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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 7-Oct-2025 07:11 ET (7-Oct-2025 11:11 GMT/UTC)

State school finance reforms increased racial and ethnic funding inequities, new study finds

American Educational Research Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

State school finance reforms designed to close funding gaps between high- and low-income districts did not reduce racial and ethnic funding inequities and in some cases increased them, according to new research.

Journal: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Childhood traumatic events and transgender identity are strongly associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors in university students

IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The university stage, particularly its beginning, is a time of tension and emotional stress for young students-many of whom are under the age of 20. This is a group in which suicidal ideation has increased significantly in recent years, surpassing the general population. The study, part of the World Mental Health International College Student Initiative led by Harvard University, invited nearly 73,000 students from 71 universities in eighteen countries to participate. It is the most comprehensive study conducted to date on this population. Experiencing traumatic events during childhood and having parents with mental health disorders are the main risk factors for suicidal behavior. In addition, transgender students are 2.4 times more likely to experience suicidal thoughts than other students.

Journal: Psychiatry Research

Key components for promoting recovery colleges globally

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Journal Center

Recovery colleges (RCs) support personal recovery through education, skill development and social support for people with mental health problems, carers and staff. Guided by co-production and adult learning principles, RCs represent a recent mental health innovation. Since the first RC opened in England in 2009, RCs have expanded to 28 countries and territories. However, most RC research has been conducted in Western countries with similar cultural characteristics, limiting understanding of how RCs can be culturally adapted. The 12-item Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing (RECOLLECT) Fidelity Measure (RFM) evaluates the operational fidelity of RCs based on 12 components, but cultural influences on these components remain underexplored. The authors aimed to assess associations between Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and RFM items to identify cultural influences on fidelity components.

Journal: General Psychiatry

Misconceptions keep some cancer patient populations from benefitting from hormone therapy

The Menopause Society
Peer-Reviewed Publication

CLEVELAND, Ohio (September 10, 2025)—Despite evidence suggesting the safety of hormone therapy for patients with a history of low-grade endometrial or epithelial ovarian cancer, a new survey shows that many gynecologists and some gynecologic oncologists are still uncomfortable prescribing the therapy for this patient population. This indicates a need for more clinician education to help overcome lingering misconceptions. Results of the survey are published online today in Menopause, the journal of The Menopause Society.

Journal: Menopause

Taking the pulse of digital health in Asia

Communications and Institutional Research Office, City University of Hong Kong
Business Announcement

HONG KONG (9 September 2025)—Advancing digital healthcare innovation across the region is the key driver behind Digital Health Asia 2025, organised by Times Higher Education (THE) in partnership with City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) and the Institute of Digital Medicine (IDM).

Carlos Collet, MD, Ph.D., joins CRF® as director, cardiovascular imaging, physiology and translational therapeutics

Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Business Announcement

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation^® (CRF^®) is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Carlos Collet as Director, Cardiovascular Imaging, Physiology and Translational Therapeutics. A globally recognized interventional cardiologist and imaging expert, Dr. Collet will spearhead efforts to accelerate the integration of cutting-edge research into clinical practice, elevate CRF^®’s academic contributions, and expand its global leadership in cardiovascular education. His work will unify translational science, technological innovation, and education to advance CRF^®’s mission.

Indiana University and Instructure receive NSF funding to develop TOPSAIL, the first-of-its-kind infrastructure for testing AI tools in education

Indiana University
Grant and Award Announcement

In fields ranging from cybersecurity to autonomous vehicles testbeds provide realistic environments where innovations can be safely piloted before widespread deployment. TOPSAIL, developed by Indiana University and leading educational technology company Instructure and funded through a planning grant from the National Science Foundation, will bring this proven methodology to education research for the first time, creating infrastructure that enables research teams to conduct pilot evaluations in authentic classrooms responsibly, rigorously, and rapidly.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

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