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Elizabeth Murray: GP and pioneer in digital health and medical education

  1. Penny Warren
  1. Salisbury, UK
  1. warrenpenny788atgmail.com

Defying skeptics who maintained there was “no such thing as e-health,” Elizabeth Murray, who has died from cancer, founded the trailblazing University College London (UCL) eHealth unit in 2003. Described by one colleague as “a formidable force for good ,” Murray, who became professor of eHealth and primary care in 2013, led the unit which was to become one of the foremost in the world, creating highly successful digital interventions for people with diabetes, covid-19, alcoholism, and many other conditions .

GP and educator

Murray first made her mark in general practice and medical education.

Province announced support to expand the number of medical school seats at Queen’s |  Queen’s Gazette
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Province announced support to expand the number of medical school seats at Queen’s | Queen’s Gazette

The expansion includes seats for new Queen’s-Lakeridge Health family medicine training program to alleviate doctor shortages in the region.

Representatives from Queen's, the Government of Ontario, and Lakeridge Health delivered remarks at the press event.
Ontario’s Minister of Colleges and Universities, Jill Dunlop, shares remarks during the announcement event at Lakeridge Health in Oshawa, Ontario. Also visible, from left to right: Todd McCarthy, MPP for Durham; Lorne Coe, MPP for Whitby; Jane Philpott, Dean of Queen’s Health Sciences; Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance; and Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health.

Queen’s is among several post-secondary institutions named during an announcement today that is being marked as the provincial government’s largest expansion of

Rural Health Education Building at UNK tops education stories for 2022
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Rural Health Education Building at UNK tops education stories for 2022

Students from the University of Nebraska at Kearney raised money, toys and books for the nonprofit Compass. The project was taken on by the University of Nebraska at Kearney students in Dr. Jeanne Stolzer’s Child and Adolescent Development class.



KEARNEY – In August, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the program statement and construction budget for Phase II of the UNK-UNMC Rural Health Education Building on the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus.

Construction of the $85 million facility is expected to begin in September 2023, with projected completion in July 2025. The 100,000-square-foot facility

Halloween Charcuterie Board – Eat Your self Skinny
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Halloween Charcuterie Board – Eat Your self Skinny

Construct the spookiest Halloween Charcuterie Board excellent in your subsequent social gathering! Stuffed with an assortment of your favourite cheeses, meats, crackers, recent fruits, nuts and different enjoyable ghoulish treats!

Build the spookiest Halloween Charcuterie Board perfect for your next party!  Filled with an assortment of your favorite cheeses, meats, crackers, fresh fruits, nuts and other fun ghoulish treats!

Oh how I like this time of yr and I had a lot enjoyable making this festive Halloween charcuterie board! Whether or not you might be throwing a celebration or simply entertaining a small gathering at residence, this spooky unfold is certain to be a success with everybody! A scrumptious candy and savory combo of your favourite cheeses, meats, crackers, recent fruit, nuts and different enjoyable additions. Add spooky decorations

Egypt contemplates creating well being, schooling information of females since beginning
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Egypt contemplates creating well being, schooling information of females since beginning

CAIRO – 26 December 2022: Minister of Well being and Inhabitants Khaled Abdel Ghaffar mentioned Monday with the officers of the Nationwide Council for Inhabitants the creation of information for females to doc their well being, academic, {and professional} statuses since beginning with the purpose of offering satisfactory companies and assist.

The assembly’s suggestions additionally included educating data on reproductive well being at faculties beginning the subsequent educational 12 months. That’s along with rushing up the activation of legal guidelines that criminalize little one marriage, little one labor, not registering newborns, and deprivation of education.

The assembly additionally