Past President Research Articles

In memory of Prof. Massimo Cocchi, past president and honorary president of the Italian Society for Experimental Biology (Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale - SIBS)

Prof. Massimo Cocchi, one of the most experienced scientists in nutritional biochemistry, past and honorary President of the Italian Society for Experimental Biology (Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale), passed away on May 19th, 2022, in his house in San Lazzaro di Savena (Bologna). He was a man of the highest value both from the scientific and from the human point of view. He was a landmark for a lot of students, as well as for his friends and colleagues who always appreciated his high moral standing and his immeasurable competence not only in the scientific field which was the subject of his work during all life, but also in many other fields of biology and medicine, so that anyone who met him could always receive a suggestion or a reliable scientific opinion. [...]

Past, present, and future of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Academic Pharmacy Section: Interviews with past presidents

Introduction: The Academic Pharmacy Section (AcPS) of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) celebrates 50 years of its establishment in 2022. In the last decade, the Section had significant growth in membership and strategic planning development. Description: The AcPS challenges in in the past and present times, as well as possible future directions, are described based on the reflections of four AcPS past presidents. They responded to semi-structured interviews from January to March 2022. Evaluation: The collected data were analysed using a qualitative descriptive approach. The reflections and perceived challenges in the history of the AcPS, as well as future plans about the pharmaceutical workforce, capacity building, educational systems, and modern curricula, were summarised. Conclusion: The future direction of the FIP AcPS suggests a focus on collaboration, faculty development and strong and engaged membership.

Poe Studies Association Updates

Poe Studies Association Updates

Psychological services: A wonderful journey.

When we started our journey in 2006, with our original editorial team of Associate Editors Sheila Brandt, Leon Green, Jill Oliveira-Berry, and Morgan Sammons, Gary VandenBos served as managing editor. From the very beginning, we decided that Psychological Services was to be the division's journal and that we would craft its content to address the interests and needs of the membership, who primarily serve in public service, interdisciplinary systems. We wanted to increase the participation of psychologists in nonacademic settings in the editorial process, especially women and ethnic minorities. Throughout our tenure, we reached out to the division's leadership (especially its past presidents) for their thoughtful input. They would know the division's interests. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Editorial introductions.

Current Opinion in Cardiology was launched in 1985. It is part of a successful series of review journals whose unique format is designed to provide a systematic and critical assessment of the literature as presented in the many primary journals. The field of cardiology is divided into 15 sections that are reviewed once a year. Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading authority in the area, who identifies the most important topics at that time. Here we are pleased to introduce the Section Editors for this issue. SECTION EDITORS Alan BravermanAlan BravermanDr Braverman is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, USA. He completed a residency in internal medicine and cardiology fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA, and served as Chief Medical Resident. In 1991, Dr Braverman joined the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, USA, where he is currently the Alumni Endowed Professor in Cardiovascular Diseases. Dr Braverman is actively involved in the education of students, house staff and fellows at Washington University and serves as a Director of the Inpatient Cardiology Firm at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, USA. He has been awarded Teacher of the Year Award by the internal medicine residents on five occasions, the Clinical Teacher of the Year Award by the Washington University Medical Students Class of 2004, and the Benico Barzilai Teaching Award by the cardiology fellows in 2016, and the Hugh McCullough Award from the American Heart Association. In 2010, Dr Braverman was bestowed the E. Grey Dimond Take Wing Award from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is a Clinical Cardiologist and has a particular interest in diseases of the aorta, Marfan syndrome and hereditary aneurysm conditions. He is the Director of the Marfan Syndrome Clinic at Washington University in St. Louis and serves on the Professional Advisory Board and the Board of Directors of the Marfan Foundation. He has been awarded the Antoine Marfan Award from the Marfan Foundation in 2003. Dr Braverman is actively involved in clinical research on Marfan syndrome and related aortic diseases, including genetically triggered aortopathy, aortic dissection, and bicuspid aortic valve aortopathy. Marc RuelMarc RuelDr Marc Ruel is the Head and Chair of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Ottawa, Canada. A seasoned heart surgeon, innovator and researcher, Dr Ruel is widely credited with the development of minimally invasive multivessel coronary artery bypass surgery worldwide, and with furthering other minimally invasive cardiac techniques. He has led extensive research and clinical trials in coronary and heart valve surgery. Dr Ruel has published over 400 scientific papers and book chapters, is the recipient of numerous academic and community awards, and is featured as one of the ’Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery’. Dr Ruel is the President of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS), one of the most respected medical societies in the world. He is also the surgical Editor for the prestigious journal Circulation and the Canadian Director of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Peter H. StonePeter H. StonePeter H. Stone, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, USA, Director of the Vascular Profiling Research Group, a Co-Director of the Center for Clinical Investigation, and Senior Physician at Brigham & Women's Hospital, USA. Dr Stone's research interests are in evaluating and managing patients with acute and chronic coronary artery disease. He is using new in-vivo methodologies to identify areas where human coronary disease will progress to determine if pre-emptive therapeutic strategies may avert adverse cardiac events. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University, USA, and his Medical Degree from Cornell University, USA. He completed internal medicine training at the University of California, San Francisco, USA, and then did a clinical cardiology fellowship at Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, USA. He came to the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital as a Cardiology Research Fellow and he has remained at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is past President of the Boston Chapter of the American Heart Association, past President of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association.

