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Public health champion

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Lucy Marion, RN, Ph.D., FAAN, has been dean of the Medical College of Georgia Nursing School in Augusta since 2004. She left a faculty position at a nationally recognized community-based academic health center in Chicago to take a job closer to her family and roots. Full Article

An Ounce of Prevention

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Last month, Susan Gaunt visited a seniors apartment complex to talk to residents about strokes. As the neuroscience clinical nurse specialist at Gwinnett Health System's stroke unit, part of her mission is to raise community awareness about strokes. She makes presentations and conducts screenings at churches, civic organizations and corporations to help people determine their risk factors. Full Article