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The Star
a day ago
- Health
- The Star
Foundation gifts RM5mil for university chair in health research
The Jeffrey Cheah Foundation (JCF) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) to establish the Tan Sri Sir Jeffrey Cheah Distinguished Chair at the Faculty of Medicine, UKM. Held at the university's Auditorium Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, the signing ceremony was observed by UKM vice-chancellor Prof Dr Sufian Jusoh and Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah, founder and trustee of the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation as well as the founder and chancellor of Sunway University. The agreement marks a new chapter in JCF and UKM's longstanding institutional collaboration, leveraging both parties' strengths to drive local and regional innovation in medical, healthcare education and research. This partnership will see the foundation contribute RM5mil to encourage the production of joint research outputs in medical and healthcare, the establishment of incubation centres and advanced instrumentation provision. The collaboration will also support initiatives focused on student and staff development, such as student mobility programmes, staff exchanges, online learning opportunities, and scholarship offerings. Beyond research and academia, programmes related to social welfare and sustainability will be developed alongside initiatives to promote public knowledge through workshops, lectures, short courses, and publications. Cheah said: 'This is a truly meaningful occasion for Sunway University and the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation. 'UKM is the first Malaysian public university where we are endowing a Tan Sri Sir Dr Jeffrey Cheah professorship. 'It is my hope that by doing so, we can pave the way for UKM to become a valued member of the many active partnerships we have established with world-renowned universities. 'The more educational institutions that we can incorporate into this ecosystem, the more profound the benefits for our nation and our Malaysian students and researchers.' In his speech, Prof Sufian said: 'This collaboration does not only broaden the visibility and effectiveness of our research activities, but it also enhances the quality of teaching and learning, and the university's engagement with communities in need.'
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Heart Failure Society of America and American Society for Preventive Cardiology Joint Statement Calls for a Shift in Heart Failure Prevention and Care
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Heart failure affects more than 6 million Americans and is projected to reach over 11 million by 2050. Despite therapeutic advances, nearly 1 in 4 patients are readmitted within 30 days of discharge and 1 in 5 dies within a year. The economic burden exceeds $30 billion annually, representing a growing national health crisis, one that demands a new approach. For the first time, a joint scientific statement from the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC) places prevention at the forefront of heart failure care, marking a pivotal shift in how the field approaches the disease. Jointly published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure (JCF) and the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, "The Continuum of Prevention and Heart Failure in Cardiovascular Medicine" provides an integrated framework of preventive strategies across all stages of heart failure, regardless of ejection fraction, from risk identification in healthy individuals to secondary prevention in those with established disease, and even tertiary strategies in patients with advanced therapies such as LVADs or heart transplants. The statement reframes heart failure as a preventable condition rather than an inevitable outcome, calling for clinicians to identify and manage risk factors earlier, even decades before symptoms arise. For patients, this means heart failure prevention begins not in the hospital, but at routine health visits, through strategies like blood pressure control, glucose management, weight loss, genetic risk screening, and lifestyle interventions. This is the first national roadmap to formally link preventive cardiology with heart failure management, emphasizing a collaborative, multidisciplinary model. "This is a wake-up call for the field," said Martha Gulati, MD, MS, co-lead author. "We need to break down silos between preventive cardiology and heart failure care and create seamless strategies to identify and manage risk earlier. This needs to be a part of cardiovascular disease prevention." "Prevention in heart failure isn't a phase—it's a mindset. It applies not only before the onset of disease but continues after diagnosis and even following heart replacement therapy. At every stage, prevention ensures we care for the whole person, not just the failing heart," added Anuradha Lala, MD, co-chair. "This joint statement equips clinicians with a roadmap for early intervention, team-based care, and emerging tools to improve outcomes." Key Highlights from the Statement: Expanded Focus on Risk Factors: Emphasizes both traditional risks, such as hypertension, diabetes, and obesity, and emerging drivers including sex-specific (e.g., hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, premature menopause), genetic, environmental, and social determinants of health. Lifespan-Based Prevention Framework: Advocates for prevention strategies across all stages of heart failure, from at-risk individuals to those with advanced therapies. Use of Innovative Tools: Supports incorporation of biomarkers, polygenic risk scores, and AI-based models to improve early detection and risk stratification. Team-Based Care Models: Promotes multidisciplinary collaboration across specialties to deliver coordinated, preventive cardiovascular care. Holistic Approach to Prevention: Stresses the role of lifestyle, nutrition, cardiac rehab, psychological health, and equity-driven care in improving outcomes. The statement urges institutions and clinicians to adopt a prevention-first mindset to