"What's My Research?" with Joe Harrison and Kris Himmerick

Please join us on Thursday, November 14th, from noon to 1 pm in the Yosemite Classroom (1st floor of the Library) for “What’s My Research?” featuring Dr. Joe Harrison (Chemistry) and Dr. Kris Himmerick (School of Health Sciences). Dr. Harrison will cover current advances in the protein engineering field, including a description of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Then he will discuss projects in his lab and describe how they are engineering proteins with new functions. Dr. Himmerick will be speaking on The Republic of Ireland and how they are experiencing physician shortages and unprecedented patient wait times. Physician Assistants/Associates (PAs) have been proposed as a part of the solution. In support of this health workforce strategy, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) initiated the first physician associate master’s program in Ireland in 2016.2 Understanding the integration of PAs into healthcare teams is crucial to the future success of PAs in the country. This study aims to fill this gap by exploring how Irish-trained PAs are integrating into healthcare teams from the viewpoints of PAs as well as their team members.