Author: Dorron Blumberg

Palm Health Foundation to Showcase Pioneering Minds at Better Brain Health Luncheon

December 17, 2019  – Students, researchers and community leaders creating a revolution in brain health across Palm Beach County will take center stage at the Palm Health Foundation Better Brain Health Luncheon on January 16, 2020 at the Kravis Center, Cohen Pavilion in West Palm Beach.  Dynamic speakers at the top of their fields will share their perspectives on brain health during “Brain Bytes”—rapid-fire, bite-sized presentations—that will showcase brain health innovation in our community.  

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Hammes Company expands Southeast project management team

December 17, 2019 – Hammes Company, the nation’s leading healthcare developer as ranked by Modern Healthcare’s Construction and Design Survey, has expanded its project management team in the Southeast with the recent hire of Travis Pigott.  Pigott joins Hammes Company as a senior project executive in the firm’s Atlanta, Georgia office. 

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WISE Women Scientists Welcomed at Scripps Research – Institute launches Women in Science Education (WISE) initiative to support graduate program fellowships at December 3 kick-off event

December 17 2019  – More than 100 guests attended the Dec. 3 launch event at Scripps Research for its new Women in Science Education (WISE) initiative, a program designed to encourage more women in science education and careers by enabling a permanent student endowment at its Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences

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Fish Consumption and Mercury Exposure in Pregnant Women in Coastal Florida

December 16, 2019 –  Mercury contamination of the marine environment is a global public health concern. Human exposure occurs primarily by eating seafood, especially large predatory fish such as swordfish and albacore tuna. Those most vulnerable – pregnant women: mercury exposure during pregnancy has been associated with cognitive impairment, including memory, attention, fine motor skills, and other markers of delayed neurodevelopment, although results are conflicting. 
 
 

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