… keeping her balance.   “Time to let go of my hand,” said Dr. Prue Plummer , a professor of physical therapy and Multiple Sclerosis specialist at the Department … LaSpina close her eyes, stand on two feet, and turn her torso side to side with a weighted ball. By closing her eyes, LaSpina couldn’t use her vision to help with … in people with the condition.  LaSpina has been receiving an infusion of Tysabri – a disease-modifying therapy drug to contain the underlying inflammation – every six …

… A Night to Remember: Community Gathers to Honor the Founder of the Marjorie Nicholas … A Night to Remember: Community Gathers to Honor the Founder of the Marjorie Nicholas … Last Thursday evening, the MGH Institute’s 1CW Conference Center was filled with a grateful atmosphere. Family, faculty, staff, students, and clients gathered to … Marjorie Nicholas Leaves a Legacy Nicholas, who likes to say she only “helped get things started,” has shaped and grown the Aphasia Center exponentially.   What …

… becomes patient during recent Caldwell Lecture Healthcare professionals know a lot about caring for patients, but what happens when the patient is a healthcare professional? That was the question considered during the recent Ann W. … piece of what is the language and how are they hearing it. I like that as a way to get their understanding and that’s a helpful jumping off point for what’s possibly …

… for all entry level programs, and the Interprofessional Dedicated Education Units, a clinical education experience at Massachusetts General Hospital. It also … next.  What did you want to focus on when you became dean?  The IHP has always had a very strong commitment to interprofessional education and practice, and the dean's … strategic leadership to these efforts.    When I started, we pulled together as a CIEP team to think about what we were doing across the various CIEP programming. …