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Rohan Jotwani MD of Tufts Medical School and a group of Tufts Medical School students form a yearly Hackathon, of sorts in January to bring together medical students, web developers, businessmen...

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Riverpoint Campus has room for two medical-school programs, Chancellor Brown says

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This state, this town, and even the Riverpoint Campus is big enough for two university medical-school programs, contends Lisa Brown, chancellor at Washington State University Spokane.

Brown says theres enough physical space in WSU Spokanes Biomedical Sciences building and other facilities on the Riverpoint Campus to launch WSUs envisioned four-year medical school and for UW to expand its WWAMI program.

WWAMI, which stands for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska and Idaho, is a UW School of Medicine regional medical education program. WWAMIs long standing partnership with WSU here is breaking up, largely over WSUs plans to launch its own fully accredited medical school.

That was part of our proposal from the beginning, she says of the concept of having two programs here, although WSU originally had envisioned partnering with UW in both programs. The Spokane community had always talked about a four-year medical school being done in partnership with the University of Washington and WWAMI.

While UW currently is looking for a new WWAMI partner, Brown says UW is welcome to continue to operate the program here in WSU facilities.

We have enough capacity for 120 medical students per class, she says. Im assuming as part of an agreement with UW, they would want to utilize that.

As part of the dissolution, though, UW wants to run WWAMI without WSUs faculty or administration, Brown says.

WSU plans to request $2.5 million during the next legislative session to proceed with the accreditation process for a full four-year medical school. WSU also will ask the Legislature to change a law that gives UW exclusive authority to operate a medical school through a state university in Washington.

As part of the accreditation process, WSU would hire a founding dean, establish a curriculum, and hire faculty to teach the curriculum.

By 2017, we hope to start with a charter class of 40 students, Brown says.

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Tackling blindness, deafness through neuroengineering

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Contact: David J Cameron david_cameron@hms.harvard.edu 617-432-0441 Harvard Medical School @HarvardHealth

The Bertarelli Program in Translational Neuroscience and Neuroengineering, a collaborative program between Harvard Medical School and the cole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, has announced a new set of grants worth $3.6 million for five research projects. This is a further strengthening of the partnership between Harvard and Swiss scientists begun in 2010.

Three of the five projects will pursue new methods to diagnose and treat hearing loss. A fourth project focuses on the dynamics of brain networks in children with autism, and the fifth concentrates on cell transplantation strategies that could reverse certain forms of blindness.

The research projects were all selected for their scientific quality, the novelty of the approach proposed and the potential for genuine clinical impact. Three of them are a continuation of successful research projects from the Bertarelli Program focusing on novel approaches to understanding or treating sensory disorders.

To promote collaborations between U.S.- and Swiss-based scientists as well as between neuroscientists and engineers, the funding conditions stipulate that each project be an equal collaboration between Harvard and EPFL. This incentivized researchers to find new collaborators with complementary skills, leading in turn to new interdisciplinary projects that combine technologies and approaches in novel ways.

"We are delighted at the continued generosity of the Bertarelli Foundation," said Jeffrey S. Flier, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. "This type of forward-thinking support is exactly what's needed to help us continue to unravel the profound complexities of the human brain."

David Corey, HMS professor of neurobiology and director of the Bertarelli Program for Harvard Medical School, said, "The past 40 years of basic research in neuroscience have produced an extraordinary understanding of how the brain works and how it can malfunction in neurological and psychiatric disease. We are now at a point where we can use this understanding to treat these devastating diseases. The Bertarelli Program in Translational Neuroscience and Neuroengineering combines basic neuroscience with the technology and problem-solving focus of engineering to accelerate the delivery of new treatments to the clinic."

Commenting on the new research, Ernesto Bertarelli, co-chair of the Bertarelli Foundation, said, "When my family and I had the vision for this program, it was based upon bringing together scientists and medical specialists from different disciplines and countries to really push the boundaries of neuroscience and neuroengineering, creating a melting-pot of different talents, passions and visions united by a commitment to find ground-breaking ways to treat people and to make their lives better. What has been achieved since 2011 is highly encouraging. What might be achieved with these new research projects is just as exciting." Bertarelli, a graduate of Harvard Business School, is also a member of the Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows.

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Program gives young students hands-on medical experience

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There are programs underway in Worcester schools to help students achieve and excel.

One of them has high school students donning scrubs and lab coats and getting hand-on experience in the medical field.

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Created in 1996, the Worcester Pipeline Collaborative provides mentoring, job-shadowing, specialized programs, speakers and trips focused on learning. The overall goal is to challenge under-represented and disadvantaged students to pursue careers in health care and the biomedical and biotechnology industries.

One component is the Health and Sciences Academy at North High School. Students in middle school who show an interest in science and related studies can apply to attend and get a jump-start on a career.

"We're teaching them the clinical skills that a nursing assistant would need," said nurse and instructor Leigh Emery.

