Dr. Guitele Rahill and Dr. Manisha Joshi, faculty within the School of Social Work, participated in a Welcome Teleconference for their newly awarded Phase I Grand Challenges Exploration grant "Krik Kak: Mental Health for Pregnant Haitian Teens". The Grand Challenges Exploration calls for proposals that are in line with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's acknowledgement, "All lives have equal value and everyone deserves a chance to live a happy and healthy life."  Dr. Rahill and Dr. Joshi were then informed that they were one out of 35 proposals funded in this specific round and out of 1600 proposals in total. Congratulations for moving forward with this accomplishment!

Marie McPherson, MBA, Director of Operations for the Pharmacy Program, has received a grant for her research project entitled: Pediatric Telepsychiatry Services Throughout Florida. This project will serve children and adolescents up to 21 years of age and explore a pediatric telepsychiatry program through telehealth equipment, mobile monitoring devices that transfer medical data. This will research how technology helps to overcome issues which prevent access to health care. 

Food Trucks will be here on Tuesday and Thursday of this week located behind the School of Social Work. (East side of MHC near Atrium in parking lot) They will be here from 11 am- 2 pm. Click food truck icon in left column for more details or download the app. 

Thursday 5/17: CJ Traveling Pizzeria