic to provide health care and
health education to people living in the sugar bateyes, the residential
areas surrounding the sugar cane fields. The students joined a team
of providers, including several Dominican physicians, a dentist, a
family planning worker, and community health workers as part of a
rotating mobile clinic for these remote communities, many of which lack basic services. Students raised
over $2,000 to purchase medications and supplies which were distributed to the residents during the
weeklong trip.
Photo: (L-R): Lisa Sachs, Alejandra Bedoya, Kassandra Petit, Meg McCarty, Alex Campaneria, Edwydge
Seac, and Ashley Stern.
China
Three OTD and two BSN students went with Dr. John Wong to
Shenzhen, China for a two-week independent study project. They
visited three local hospitals, a university, an adult day care center, a
service center for people with disabilities, and a community health
center. In addition to learning about nursing and rehabilitation care in
China, the students experienced firsthand how traditional Chinese
medicine is used in medical treatment and health maintenance.
Photo: Front row (L-R, starting second person from left): Dr. John
Wong, Vivian Phan (OTD), Corinne Ianni (OTD), Katherine Connelly
(BSN), and Anna Do (OTD). Conor Ward (BSN) is second from right
in the middle row. Others in the photo include Shenzhen Baoxing Hospital President Xiaofeng Chen, and
Qipeng Weng and Haili Tang, both of whom spent three months in 2019 as visiting scholars at the IHP.
India
Ten students from nursing, physical therapy, and speech-language
pathology, accompanied by School of Nursing faculty members Dr.
Elissa Ladd, Kaveri Roy, and Shweta Gore, went to Manipal, India.
The students participated in an IP Education Simulation workshop,
worked with staff at Kasturba Hospital, and along with their Indian
student counterparts assisted patients in hospitals, village clinics,
local schools, and community organizations.
Photo: Vivian Leung (DPT), Barbara Stathis (MSN), Kelsey Dimond (MSN), Julia Khar (MSN), Holly Irvin
(MSN), Mark Hughes (MSN), Jocelyn Chokkattu (SLP), Steve Le (DPT), Kamaria Washington (DPT), and
Jennifer Quiros (SLP) with department heads in the Department of Yoga at Kasturba Hospital.
Five Women from IHP Discuss Post-Professional OTD
Leadership Course Program Launched
Five women from the Institute who have
graduated from the Leadership Women
America program shared their experiences,
offered advice to aspiring leaders, and
answered questions about their experiences
in the program during a panel discussion on
January 21. The panelists shared how this The IHP launched its newest program, the
experience impacted their leadership in Post-Professional Doctor of
both their personal and professional lives. Occupational Therapy (PP-OTD), in
January. The first students in the online
Photo: (L-R) OT Interim Chair Regina degree program will begin in September
Doherty, Director of Library and Instructional 2020. Dr. Sarah McKinnon, the program
Design Jessica Bell, Associate Provost for director, will host an informational webinar
Interprofessional Education and Practice on February 12 starting at noon, when she
Mary Knab, Family NP Specialty Track Co- will outline the program’s interprofessional
Coordinator Clara Gona, and Assistant curriculum, explain the online format, and
Director, Digital Branding Selena Craig. take questions.
Students Hear About Homeless Care at Caldwell Interprofessional
Rounds
Second-year students learned firsthand about providing
care to the homeless population at the annual Caldwell
Rounds. This year's panel featured alumna Jennifer King,
MSN '19, Homeless Care Los Angeles; Lisa, a participant
in the Hospital to Housing program; Kara Bray, senior
community health worker for the Massachusetts
Behavioral Health Partnership/Beacon Health Option’s
Hospital to Housing (H2H) program; and Kevin Sullivan,
MD, Boston Health Care for the Homeless.
Photo: (L-R): Jennifer King, Lisa, Kara Bray, and Kevin
Sullivan.
The Vocabulary of Inclusion for New BSN Students
BSN students in the Class of 2021 heard how power,
privilege, and positionality can affect patient care. On
January 8, the panelists were (L-R) Deborah Washington,
director of diversity for Nursing and Patient Care Services at
MGH; Julia Wagner, BSN ’17, who works at Mount Auburn
Hospital; Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, an associate
professor in the Department of Public Heath and
Community Medicine at Tufts School of Medicine; and Mali
Cantor, BSN '15, the charge RN/nurse manager at Planned
Parenthood in Boston.
