Monthly Archives: October 2021

Dr. Voight Selected to Join World Association of Medical Editors

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Mike Voight

Dr. Mike Voight, professor in Belmont’s School of Physical Therapy, was recently accepted as one of the newest members of the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). WAME began in 1995 as an association of editors of peer-reviewed medical journals from countries throughout the world who sought to facilitate worldwide cooperation and communication among editors of peer-reviewed medical journals. 

Given the world-wide proliferation of predatory journals, the goal of WAME is to expand the voice and influence of medical editors to enhance the exchange of educational information, while at the same time improving editorial standards. Enhancing editorial standards helps to promote peer review as a vehicle for scientific discourse and enhance quality assurance in medical education. This in turn will help to achieve the highest level of ethical medical journalism.

Physical Therapy Students Volunteer at Annual Sara Walker Run

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Students at Kids for Kids Run

On October 3, Belmont University Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students volunteered at the annual Sara Walker Run to honor the life of a 2003 Belmont DPT alumna, Sara Pigg Walker. The Sara Walker Run is a fundraising event for various missions supported through the Sara Walker Foundation that are intended to help spread Walker’s message of hope to others through Jesus Christ.

This year marked the 12th Sara Walker Run, which takes place on the campus of Lipscomb University. The first Run occurred in April 2011 when Walker’s ‘Belmont PT family’ sought to find a way to raise funds for medical expenses to help Walker and her family when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. Due to its huge success, and to continue to honor Walker, the annual Sara Walker Run continues today and serves as the Sara Walker Foundation’s main fundraising event.

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Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Inducts 2020, 2021 Classes at Annual Ceremony

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Ten-member, joint class–inducted today by event emcee John Seigenthaler–recognizes esteemed pioneers, leaders, educators, executives and researchers in health and health care from across the state

The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame this week inducted its 2020 and 2021 classes at a ceremony held in Belmont’s newly opened Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. The dual-year class is made up of 10 health care leaders and legends from across the state.

The Hall of Fame, which was created by Belmont University, Belmont’s McWhorter Society and the Nashville Health Care Council, seeks to recognize and honor the leaders that have formed Tennessee’s heath and health care community.

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College of Health Sciences, Nursing Dean Taylor Helps Pass New Tennessee Tobacco Legislation

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Cathy Taylor

College of Health Sciences and Nursing Dean and Professor Dr. Cathy Taylor recently served on the Chronic Disease Prevention Task Force for the State of Tennessee, spearheaded by Senator Rosalind Kurita. Taylor, along with two other experts, received an invitation from the Governor’s Office, in conjunction with the commissioner of health, to act as a subject matter expert to make recommendations for improving the health of Tennesseans.

Taylor and her team, which included Belmont public health students Genevieve Delano and Deviyani Bajpai, conducted online research and interviews to make recommendations to the task force. Despite the interruption of COVID-19 on the team’s research, Taylor and her team contributed to the final recommendation to allow local authorization to limit tobacco smoking and vaping in public spaces. The recommendation was passed into legislation by the 112th General Assembly.

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Pharmacy Student Selected to Participate in Polypharmacy Research with CCC-19

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Sara Saif

Sara Saif, a second-year student in Belmont University’s College of Pharmacy, was given the opportunity to conduct research in a polypharmacy project within the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC-19), a consortium of more than 120 cancer centers and other organizations who have come together to collect data about patients with cancer who have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

This project aims to analyze and assess the impact of polypharmacy and select medication classes on COVID-19 outcomes among patients in the geriatric population who have or have had a diagnosis of cancer. By utilizing the CCC-19 registry database, a statistical analysis plan will be created for certain medication classes of interest.

Saif was invited to become a member of the research team because of her excellent work during the 2021 Biomedical Informatics internship at Vanderbilt University. By participating in this project, Sara will not only be using her clinical knowledge, but will also be using her knowledge of healthcare informatics and analytics to accurately assess and evaluate the clinical impact of certain medication classes on the geriatric population within the CCC-19 database registry.

Among others, Saif will be working with Dr. Christopher Jensen, MD, a Hematology/Oncology clinical fellow at the University of North Carolina; Dr. Samuel Rubinstein, MD, a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Division of Hematology University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine; Dr. Tanya Wildes, MD, MSCI; and Dr. Ariella Elkrief, MD, a Research Fellow.