Value Insider Season 1 Episode 5: What Other Aspects of Value May Be Relevant? (Societal Impact) [Podcast

What other aspects of value may be relevant? In this episode of the Value Insider podcast, host Mike Chambers speaks with Prof. Lou Garrison about the societal perspective on value of healthcare interventions. Prof. Garrison is Professor Emeritus in The Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics institute (CHOICE) in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Washington. Lou is past president of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) and he is currently co-chair of its Policy Outlook Committee. Going beyond the "conventional" elements of value assessment, Prof. Garrison highlights which additional impacts may be at play. He shares his concept of the "Value Flower", explaining elements such as insurance value and scientific spill-over.

Mortimer Mishkin (1926-2021).

Memorializes Mortimer Mishkin (1926-2021). A systems neuroscientist, Mishkin's most well-known contributions involve sensory neocortical processing systems for vision, audition, and somatic sensation, and their relationship with the formation and storage of memory systems in the brain; specifically, his discoveries (a) that the visual system extended beyond the primary visual area, (b) that the visual system was divided into two-the ventral and dorsal-processing streams (with Leslie Ungerleider), and (c) of the role of the medial temporal lobe in memory. Mishkin was on two dozen journal editorial boards and committees and was fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Medicine, American Psychological Association (APA), American Psychological Society (APS), and Society of Experimental Psychologists (SEP). He was also past President of the Society for Neuroscience (SN) and of the APA Division 6. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

