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Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for Research, left, looks on as Joxel Garcia, M.D., deputy director for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and VUSN Dean Colleen Conway-Welch, Ph.D., sign a memo of understanding, the first official step in the School of Nursing becoming an offficial PAHO Collaborating Center.