Cambridge, MA (March 6, 2009) – Vida Health Communications, Inc. has received confirmation from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) that they will be funding our first ever SBIR Fast Track application.
Building on preliminary work with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and The Medical Foundation, Vida will produce and evaluate [...]
Cambridge, MA (March 6, 2009) – Continuing Education Units are now available for Vida’s Focus on the Brain Parts 1 & 2! The CEU’s are provided by Philips Children’s Medical Ventures. Upon completion of this online evaluation a certificate can be printed directly from the site. The CEU’s will be stored for two years. Nursing [...]
Cambridge, MA (March 6, 2009) – When Vida first started, VHS was a new technology and we actually filmed programs on…wait for it…film! VHS gave way to DVD and though the technologies differed, the distribution mechanism remained largely the same.
Today, the Internet has redefined how media are disseminated. More than that, it has changed [...]
Cambridge, MA (March 6, 2009) – As a leader in the professional and patient education fields, Vida has witnessed the dramatic changes in information and information delivery. To continue to effectively offer authoritative, well researched and engaging educational media, Vida strives to explore and fully comprehend the ever-changing public health education climate.
In an effort to [...]
Cambridge, MA (November 13, 2008) – Over the last year Vida has been working with Reach Out and Read, developing video vignettes to be placed in their literacy training program. Vida filmed numerous clinical interactions, in an effort to supply relevant and reflective footage. The course has been designed to educate family practice physicians as [...]
Cambridge, MA (November 10, 2008) - The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant to Vida Health Communications. This funding will be used to develop the program Managing Environmental Risks in Pregnancy.
Vida will work in conjunction with the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and [...]
Vida has completed research to evaluate the effectiveness of two educational interventions for healthcare providers working in neonatal intensive care units and their patients. The project, titled Supporting the Development of Preterm Newborns (#5 R44 HD042313-03), was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and ran from August 2002 through February [...]
(originally posted January 9, 2008)Vida Executive Editor and Director of Photography Allison Humenuk has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy® Award for outstanding achievement in single camera photography (Film or Electronic) for her work on the PBS series Design Squad.
Borrowing from the hugely popular reality competition format, DESIGN SQUAD is aimed at kids and people [...]
(originally posted January 8, 2008)Publisher Houghton-Mifflin today announced the release of The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child, authored by child psychology guru Alan E. Kazdin. Included with the book is a DVD produced by Vida Health Communications illustrating effective tips for some common behavioral problems.
Alan E. Kazdin is John M. Musser Professor of [...]
(originally posted September 21, 2007)Vida has received a Phase I research grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study youth violence prevention training for pediatric providers. The grant was awarded under the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program.
The Small Business Administration Office of Technology administers the SBIR Program and [...]