What We Believe

What We Believe Diana Allan (bio), Monica Williams-McCullough (bio), and Casey L. Carter (bio) FROM THE PRESIDENT In my first column, I wrote of our exciting growth in numbers, financial resources, and understanding. Like childhood growth spurts or the adolescent changing voice, growth often can be confusing or even disorienting. That is why I think it is important to remind ourselves, periodically, what it is we believe. Individually, we believe that no matter where we teach—in our homes, in a studio, at a school; no matter what we teach—commercial music, classical, or musical theatre; no matter whom we teach—adults, teens, youth, or children, we are all teachers of singing working to the best of our abilities for the good of our students and our profession. But collectively, as NATS members, what is it that we truly believe? We Believe in Our Vision Transforming lives through the power of singing Our vision is simple. In the studio, we have all shared a "light bulb" moment with a student. It is exciting and transformative. NATS, through our programs and services, works to facilitate transformational experiences for both teachers and their students. Singing is powerful, but knowledge is power. Every NATS member has the opportunity to renew and add to their knowledge by participating in valuable professional development through NATS Chats, Mentoring Initiatives, NATSCasts, national, regional, and chapter workshops, national and regional conferences, the Live Learning Center, and the Journal of Singing. I encourage you to seek out a new professional development experience in the coming year. Maybe that new experience could be to join us on NATS's second Transatlantic Pedagogy Trip to England, June 1–12, 2023. Past President Karen Brunssen and I are organizing this trip, in collaboration with our Association of Teachers of Singing, UK (AOTOS) and European Voice Teachers Association (EVTA) colleagues. The trip will include a two day mini conference, mini presentations by NATS member trip participants who may make proposals to present, visits to Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Eton College, Guildford School of Acting, Cambridge, Windsor Castle, a West End show, and the opportunity to attend an opera. Karen and I are completely "chuffed" about the trip and would love for you to join us. Of course, we will find time for a High Tea. Interested? More information can be found at: nats.org/england2023 We Believe in Our Mission To advance excellence in singing through teaching, performance, scholarship, and research Our mission is also simple. As teachers of singing, we believe in advancing excellence in all aspects of singing and teaching. NATS is intent [End Page 137] on celebrating and supporting this excellence. It was my distinct pleasure to review all of the proposals that were submitted for the 2022 National Conference program. It was humbling and inspiring to recognize the breadth and depth of these excellent proposals from all corners of our association, which is only the tip of the NATS iceberg. As we expand globally through the formation of international chapters, we can celebrate NATS members throughout the world who are advancing excellence. We Believe in Our Ability to Accomplish Our Shared Goals We all have set goals and have encouraged our students to do the same. Belief in our goals and our ability to accomplish them is key to our success. NATS is no different. Through our strategic plan, NATS has set two overarching goals: 1) to advance the standing of NATS as the preferred professional organization for voice professionals by growing membership, building mutually beneficial strategic stakeholder relationships, and continuing to develop an outstanding portfolio of programs and services; and 2) to build organizational capacity to realize our goals by improving management practices and increasing financial resources. As reported to the NATS Board and the members in attendance at our conference this past summer, we have believed in this plan, put this belief into action, and are on track to accomplish our strategic goals by 2025. We Believe in Our Leaders As evidenced by our own country and world events, it is sometimes difficult to believe in leadership. Where NATS is concerned, I can strongly say that I believe in and trust our leadership...

LIS and Social Work: From Current Issues to a Collaborative Future

As Melanie Huggins, past President of the U.S. Public Library Association, stated, “I cannot think of a profession more aligned with public librarianship than social work” (Blassingame, 2021, n.p.), a sentiment reflected in many recent professional and scholarly publications. Given the similarities and shared values of Social Work (SW) and LIS, there is much support to “the rationale for adopting theoretical, practical, and pedagogical approaches” from SW in LIS (Dali, 2018, p. 84), and for professional blending more generally. Benefits associated with this alignment make LIS professionals better equipped to engage communities in an impactful way; conversely, they prepare social workers for understanding the roles of libraries in community life, information literacy, and the ethical use of technology.
 To facilitate this professional cross-pollination, a concerted effort needs to continue in both higher education and professional practice. The proposed panel discussion and accompanying interactive engagements will build on interdisciplinary narratives from practitioners, researchers, and educators in both fields: social work and LIS. The panel will delve into several current salient issues and propose a way into a collaborative future. The panelists will share their experience working, researching, and teaching at the intersection of SW and LIS while also engaging the audience through a series of interactive activities in small groups. These will be concluded with a general discussion. Panelists will take the lead reflecting on different aspects of the SW/LIS collaboration, as follows:
 
 Training models and professional boundaries: Lydia Ogden will discuss a model that includes training for library workers and onsite social workers, including an exploration of such issues as role definition; gray areas between the practice of librarians trained in crisis intervention and that of social workers; and the politics of negotiating interprofessional boundaries.
 Synergies and struggles: Charles Senteio will present examples of successful partnerships and opportunities to improve collaboration between social workers and librarians. He will share synergies in his work (e.g., placing social work students in public libraries) and discuss the areas that require further development (e.g., managing disparate priorities, cultural chasms, sustainability of collaborations, and seeking grants collaboratively).
 Librarians as essential workers: Rachel Williams will speak about the critical need to support librarians as essential service providers; the logistics of partnering with SW; and the issues of scarce funding, limited-term partnerships, and resulting disservice to both staff and patrons. She will examine a path to a sustainable collaborative future for this kind of work if one is viewed as essential for public libraries.
 Practical and philosophical aspects of collaboration: Noah Lenstra will share his current work with the SW Program at the University of North Carolina Greensboro to coordinate the placement of SW students at local libraries and his research on the expansion of SW-library partnerships, in collaboration with the South Carolina Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare.
 Beyond public libraries: Until now, the focus of SW/LIS collaboration has been on public libraries, partnerships, and populations in crisis. Switching gears, Keren Dali will speak about the potential contribution of SW to the education and professional practice of academic librarians, including advocacy efforts on campus, DEIA engagements, wellness and the “whole person” philosophy, organizational efficiency, and teaching information literacy.
 