Students in Emery's class have the qualifications to become a nursing assistant once they graduate from high school. They can also continue on to college and pursue another medical career.

Former student Jonathan Quang said the Pipeline Program changed his life.

"I got to see a cadaver for the first time. I got to see a surgery. So, it was really amazing stuff at age 15 or 16," said Quang. "It gave me a really early exposure to that material, so before I even got to college, I knew what I wanted to major in."

Today, Quang is in medical school working his way to becoming a doctor in emergency medicine.

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Statue of Liberty Is Getting Dressed Up for Halloween

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Even for her 125th birthday, Lady Liberty didn't get this dressed up.

But this Halloween, the Statue of Liberty will be decked out, sporting snazzy bow ties to promote the launch of a new menswear brand from designer Nick Graham.

"I was just thinking of something that would be fun to do, dressing up something very large," Graham said. "Mount Rushmore is too far from here, so the next best thing is the Statue of Liberty."

So even if the polka-dot bow ties don't match Lady Liberty's robe, they'll have to do, he joked.

Graham isn't really planning on wrapping the ties around the statue because that would require permission from the National Parks Service.

Instead, helicopters will dangle massive, 35-pound nylon bow ties in front of the statue for a few minutes on the morning of Oct. 31 so it will appear to spectators on Manhattan that she's dressed up.

The National Park Service told ABC News it doesn't have a say in Graham's project because the FAA controls the airspace around the statue, but if it did -- it wouldn't let it happen.

"We have not been asked for a permit and, if we were, we would not permit such activity within our property," NPS spokeswoman Mindi Rambo told ABC News.

Graham, known as the creator of Joe Boxer but who has since launched a namesake line, said his plan is meant all in good fun.

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Libertarian Florida gubernatorial candidate nears double-digit percentage in polls

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In the race for Florida's governor, Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. Charlie Crist are the front runners with household names, but Adrian Wyllie, the Libertarian candidate is close to a double digit percentage of votes, according to the last two Quinnipiac polls.

There are actually five candidates on the ballot.

Glenn Burkett has no party affiliation and is a self-described wellness and fitness innovator and educator.

Farid Khavari was born in Iran, but moved to the U.S. from Germany in the '70s. He is an economist and environmentalist with no party affiliation.

Of the three relative unknown's, Wyllie is the only one to make a mark in the polls.

"We want to get government out of your wallet, out of your bedroom, out of your body, and out of your business," Wyllie said in an interview earlier this week with Local 6 sister station WJXT in Jacksonville.

It has become one of his go-to lines since he is in favor of smaller government.

"It's a simple concept. We want to put an end to the corruption and the cronyism getting back to true free market principles, not like we have today," he said.

Wyllie said he has been campaigning around the state.

"Were out there working just as hard, if not harder, than Rick Scott and Charlie Crist on the campaign trail. Were traveling from Pensacola to Key West."

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OPINION: You might have a lasting effect by voting Libertarian

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When I am out and about, I hear a very frequent refrain about local politics. I dont care for either of them. Well, in some races, you have another choice.

You might have a lasting effect by voting Libertarian. In the races for governor and for senate, polls show very tight races. Pundits are saying that any significant vote for the Libertarian candidate could force the two major candidates into runoffs. One of the majors will wind up winning, but they will know that you are not satisfied with their politics!

There is a public service race with no Democrat. Incumbent Doug Everett is facing Libertarian John Monds. In this race, the Georgia Libertarian Party has a chance of collecting a significant vote total. Several other races have Libertarian candidates. So you are not locked in to the Democrats or Republicans.

The three candidates for governor include the incumbent Republican Nathan Deal, closely pursued by former presidents grandson Jason Carter, and the Libertarian Andrew T. Hunt. The senate race is currently polled as a draw between David Purdue, a cousin of our former governor, and Michelle Nunn, daughter of former senator Sam Nunn who has chosen not to use her married name. They are opposed by Libertarian Amanda Swafford. Another contested race is for insurance commissioner in which the incumbent Republican Ralph Hudgens of Madison County who is facing Democrat Elizabeth Johnson and Libertarian Edward T. Metzs. In each race, you have an option of writing in a candidate.

The 9th district congressional race includes the incumbent Republican Doug Collins and Democrat David Vogel from Madison County. There are a couple of state Constitutional Amendments on the ballot that no one seems to be interested in.

There is one contested Madison County race between incumbent District 5 commissioner Jim Escoe, a Republican, and Democrat Clyde Verhine.

So, if you feel that one of the major candidates can effectively support your opinions, by all means vote for that candidate. But, if you are among those who are convinced that neither of them is a suitable representative of your opinions, you can express your displeasure by voting for a Libertarian or writing in someone you think will better support your opinion.

No vote is wasted. Even a vote for someone who obviously has no chance of winning will at least make your opinion known.

Frank Gillispie is founder of The Madison County Journal. His e-mail address is frank@frankgillispie.com. His website can be accessed at http://www.frankgillispie.com/gillispieonline.

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