curb the growing burden of heart failure. The Continuum of Prevention and Heart Failure in Cardiovascular Medicine: A Joint Statement from the Heart Failure Society of America and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology is available online in the JCF at In addition to reviewing the guidance found within The Continuum of Prevention and Heart Failure in Cardiovascular Medicine: A Joint Statement from the Heart Failure Society of America and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology, clinicians can use the Top Take-Home Messages slide deck, designed by the statement's lead author, as a quick reference guide, available on the website. View all HFSA published scientific statements, guidelines and other clinical documents. About the Heart Failure Society of America The Heart Failure Society of America, Inc. (HFSA) represents the first organized effort by heart failure experts from the Americas to provide a forum for all those interested in heart function, heart failure, and congestive heart failure (CHF) research and patient care. The mission of HFSA is to provide a platform to improve and expand heart failure care through collaboration, education, innovation, research, and advocacy. HFSA members include physicians, scientists, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, trainees, other healthcare workers and patients. For more information, visit About the Journal of Cardiac Failure The Journal of Cardiac Failure (JCF) publishes the highest quality science in the field of heart failure with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, mentorship, multidisciplinary partnerships, and patient-centeredness. Published papers span original investigator-initiated work to state-of-the-art reviews, guidelines and scientific statements, expert perspectives, early career and trainee spotlight pieces, patient and patient-partner narratives. JCF also emphasizes the power of language and prioritizes innovative approaches to dissemination of published work to reach and impact the broader heart failure community. About the American Society for Preventive Cardiology When the ASPC was founded in 1985, its members were academic physicians and educators, including frequent recipients of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Preventive Cardiology Academic Award (PCAA). The organization's goals were to develop programs that enhanced basic and clinical education, and to initiate and expand interdisciplinary clinical services and research initiatives in preventive cardiology. In 2009, the goals of the organization became broader. Membership has grown to more than 1,400 academic and clinical practitioners as the ASPC seeks to represent the increasingly multidisciplinary group of health care providers (including physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, dieticians, and other allied health care specialists) along with researchers who share an interest in and passion for preventive cardiology. The mission of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology is to provide a framework for the educational interests of health care providers to promote the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. The specific goals of the organization are to organize and conduct professional educational programs to emphasize the processes of risk factor identification and intervention based on the most rigorous basic, clinical, and population science. Objectives to achieve these goals include stand-alone CME/CE and non-CME/CE programs on CVD prevention, and partnerships with other professional groups to present and promote CME/CE and non-CME/CE programs on CVD prevention and to enhance opportunities for preventive cardiology at all levels of professional development. Media Contact: Laura Poko, 301-798-4493, ext. 226, lpoko@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Heart Failure Society of America
BBC News
16-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
New initiative aims to strengthen 15 Jersey charities
A new programme helping to strengthen health and social care charities in Jersey has been Community Foundation (JCF) said its Impact Accelerator Programme, with support from PwC Channel Islands, brings together 15 leading charities to collaborate on strategies for long-term Tuesday, 50 third sector leaders and stakeholders gathered at the National Trust Jersey Cafe for the launch of the programme, where they examined the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats charities faced on the island. Ali Cambray from PwC Channel Islands, said the programme helped charities provide a basis for attracting future and longer-term funding. "By embracing a data-driven mindset and by sharing resources and a vision for the sector, we believe this group of charities can help shape a stronger, more resilient future for social care in Jersey," she said. 'Broader movement' Mind Jersey, Les Amis, Dementia Jersey, Family Nursing and Home Care, Brighter Futures, FREEDA and Enable Jersey are just some of the charities taking part in the executive of Family Nursing and Home Care Rosemarie Finley described the event as Finley said: "The opportunity to come together, share insights and agree a common vision reminded us all that while we are individual charities, we're also part of a broader movement. "With the right support and evidence base, we stand in much better stead to secure the funding needed to meet Jersey's growing care." JCF said the new programme began following the Value of the Third Sector report last year, which revealed the charitable sector on Jersey contributed more than £230m annually to the local also revealed the sector employed 3,400 people, 12% of the workforce on the island, and mobilised more than 5,800 volunteers. "Despite this, nearly 37% of charities report operating with less than three months' reserves, making financial sustainability a top priority," the foundation chief executive Anna Terry added: "By helping charities articulate their value more clearly and encouraging collaboration across the sector, we're laying the groundwork for more sustainable long-term funding – both from private donors and government."