 Panel structure:
 
 Panelists’ introductions; brief overviews of the chosen topics: 30 min
 Small group interactive engagements: 40 min
 General discussion on charting a collaborative future: 20 min
 
 All panelists have worked on the intersection of LIS and SW and bring unique perspectives and insight into the topic.

Recognizing Complexity in Our Changing Contexts: Centering What Matters in Comparative and International Education

Recognizing Complexity in Our Changing Contexts: Centering What Matters in Comparative and International Education

Moynihan Report Still Connected to Racist Practices in Psychiatry

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article ViewpointsFull AccessMoynihan Report Still Connected to Racist Practices in PsychiatryAnum Iqbal Baig, M.D., M.B.A., Ijeoma Ijeaku, M.D., M.P.H.Anum Iqbal BaigSearch for more papers by this author, M.D., M.B.A., Ijeoma IjeakuSearch for more papers by this author, M.D., M.P.H.Published Online:27 Sep 2022https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2022.10.10.36Daniel Moynihan, assistant secretary in the Department of Labor during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration, wrote a report in 1965 titled “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action,” better known as the Moynihan Report. According to an article in the June 24 Boston Review by Stephen Steinberg, Ph.D., distinguished emeritus professor at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, the Moynihan Report was written during the critical period when President Johnson planned to progress into “the next and more profound stage of the battle for civil rights” after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. Those two pieces of legislation desegregated American society and granted Blacks both civil and voting rights. Some observers have viewed the Moynihan Report as claiming that dysfunctional family structure and culture are the roots of Black poverty. We suggest that racist policies and institutional racism are responsible for inequities in the distribution of wealth and other socioeconomic commodities. As a result, these pervasive racist policies continue to have adverse effects on Black mental health.The Moynihan Report focuses on the “crumbling family structure and urban ghetto culture” in Black communities as fundamental causal factors of economic and health care disparities. While family structure can affect the economic status of Black households, it is only one of several social and political factors with such influence. Moynihan vaguely alludes to these factors by noting that “three centuries of injustice have brought about deep-seated structural distortions in the life of the Negro American.” He then states that “a national effort towards the problem of Negro Americans must be directed towards the question of family structure.” Thus, the report oversimplifies this explanation and shifts the focus away from continued racist policies and cultural practices, which were chiefly responsible for contributing to inadequate Black employment.The Moynihan Report’s findings are undermined by the flawed argument that the “tangle of pathologies” are direct consequences of dysfunctional family structure, rather than a contributing factor to Black poverty. He concludes the report by stating that the U.S. federal government can attempt to solve this problem by creating programs “enhancing the stability and resources of the Negro American family.” According to an article in the June 30, 2015, In These Times by Daniel Geary, Ph.D., M.A., the ambiguous language used in the Moynihan Report allows its use by some to justify racism and its resulting economic inequalities, leading to damaging consequences. Geary is the Mark Pigott Associate Professor of U.S. History at Trinity College Dublin.The Moynihan Report is relevant today because of the continued presence of unresolved sociopolitical and economic issues mentioned therein. These matters continue to promote racism via racist policies that result in racial and health care disparities for Black people. Policies that perpetuate racial violence result in mistrust of the legal, political, and health care systems, thus leading to reduced access to mental health care. According to an article by Tahmi Perzichilli, M.S., L.P.C.C., posted May 7, 2020, in Counseling Today, the pervasive fear and mistrust of the health care system arise from historical reasons including the creation of “drapetomania” as a treatable mental illness that caused enslaved Blacks to want freedom, deinstitutionalization, use of the criminal justice system to control Blacks, and scientific racism. The unresolved sociopolitical and economic issues discussed in the Moynihan Report can be addressed through the enactment of anti-racist policies in every sphere of the American experience. Anti-racist policies are necessary to improve the overall well-being of Blacks as well as their access to mental health care. ■Resources“The Moynihan Report: The Negro Family, the Case for National Action”“The Moynihan Report at Fifty”“The Moynihan Report Is Turning 50. Its Ideas on Black Poverty Were Wrong Then and Are Now”“The Historical Roots of Racial Disparities in the Mental Health System”Anum Iqbal Baig, M.D., M.B.A., is a PGY-4 psychiatry resident and chief resident at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. She is also a second-year APA/APAF Leadership Fellow and a member of the Southern California Psychiatric Society (SCPS) Diversity and Culture Committee.Ijeoma Ijeaku, M.D., M.P.H., is the immediate past president of the SCPS and chair of the Diversity and Culture Committee. She is also an associate clinical professor at UC Riverside School of Medicine. ISSUES NewArchived

