Twenty-one district leaders from Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arkansas have kicked off the 2020-2021 District Leadership Fellows cohort with an online meeting.
Author: Christine Ferguson
As transmission of SARS-CoV-2 continues in the Dallas region, experts say that face coverings worn over the nose and mouth are an essential tool for keeping the virus at bay.
The Institute for Leadership Impact and the Center for Global Health Impact, both headquartered at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, have released a joint impact report for the 2019-2020 academic year.
The 2019-2020 cohort of the District Leadership Fellows wrapped up the year with an online meeting. The superintendents have been reflecting on the past year as they lead their districts through challenging times.
[The coronavirus] doesn’t care about politics. It only understands its biology. If we don’t begin to think like the virus, people will die.
SMU researchers receive funding from Wellcome Trust to develop low cost virtual reality training to help improve skills to surgically manage postpartum hemorrhage. Such training may not only reduce time and cost to train providers but reduce risk of COVID-19 transmission by reducing face-to-face interactions during surgical training.
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The 2020-2021 cohort of the District Leadership Fellows is now accepting applications. Given concerns for health and safety, the program is moving online for the coming year.
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