BBC News
22-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
States to decide on lottery funds for Jersey Sport
The States Assembly is set to decide on the redistribution of £857,410 from the Channel Islands Lottery proceeds to include Jersey Sport. Since 2020, the proceeds have been successfully managed by the Association of Jersey Charities (AJC) and the Jersey Community Foundation (JCF), supporting numerous local charities and organisations including the sports funding distribution to Jersey Sport is being proposed to reduce administrative costs and provide better access for sporting organisations to seek support, according to a proposition to the Jersey Sport and the JCF which has funded sport, support this transfer, the proposition said. Under the new allocation plan:50% (£428,705) will go to the AJC, solely for registered charities.30% (£257,223) will be directed to the JCF, with funds split between arts, culture, heritage (65-75%), and applied sciences or research (25-35%).20% (£171,482) will be allocated to Jersey Sport to support sports and active lifestyles.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Oshkosh legislators to continue pursuit of full Municipal Services Payment program funding
OSHKOSH – Residents will likely continue subsidizing the cost of city-provided services for state-owned property exempt from property taxes. The Wisconsin Legislature won't be increasing funding to the Municipal Services Payment program after the Joint Finance Committee removed Gov. Tony Evers' proposal from the state biennial budget June 13. The decision means the state will continue to significantly underfund the program at 37.62%, just more than half of Evers' recent resolution of 72%. Dig deeper: Hintz doesn't expect state to boost Municipal Services Payment Program funding despite Evers, Oshkosh proposals The MSP program reimburses municipalities for police, fire and waste management services to property tax-exempt, state-owned facilities like UW-Oshkosh and the Oshkosh Correctional Institution. Oshkosh receives just more than $1 million from the MSP, but the city has around $900 million worth of state-owned property, putting it as the third-largest holder of such facilities in Wisconsin behind Madison and Milwaukee. As a result, taxpayers are left to make up the shortfall. In his recent biennial budget, Evers proposed adding a further $17 million to the MSP's current budget of $18.6 million, which would see the state funding the program at 72%. Oshkosh's common council recently passed a resolution asking the state legislature to fully fund the MSP at 100%, prompting a similar motion on the floor at the Joint Finance Committee. But the issue has seemingly become a partisan one, with the motion being shot down via a 12-4 vote after all 12 Republicans on the GOP-controlled JCF opposed the funding increase. This follows a recent workshop held last month with the Oshkosh Common Council during which State Rep. Nate Gustafson (R-55) said he couldn't commit to supporting the city's resolution of having the state fully fund the MSP. State Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R-19) was not present at the workshop but also would not commit to the resolution in a subsequent email to the Northwestern. In contrast, State Sen. Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (D-18) and State Rep. Lori Palmeri (D-54) said they would put forward a standalone bill if Evers' proposal failed. "The citizens of Oshkosh are being taken advantage of,' Dassler-Alfheim told the Northwestern in an interview following the JCF vote. 'It is the state's obligation to pay for their resources that are located here in Oshkosh, so the governor asked for 72% and I would have hoped for a compromise maybe at 50%, but instead we got no increase.' Emails to Cabral-Guevara and Gustafson asking about the apparent partisan nature of the MSP issue were not immediately returned. "There is nothing political about protecting the taxpayers of Oshkosh from footing the bill for services provided by municipalities to state facilities," Dassler-Alfheim said. Read more: State legislators support Oshkosh's resolution for state to fully fund Municipal Services Payment program Created in 1973, the MSP program is supposed 'to make equitable annual payment to municipalities,' yet the state hasn't fully funded it since 1981. According to a budget summary from the JFC, the highest percentage of entitlement cost covered over the last two decades was 88.1% in 2005. MSP funding was reduced for both the 2009-11 and 2011-13 budgets, with the current funding of $18.6 million being set since 2011. Despite Evers' proposal being removed from the state budget, Oshkosh may still have hopes for seeing increased state funding to the MSP. The proposal could be drafted and introduced in either the Assembly or the Senate as a standalone bill in the same language used in Oshkosh's resolution. But that bill would likely have to be referred to the same Joint Finance Committee that removed Evers' line in the budget and voted against the motion for the legislature to fully fund the MSP. 'This is falling on the backs of Oshkosh citizens and that's inappropriate, so I will keep fighting for them,' Dassler-Alfheim told the Northwestern Oshkosh City Manager Rebecca Grill explained the Joint Finance Committee's decision only further compounds the city's 2026 budget process, which starts with a budget deficit of over $3 million. Common council member DJ Nichols then made comments suggesting Oshkosh could contemplate legal action. "All options are on the table," Nichols told the Northwestern. "If the legislative branch can't solve this, maybe it's time to explore if the judicial branch can provide any relief — not just for Oshkosh, but for each of the over 360 municipalities that the JFC has betrayed." In a post on his official Facebook page, Nichols' fellow common council member Kris Larson took further issue with the situation seemingly becoming a partisan issue. 'MSP is a PERFECT example of something that all of your reps should be pushing for, for YOU, as it directly benefits YOU (and would benefit their communities ... which is literally their job),' Larson wrote. 'YOUR ability to pay the most fair property tax rate should not have anything to do with whether your representatives have an R or a D after their name ... but on this subject, it does.' The 2025-27 biennial state budget is slated to pass July 1. Contact Justin Marville at jmarville@ and follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @justinmarville. 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