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PainCare recently awarded a scholarship to Spaulding High School student Emily Benway so she can attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine in Boston.Courtesy photo

SOMERWSORTH PainCare recently awarded a $2,195 scholarship to Spaulding High School student Emily Benway so she may attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine in Boston.

Benway was nominated to attend the forum by Wendy Hendryx of Spaulding High School based on her academic excellence, leadership potential and interest in a career in medicine. She earned a $500 scholarship through the leadership program, and PainCare is pleased to help her the rest of the way.

The National Youth Leadership Forum is dedicated to preparing the nation's future physicians for the opportunities and responsibilities that lie ahead. Benway and her fellow students will have the opportunity to participate in intensive concentrations at Boston's technologically advanced medical institutions, where they can study diagnostic tools and specific medical specialties in detail. Benway will receive college credit through forum partner, George Mason University.

"It is with pride and purpose that we support Emily in this unique educational opportunity," said Dr. Michael O'Connell, CEO of PainCare. "With the supreme challenges facing the medical field, we must generate health care professionals who understand how to most efficiently and effectively treat patients and also emphasize prevention as the optimal means of reducing the health-care costs for our nation."

For more about the National Youth Leadership of Medicine, visit http://www.nylf.org/MED. For more information about PainCare, visit PainMD.com.

PORTSMOUTH New Hampshire's second annual Komen Race for the Cure, a 5K run or walk and Kids Fun Run to benefit the Vermont-New Hampshire Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, returns to Strawbery Banke Museum on May 11.

Race organizers are seeking local and statewide sponsors. Sponsorship can be in the form of cash or in-kind donations at all levels.

Classic Cutters, a hair salon on Albany Street, will sponsor the New Hampshire Race's first Survivor Tent. The salon uses and sells only natural, non-carcinogenic and all-organic hair products and offers complimentary styling, coloring and cutting of cancer victim's wigs.

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Applicant sees potential in medical studies

3/30/2013

As Robert McGehee, graduate school dean at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Ark., greeted students, staff and community members Friday, he was thankful so many attended the final of five public forums in the College of Coastal Georgia's presidential search.

"The path you guys have been on for the last five years is nothing short of amazing," he said.

Having been involved in the science and medical fields for a long time, as well at the director of the Arkansas Biosciences Institution, McGehee feels he would be a positive force in the college's growing medical endeavors.

"You also have a fairly new pre-professional medical degree program I could work with as well as helping bridge the gap and set up connections to institutions like Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia, establishing a great reputation with excellent students for the medical colleges across the state."

McGehee shared with the attendees of the forum that his management style would be inclusive, open door and very candid.

He acknowledged he lacked experience in some areas but stressed it wouldn't mean programs would be put on the shelf if he were to become the college's president.

"I love the arts and humanities, but I have a weakness there. However, I know how to work with people who do know what they're talking about so I can understand and comprehend what's needed and in what direction all of the stakeholders involved would like to go," McGehee said.

McGehee is the last of five candidates to address the college the past two weeks. Others included Bennie Harris, vice president for development and alumni relations at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn.; Beth Weatherby, vice president for academic and student affairs at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minn.; Gregory Aloia, president of Concord University in Athens, W.Va.; and Bruce Murphy, vice president for academic affairs at U.S. Air Force's Air University in Montgomery, Ala.

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Applicant sees potential in medical studies

When Thai Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt met a group of Australian journalists on a balmy Bangkok afternoon recently, he was quick to offer a share tip to visitors.

''You should buy stocks in Cochlear,'' said Dr Sittipunt, a MIT-educated engineering professor who spent 18 months in Australia 10 years ago as a researcher at the CSIRO.

The tip was as much personal as financial. Sittipunt's son had his hearing restored by an Australian medical expert with the aid of a Cochlear implant. He is a believer in the Australian technology, which he said had ''changed the lives of many people''.

As Transport Minister, Sittipunt is overseeing one of the largest infrastructure projects in the country's history, worth $67 billion. He is also one of many south-east Asian political and business elites with ties to Australia.

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These Australian alumni can be found in the corridors of power across the region, from the presidential palace in Singapore to executive suites in Bangkok.

Even Maha Vajiralongkorn, the future King of Thailand, is a product of the famous old King's School in Sydney and the Royal Military College at Duntroon.

Brian Rogers, an Australian automotive executive based in Bangkok, said Thai alumni from Geelong Grammar could be found in many senior business positions in the country.

Together, these people form a crucial nexus linking Australia with the world's most economically dynamic region.

However, it is not clear whether the government or the business community is making best use of this valuable human asset, which is dwindling as the younger generation of Asian leaders turn to better known universities in the US and Europe for education.

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Old school ties key to Australia's role