By Ross Wilkers
May 13, 2021
A nonprofit and charitable organization connected to Booz Allen Hamilton has appointed one of its architects in Christine Hoisington to executive director.
Hoisington helped stand up the Booz Allen Foundation in 2017 and has been a member of the government services company’s community impact and philanthropy team since 2008.
The Booz Allen Foundation’s mission is to use innovation and technology advancements in helping solve social issues and building greater community resilience.
Alongside the news of Hoisington’s appointment, the Foundation released its annual report for 2020 on Wednesday that outlines the organization’s coronavirus pandemic response activities and efforts to support STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math).
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Researchers have discovered an explanation for why cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) clusters of dilated blood vessels in the brain can suddenly grow to cause seizures or stroke. Specifically, they found that a specific, acquired mutation in a cancer-causing gene (PIK3CA) could exacerbate existing CCMs in the brain. Furthermore, repurposing an already existing anticancer drug showed promise in mouse models of CCMs in improving brain-vascular health and preventing bleeding into the brain tissue.
Previous studies linked the initial formation of CCMs to various environmental factors, including differences in the gut microbiome, and inactivating mutations in three specific genes collectively known as the CCM complex. While these changes are enough to cause small malformations to form in the brain, they didn t explain why some suddenly expand in size, resulting in seizures or stroke.
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Mental health awareness breakfast will address need for access to treatment in Iowa
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Some very personal stories will highlight the 2nd annual Black Hawk-Grundy Mental Health Center awareness virtual breakfast Friday morning, May 14. The 7:30 a.m. event is still accepting online reservations for individuals and businesses. https://www.unitypoint.org/waterloo/bhgmhc-breakfast.aspx
The annual event had to be cancelled due to COVID last year, but returns virtually this year to address the ongoing need for mental health treatment in Iowa.
Mary Neubauer and Larry Loss will tell their family s story. They know the pain of trying to find mental health treatment for a loved one.
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BOSTON - At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, very little was known about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Over the past year, more evidence has become available on how the virus is transmitted, who is at the greatest risk and best practices to prevent exposure. Yet questions still remain about how the virus impacts the health of pregnant women and newborns.
In a new study published in
JAMA Network Open, physician-researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston Children s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital reveal that, while mother-to-newborn transmission of the virus is rare, newborns of expectant mothers with COVID-19 can suffer indirect adverse health risks as a result of worsening maternal COVID-19 illness.