Lisa Hall

Oct 29, 2024 | news.giving.ncsu.edu | Lisa Hall

Medical bills not covered by insurance. Moving expenses when a home became unsafe. Sudden changes in a family’s financial situation. These are the kinds of emergencies that can derail the academic pursuits of NC State students. For international students — who face additional hurdles to financing their education, while living far away from key support systems — such challenges can escalate even more quickly.

Sep 21, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Lisa Hall |Amanda Cook |Julie Cullenward |Donna Ambler

Clinicians who provide outreach services to remote communities often encounter barriers to engaging with local people.1, 2 Factors contributing to poor engagement include unwelcoming health settings, inflexible approaches to service delivery, a sense of alienation, poor understanding of services and referral pathways, long wait lists, inadequate care coordination and mistrust of mainstream health care.1-3 However, there are effective ways of working with people in remote communities, which...

Sep 18, 2024 | apg-wi.com | Lisa Hall

It’s been 12 weeks since we adopted our dog, Chase, from the Northwoods Humane Society, so I thought I would give you an update. After a very rocky start, he is settling in beautifully. About a month after we got him, we puppy-proofed the entryway and he mastered the pet doors, so now he has access to a 700 sq. ft. kennel anytime he wants, except at night as we still crate him. This was a game changer with his high energy level! With this setup, we don’t have to crate him anymore when we’re gone.

Sep 3, 2024 | news.giving.ncsu.edu | Lisa Hall

Three-time alumnus and former NC State Board of Trustees chair Dr. James Owens and his wife, Kathrine, have made a $2 million gift commitment to NC State as part of Celebrating Transformation, a philanthropic initiative launched recently to honor the university’s upward trajectory under Chancellor Randy Woodson. Woodson, who became NC State’s 14th chancellor in April 2010, in July announced his intention to retire at the close of his current contract, which ends June 30, 2025.

Feb 2, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Lisa Hall |Michelle Li |Roshini Gunewardena |Gabrielle Drum

Background Proton-beam therapy (PBT) is a cutting-edge radiation therapy modality available in only 95 facilities globally as of today.1 The conformity of radiation dose to tumours achievable with proton-beams can result in less radiation to healthy tissues, compared to standard photon radiation therapy (XRT).2 As such, PBT has the potential to improve long-term health outcomes for children, adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer, and adults with difficult-to-treat cancers.3 Across...