Editorial introductions.

Current Opinion in Anesthesiology was launched in 1988. It is one of a successful series of review journals whose unique format is designed to provide a systematic and critical assessment of the literature as presented in the many primary journals. The fields of anesthesiology is divided into 16 sections that are reviewed once a year. Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading authority in the area, who identifies the most important topics at that time. Here we are pleased to introduce the Journal's Section Editors for this issue. SECTION EDITORS Anthony AbsalomAnthony AbsalomProf. Anthony Absalom studied medicine at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and underwent specialist training in East Anglia and Scotland in the UK. He is currently Professor of Anaesthesiology at the University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands. His clinical interests are procedural sedation, anaesthesia for neurosurgery, and intravenous anaesthesia techniques. His research interests are mostly in the domains of pharmacology and neuroscience. He is an editor of the British Journal of Anaesthesia, past President of the Society for Intravenous Anaesthesia, and a former vice-president of the World Society for Intravenous Anaesthesia. He is currently Chairman of the Neuroanaesthesia Section of the Dutch Association of Anaesthetists and past-Chair of the General Anaesthesia Scientific Sub-committee of the European Society of Anesthesiology. Ellen SoffinEllen SoffinEllen M. Soffin, MD, PhD is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA and an anesthesiologist at Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA. She is the Director of the Anesthesia-Spine Service, and Co-Director of the Hospital for Special Surgery's interdisciplinary spine research program. Dr Soffin earned her medical degree at King's College Medical School, London, UK and PhD in neuroscience at Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, UK, before moving to the United States. She completed residency training in anesthesiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA and a fellowship in regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery. Dr Soffin's research interests include evaluating the role and value of field and fascial plane blocks for the spine surgery patient; optimizing surgical outcomes using enhanced recovery pathways for total joint arthroplasty and spine surgery; and implementation of regulatory, institutional, and clinical strategies for opioid stewardship programs. She has published extensively on outcomes related to pathway-based care, regional analgesia techniques, and opioid-minimizing approaches to the perioperative care of the orthopedic surgery patient. Dr Soffin serves on the editorial board of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine and is the Section Editor, Acute Pain and Perioperative Care, for Journal of Pain Research. She is an active faculty member of American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the Society of Anesthesia & Sleep Medicine, where she is the co-chair of the research committee.

Value Insider Season 1 Episode 3: How Does Budget Impact and Affordability in Healthcare Work? (BI and Affordability) [Podcast

How does budget impact and affordability in healthcare work? In this episode of the Value Insider podcast, host Mike Chambers speaks with Prof. Sean Sullivan about affordability and budget impact for the "payers" of healthcare interventions. Prof. Sullivan is Dean of the University of Washington School of Pharmacy. He is past president of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) and served as chair of the health technology assessment (HTA) committee of US Health Insurer Premera Blue Cross, was part of the US Governmental Medicare coverage evidence committee and led the ISPOR Task Force on Methods for Conducting and Reporting Budget Impact Assessments. Prof. Sullivan explains how budget impact and affordability are intertwined and how this plays a role in decisions in the US, but also the rest of the world.

