Doctor Alles will discuss the role we play especially as diseases can travel across continents faster than ever creating a crises, and how the health department takes action each day to stay ahead of these threats and protect the communities

The College of Nursing’s Center for Global & Public Health presents Anne Sliney.

Villanova University presents Naratil Family Health and Human Values Lecture Series Climate Change and Its Impact on Health Co-sponsored by the Center for Global and Public Health.

This presentation discusses theoretical dimensions of global health equality and inequality and an empirical study of health inequalities among countries and economic, social, public health and health care determinants associated with health inequalities. Based on the theoretical framework of provincial globalism, general and specific duties associated with global and domestic state and non-state actors are delineated to address global health inequalities and externalities. Alternative...

Retirement Ceremony for the esteemed Rose O'Driscoll, Lyn DeSilets & Marcia Costello.

The Program in Biochemistry welcomes Dr. Gisela Storz from the National Institutes of Health as the inaugural speaker in our newly established annual Biochemistry Distinguished Lecture Series. Dr. Storz will speak on, “The genes that were missed: intricate regulation provided by small RNAs and small proteins.” Among her many distinctions and honors, Dr. Storz is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Microbiology. Her talk is today, April 11, 4 p.m., in the...

"Enhancing the Kaleidoscope of Evidence-Based Practice" Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, RN, MBA, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN Senior Vice President of Patient Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Main Line Health

To celebrate the dedication of the John F. Scarpa Center for Law and Entrepreneurship, Joe Plumeri, a renowned business leader and philanthropist, speaks on "The Power of Being Yourself."

Lecture on new methods for the detection of cervical cancer.

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices is a nonprofit organization that works closely with healthcare practitioners and institutions, regulatory agencies, professional organizations and the pharmaceutical industry to provide education about adverse drug events and their prevention.

Center for Business Analytics Co-sponsored by the College of Nursing Analytics Research Briefing presents: "Predictive Analytics for Parkinson's Disease to Identify Risk Factors and Drive Patient Care"

Telehealth as a Tool for Nursing to Address Geographic Health Disparities in Rural Communities

19th College of Nursing Health & Human Values Lecture Series. Lecture from Mariana Chilton, Associate Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, Drexel University School of Public Health

Villanova Nursing Annual Research Symposium with Keynote speaker Dr. Helene Moriarty, Professor and Diane L. & Robert F. Moritz Endowed Chair in Nursing Research.

"Eating as if Life Matters" by Christina Pirello for the National Nutrition Month Lecture

College of Nursing lecture - A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern Day Slavery

Dr. Swanson is renowned for her research on pregnancy loss and for development of the Swanson Theory of Caring – a theory that is used to guide research, education, and practice both nationally and internationally. She is an alumnus of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Executive Fellows program and a member of the American Academy of Nursing. Before going to Chapel Hill, she held the University of Washington Medical Center Term Professorship in Nursing Leadership. She also served as...

How do you lead people down a path to see beauty in our shared humanity? For photographer Rick Guidotti whose clients included Yves St Laurent, Elle and GQ, it started after he spotted a striking girl with albinism on a Manhattan street. Rick stopped working in the fashion industry and created the nonprofit Positive Exposure in 1998. Positive Exposure utilizes photography and video to transform public perceptions of people living with genetic, physical and behavioral differences – from...