IHP Donates Holiday Party Proceeds to Harvard-Kent School
At the annual holiday party, the MGH Institute raised $2,806
to benefit the Harvard-Kent Elementary School. The funds
will go to support Harvard-Kent’s Center for Youth Wellness,
which offers indoor fun and interactive activities. It is the third
consecutive year proceeds from the party were donated to
the school.
Photo: President Paula Milone-Nuzzo, 2nd from right,
presents Harvard-Kent Principal Jason Gallagher with the
check. The fundraising initiative was led by Institute
employees Valerie Grande (far left) and Elizabeth Pipes (far
right).
Performance Advice for Profs Team IHP Sports Two Runners
at 2020 Boston Marathon
Nancy Houfek, a stage director, award-
winning actor, and nationally recognized
theatre educator, was the keynote at the
January 9 Research & Scholarship Day.
Her talk, "The Performing Art of Science
Presentation," offered specific skills from Dr. Kim Erler (right), an assistant professor
the theater to become a more engaging and of occupational therapy and a 2017 PhD in
memorable speaker by activating Rehabilitation Sciences graduate, and
connection to the audience, clarifying Jordan Griffiths, SLP ’19, comprise Team
purpose, moving from concept to structure, IHP in the 2020 Boston Marathon. Erler is
enhancing physical and vocal presence, running to support student scholarships,
managing stage fright, best uses of while Griffiths is supporting the Dr. Charles
PowerPoint, and how to use stories and A. and Ann Sanders IMPACT Practice
metaphors. Center. (Check out the recent story on her
in the Winthrop Transcript.) Currently,
each is working to reach their respective
$5,000 goal.
First Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Social Event of 2020
The first social event of 2020 sponsored by the
Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion was a
screening of the movie Just Mercy. More than a
dozen students attended the January 19 event.
IHP Scholarship, Research, & News
Dr. Joanna Christodoulou, Brockmann-Bauser, M., Van Stan, J. H., Carvalho
director of the BEAM Team and Sampaio, M., Bohlender, J. E., Hillman, R. E., &
an associate professor of Mehta, D. D. (in press). Effects of vocal intensity
speech-language pathology, and fundamental frequency on cepstral peak
was among a panel of prominence in patients with voice disorders and
interdisciplinary educational vocally health controls. Journal of Voice.
scholars chosen by the United https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2019.11.015
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) who traveled in January Health Professions Education
to Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for
Peace and Sustainable Development to India. The Cahn, P. S., & Smoller, S. L. (in press).
group conducted an international science- and Experiential learning and cultural competence:
evidence-based education assessment to re- What do participants in short-term experiences in
envision the future of education world-wide. global health learn about culture? Health
Professions Education.
Dr. Jordan Green, director of https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S24054
the Speech and Feeding 52618301216
Disorders Lab, received two
grants: “Predicting and Interprofessional Education
Optimizing Language
Outcomes in Minimally Verbal Banister, G., Portney, L. G., Vega-Barachowitz,
Children with Autism Spectrum C., Jampel, A., Schnider, M. E., Inzana, R.,
Disorder,” from the NIH; and “Maximizing Social Zeytoonjian, T., Fitzgerald, P., Tuck, I., Jocelyn,
Connection in Persons with Speech Impairment M., Holmberg, J., & Knab, M. (in press). The
Due to ALS,” from the ALS Association. interprofessional dedicated education unit: Design,
implementation and evaluation of an innovative
model for fostering interprofessional collaborative
Dr. Janice Palaganas, an practice. Journal of Interprofessional Education &
associate professor of Practice.
interprofessional studies, has https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2019.100308
been elected as a Distinguished
Fellow of the National
Academies of Practice in
Nursing
Nursing. She will be inducted at
Hill, R., & Flanagan, J. (2020). The maternal-infant
the group’s annual meeting and forum in San
Diego in March. bond: Clarifying the concept. International Journal
of Nursing Knowledge, 31(1), 14-18.
https://doi.org/10.1111/2047-3095.12235
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Olayinka, O. D., Moore, S. M., & Strange, K. C.
