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Salix Announces 2023 Gastrointestinal Health Scholars Program Winners
For Fourth Consecutive Year, 10 Students with Gastrointestinal Disease Will Each Receive a $10,00...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Salix Announces 2023 Gastrointestinal Health Scholars Program WinnersFor Fourth Consecutive Year, 10 Students with Gastrointestinal Disease Will Each Receive a $10,000 ScholarshipLAVAL, QC / ACCESSWIRE / July 11, 2023 / Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX:BHC) and its gastroenterology business, Salix Pharmaceuticals, today announced the winners of its 2023 Salix Gastrointestinal Health Scholars Program. For the fourth consecutive year, Salix will be awarding $10,000 each to 10 students living with a GI disease.\"At Salix, we understand it can be incredibly difficult to balance both the pursuit of higher education and the challenges associated with living with a gastrointestinal condition,\" said Nicola Kayel, vice president, Marketing, Salix. \"That is why Salix is dedicated to reducing the stress and financial burden for these students. We congratulate this year's 10 scholarship recipients for whom we are proud to support in the advancement of their academic goals.\"The 2023 awardees were selected from more than 225 applications. As part of the process, applicants were required to submit essays describing how their GI condition has impacted their educational journey, as well as delve into the role their health care provider played in helping them reach their personal and educational goals. All scholarship applications were reviewed by an independent panel of judges.The Salix Gastrointestinal Health Scholars Program recognizes students across a wide range of educational pursuits, with scholarships in four categories, including the Undergraduate Scholar Awards, for those pursuing undergraduate degrees; the Graduate Scholar Awards, for those pursuing graduate degrees; the Working Parent's Scholar Award, for parents pursuing undergraduate, vocational/technical or graduate degrees, and the Single Parent's Scholar Award, for students who are single parents pursuing undergraduate, vocational/technical, or graduate degrees.The 2023 Salix Gastrointestinal Health Scholars Program recipients are:Undergraduate Scholar AwardsKate Paden, Colorado Springs, CO - Creighton UniversityAlexander Myers, San Diego, CA - Northwestern UniversityCharlie Harker, Lebanon, OH - University of CincinnatiLena Stoltzfus, Tucson, AZ - Haverford CollegeGraduate Scholar AwardsKaitlyn Mi, Brentwood, TN - Vanderbilt University School of MedicineEmmanuel Dean, S...