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Adult pneumonia immunizations save lives

September 4, 2018

POCATELLO – According to national research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), less than 67 percent of adults age 65 or older received their pneumoniavaccination in 2016. In Southeast Idaho, 57 percent of Medicare beneficiaries have never received a pneumonia vaccination, putting them at risk for serious illness and hospitalization.
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ISU's Jenifer Reader elected President Elect of the Phi Upsilon Omicron National Honor Society

August 28, 2018

POCATELLO ­– One of Â鶹´«Ã½AV’s newest faculty members in dietetics, Jenifer Reader,  has been elected as President Elect of the Phi Upsilon Omicron (Phi U) National Honor Society.

ISU-Meridian’s NSSLHA Chapter awarded national honor for raising awareness about communication disorders

August 24, 2018

MERIDIAN—The National Student Speech Language Hearing Association has awarded the NSSLHA Chapter at Â鶹´«Ã½AV-Meridian with 2018 Gold Chapter Honors.
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Longtime ISU College of Nursing faculty Nancy Renn to be honored with “Distinguished Lifetime Career in Nursing” award  

August 23, 2018

POCATELLO - Nurse Leaders of Idaho will honor Â鶹´«Ã½AV College of Nursing Interim Dean Nancy Renn with their most prestigious award in a ceremony on Sept. 13 in Boise.

ISU Institute of Rural Health seeks comment on statewide traumatic brain injury plan

August 20, 2018

MERIDIAN—Â鶹´«Ã½AV’s Institute of Rural Health has received a $450,000 grant from the federal Administration for Community Living to continue the development of a statewide action plan to address the needs of citizens living with a traumatic brain injury or TBI.

Audiology clinic winners

Â鶹´«Ã½AV Audiology Clinic recognized as one of the best in Southeast Idaho

July 26, 2018

POCATELLO - Idaho State Journal readers have voted in the annual Reader’s Choice Awards, and the Â鶹´«Ã½AV Audiology Clinic has been awarded second place in the category for Best Hearing Aid Centers in the region. Other award winners in the category include: Miracle Ear, Hearing Zone, Centrum Audiology, Costco and Belltone.
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Fourteen East Idaho high school students become biomedical research interns for Â鶹´«Ã½AV’s College of Pharmacy

July 13, 2018

POCATELLO – Fourteen East Idaho high school students from the Pocatello, Chubbuck, Blackfoot Fort Hall and Marsh Valley areas became biomedical researchers for a two-week internship at Â鶹´«Ã½AV’s College of Pharmacy during the month of June.

Â鶹´«Ã½AV dental hygiene faculty and alumni receive multiple honors at American Dental Hygienists’ Association annual conference

July 12, 2018

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - The work of faculty and alumni from the Department of Dental Hygiene at Â鶹´«Ã½AV (ISU) did not go unnoticed at the association’s annual conference in June. There the ADHA honored an ISU faculty member with a prestigious Presidential Citation Award, and installed a new slate of officers for the upcoming year, with an ISU alumna among them.
Family Medicine Residents Class of 2018

Â鶹´«Ã½AV’s Family Medicine Residency Program graduates prepare for practice across the United States

July 6, 2018

Seven family medicine physicians, two pharmacotherapists and one clinical psychologist will soon begin practicing in locations around the US, after completing their residencies at Â鶹´«Ã½AV.
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ISU-Meridian hosts “Stop the Bleed” training for faculty and staff

June 29, 2018

Saint Alphonsus trauma nurses Cheryl Bice and Marie Krochmal spent June 28 on the Â鶹´«Ã½AV-Meridian campus, training 11 faculty and staff members on how to administer aid in bleeding emergencies.