Alonzo, C. N., McIlraith, A. L., Catts, H.W., & (in press). Pilot test of an appreciative inquiry
Hogan, T. P. (2020). Predicting dyslexia in intervention in hypertension self-management.
children with developmental language disorder. Western Journal of Nursing Research.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945919897077
Research, 63, 151-162.
https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_JSLHR-L-18-0265 Olans, R. D., Hausman, N. B., & Olans, R.
N. (2020). Nurses and antimicrobial stewardship:
Eshghi, M., Stipancic, K. L., Mefferd, A., Rong, Past, present, and future. Infectious Disease
P., Berry, J. D., Yunusova, Y., & Green, J. R. Clinics of North America, 34, 67-82.
(2019). Assessing oromotor capacity in ALS: The https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2019.10.008
effect of a fixed-target task on lip biomechanics.
Frontiers in Neurology, 10, Article 1288. Occupational Therapy
https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2019.01288
Ranford, J., Asiello, J., Cloutier, A., Cortina, K.,
Eshghi, M., Connaghan, K., Gutz, S., Eshghi, M., Thorne, H., Erler, K. S., Frazier, N., Sadlak, C.,
Berry, J., Yunusova, Y., & Green, J. (2019). Rude, A. & Lin, D. J. (2019). Interdisciplinary
Acoustic correlates of comorbid voice and stroke recovery research: The perspective of
resonance impairment in individuals with occupational therapists in acute care. Frontiers in
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The Journal of the Neurology, 10, Article 1327.
Acoustical Society of America, 146(4), 2923-2923. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2019.01327
https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5137146
Hobbs, M. (2020). Cardiac and pulmonary
Borders, J. C., O’Dea, M. B. (SLP '03), McNally, diseases. In Powers Dirette, D. & Gutman, S.
E., Norberg, E., Kitila, M., Walsh, M., Liu, R., & (Eds.), Occupational Therapy in Physical
Pisegna, J. M. (in press). Inter- and intra-rater Dysfunction (p.839-856). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters
reliability of laryngeal sensation testing with the Kluwer Health, Inc. https://bit.ly/2ttxEHj
touch method during flexible endoscopic
evaluations of swallowing. Annals of Otology, Physical Therapy
Rhinology & Laryngology.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0003489419901145 Zachazewski, J. (DPT '03), Silvers, H., Li, B.,
Pohlig, R., Ahmad, C., & Mandelbaum, B. (2019).
Prevalence of hamstring injuries in summer league
baseball players. International Journal of Sports
Physical Therapy, 31, 885-897.
https://doi.org/10.26603/ijspt20190885
Invitation for Public Comments
MGH Institute of Health Professions will undergo a
comprehensive evaluation visit March 22-25, 2020, by a
team representing the New England Commission of
Higher Education (formerly the Commission on
Institutions of Higher Education of the New England
Association of Schools and Colleges, NEASC).
The New England Commission of Higher Education is one of seven accrediting commissions in the
United States that provide institutional accreditation on a regional basis. Accreditation is voluntary and
applies to the institution as a whole. The Commission, which is recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education, accredits approximately 220 institutions in the six-state New England region as well as several
American-style institutions overseas.
MGH Institute of Health Professions has been accredited by the Commission since 1985 and was last
reviewed in 2010. Its accreditation by the Commission encompasses the entire institution.
For the past year and a half, the Institute has been engaged in a process of self-study, addressing the
Commission’s Standards for Accreditation. An evaluation team will visit the institution to gather evidence
that the self-study is thorough and accurate. The team will recommend to the Commission a continuing
status for the institution. Following a review process, the Commission itself will take the final action.
The public is invited to submit comments regarding the MGH Institute to:
Public Comment on MGH Institute of Health Professions
New England Commission of Higher Education
3 Burlington Woods Drive, Suite 100
Burlington, MA 01803-4514
E-mail: info@neche.org
Public Comments must address substantive matters related to the quality of the institution. The
Commission cannot settle disputes between individuals and institutions, whether those involve faculty,
students, administrators, or members of other groups. Comments will not be treated as confidential and
must include the name, address, and telephone number of the person providing the comments.
Public Comments must be received by March 25, 2020. The Commission cannot guarantee that
comments received after that date will be considered.
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