Press Releases
This portion of Cooperhealth.org provides a selection of press releases and news articles which profile Cooper employees, programs and new procedures. An overview of Cooper University Hospital's facilities and services can be found in our fact sheet, accessible from the menu on the left.
If you are a member of the press and are interested in obtaining more information on any of these stories, please call the Public Relations Department at (856) 382-6449.
Recent Press Releases
| 6/23/2008 | Cooper Research Institute Announces New Administrative Director
Cooper University Hospital announces the appointment of Harry Mazurek, Ph.D., as Administrative Director of the Cooper Research Institute. Dr. Mazurek will lead the Institute as it leverages shared resources throughout the Cooper Health System to grow sponsored research. (more) |
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| 6/13/2008 | St. Joseph’s Carpenter Society and Cooper Unveil Rehabbed Homes in Cooper Neighborhood
Six houses in the 600 block of Benson Street, immediately across the street from the Cooper University Hospital emergency room, have been rehabilitated and will be sold to families. (more) |
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| 6/12/2008 | Cooper Receives New Jersey Smart Growth Award
This award recognizes the positive impact that Cooper’s expansion and vision plan has made on Camden’s revitalization effort.
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| 5/12/2008 | May is National Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month
The long-standing designation represents a partnership among American Association of Critical Care Nurses, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Association for Respiratory Care. (more) |
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| 5/12/2008 | Cooper Researchers Receive Coveted Grant from the National Institutes of Health to Study Novel Treatment for Sepsis
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected Cooper University Hospital physician and researcher Stephen W. Trzeciak, M.D., M.P.H., to receive one of the coveted Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Awards (K23) for his research into a novel treatment for sepsis. (more) |
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| 5/6/2008 | Could Needle Pricks be a Past Time for Lead Testing?
Researchers at The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper University Hospital recently launched a clinical trial to detect levels of lead in children through a new type of test using saliva instead of blood. (more) |
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| 4/22/2008 | Young Colon Cancer Mom Gives Back
Jamie Romano a resident of Williamstown, N.J. and patient at Cooper Cancer Institute recently held a fundraising event and presented Cooper Cancer Institute with a $10,000 donation. (more) |
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| 4/3/2008 | Renowned Cooper Physician Earns Prestigious Courage to Lead Award
Carolyn Bekes, M.D., Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at Cooper University Hospital and Professor of Medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is one of only three recipients nationally to recently receive the 2008 Courage to Lead Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. (more) |
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| 3/26/2008 | The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper Joins National Network of Children’s Hospitals
The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper was recently accepted into The National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI). (more) |
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| 3/13/2008 | Coriell Institute and Cooper University Hospital Launch Partnership in Pioneering Delaware Valley Personalized Medicine Project
Imagine finding out you have an increased risk of developing diabetes over the next 20 years and that, armed with this information, you could change your current lifestyle to help ward off the disease. Well, now you can. (more) |
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