JMIR Publications released five feature News and Perspectives articles on the state of digital scholarship and clinical practice.

Researchers from Drexel University are exploring music therapy as a way to better understand what cancer survivors are going through and help them to manage post-treatment challenges and long-term mental health concerns, such as anxiety, depression and isolation.

Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering and School of Medicine have launched a new NIH-funded T32 program pairing bioengineering postdocs with neurosurgery residents on team-based research across areas like epilepsy, stroke, and movement disorders. Co-directed by Aaron Batista and Jorge González-Martínez, the program aims to bridge the long-standing gap between engineering labs and operating rooms, with postdocs shadowing surgeries and residents getting lab experience under engineering mentors. This program is the first of its kind in the country to formally integrate neurosurgery and bioengineering around research and education. This creates a unique platform for innovation while establishing a new model for training the next generation of leaders at the intersection of neuroscience, engineering, and clinical care.

Researchers at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, spent time with New Roots, a program in Kansas City that works with resettled refugees, immigrants and English language learners. They found that the program that teaches sustainable agriculture in an urban setting provides an alternative to "company jobs," while improving physical and mental health of participants while teaching lessons on farming and American business practices, including sales, taxes, insurance and more.

UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center and health system of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio), has named nationally recognized blood cancer and cellular therapy expert Georg Aue, MD, PhD, MBA, the director of the Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program at the Mays Cancer Center, the only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Cancer Center in South Texas. He will also serve as the inaugural director of the Mary and Bill Henrich Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Unit at UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital, chief of the Section of Cellular Therapies and co-director of the Cellular Therapy Research Center.