Claude D. Brunson, MD, MS, CPE, FASA, to Present 2022 Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture

Article| October 2022 Claude D. Brunson, MD, MS, CPE, FASA, to Present 2022 Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture Roy A. Winkler Roy A. Winkler Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor October 2022, Vol. 86, 21. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000890064.44364.f2 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Roy A. Winkler; Claude D. Brunson, MD, MS, CPE, FASA, to Present 2022 Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture. ASA Monitor 2022; 86:21 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000890064.44364.f2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: equity, leadership, mississippi, schools, medical Since its inception in 1962, the Emery A Rovenstine Memorial Lecture has been a bellwether event – a one-hour distillation of the most pressing issues of our time by a leader at the forefront of those issues. This October in New Orleans, Claude D. Brunson, MD, MS, CPE, FASA, becomes the next in a long succession of luminaries with his talk, “Demonstrating ASA's Leadership by Enhancing Our Relationships: How We Can Do DEI Better.” Dr. Brunson is currently Executive Director of the Mississippi State Medical Association (MSMA) and Professor Emeritus of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. He is a Past President of the MSMA (2014) and Mississippi Society of Anesthesiologists (1998). Dr. Brunson is the first and only African American to serve as MSMA President in that society's more than 160-year history. He is also the first and only African American to serve as its Executive Director. The... You do not currently have access to this content.

Interview with Jon Lauck

Interview with Jon Lauck

Contributors

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Collaboration between the FIP Young Pharmacists Group and Academic Pharmacy Section: What impact have we had on early career professionals?

The International Pharmaceutical Federation Young Pharmacists Group (FIP YPG) and the Academic Pharmacy Section (AcPS) have worked together within the FIP for many years. This paper describes the collaboration between the YPG and AcPS and the impact this has had on YPG members over the past few decades. The FIP YPG records were reviewed to extract information on past collaborations. YPG members were contacted to learn about how being a FIP member or being part of programmes organised by YPG-AcPS has impacted their careers. A historical perspective and growth in YPG-AcPS collaborations over the years, including testimonials from past and current AcPS presidents, are presented to highlight some of their collaborations. Recent initiatives described include the launch of the YPG-AcPS Leadership Development Workshop, AcPS leaders serving as mentors in the FIP YPG Mentorship Programme, joint FIP digital events, and AcPS members contributing to the FIP YPG 20 years report.

Gender equity in rheumatology leadership in the Asia-Pacific.

This study aimed to explore gender equity in rheumatology leadership in the Asia-Pacific region as represented by the member national organizations (MNOs) of the Asia-Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR). We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional review of gender representation among the presidents of MNOs of APLAR in April 2022. We used the official website of each organization to acquire names and terms in the office of current and past presidents of each organization. The binary gender of each president was estimated using the name-to-gender inference platform Gender API (https://gender-api.com/). Proportions of male and female presidents were estimated for each organization. Data were compared for presidencies commencing before and in/after the year 2000. We found a significant gap in gender parity, with most presidents in the region being men (210 of 252, 83%). More than one-third (7 of 19, 36.8%) of the MNOs had all male presidents, although the proportion of women improved from 7 to 25% in/after 2000 (P = 0.0002). A statistically significant increase in female representation was observed in Australia (P = 0.0268, from 7 to 39%) and New Zealand (P = 0.0011, where the proportion of female presidents increased from 0 to 45%), but not in other countries. A significant gap in gender parity exists in rheumatology leadership in the MNOs of APLAR. Trends suggest improvement over the last two decades, although statistically significant improvement is limited to a small number of countries.

Ageism Takes Toll on Physical, Mental Health

Ageism Takes Toll on Physical, Mental Health

IEEE PELS SBC at Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi Observes PELS Day [Society News

IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Student Branch Chapter (SBC) Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University, New Delhi, India, and JMI student branch jointly organized a virtual panel discussion on the topic “Power Electronics-Reliability, Artificial Intelligence (AI) are future research directions.” The event was organized on 21 June 2022 on the occasion of PELS Day ( <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Figure 1</xref> ), which was celebrated all across the world. The panelist was distinguished world renowned professors in the area of power electronics and green energy. They included Prof. Frede Blaabjerg, past president of PELS and IEEE Fellow, Prof. Huai Wang of Aalborg University, Denmark, Prof. Saad Mekhilef, the University of Malaya, Malaysia, and IEEE Fellow, Prof. Rajesh Kuma, MNIT, Jaipur, India, Dr. Sreenivas Karanki, Head, IEEE PELS India Committee, IIT Bhubaneswar, and Dr. Ahteshamul Haque, faculty advisor IEEE PELS SBC and branch counsellor JMI.