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SPHP To Host Journey Through The Body on April 17-18

St. Peter’s Health Partners will host its 16th annual Journey Through The Body, a hands-on discovery adventure, on Friday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Colonie Center in Albany. This free, two-day family community health educational event is designed to educate children and their parents about select parts of the human body and to learn about their functions, components, strengths and limitations, and ways to lead an active healthy lifestyle. The presentations are coordinated by clinicians from St. Peter’s Health Partners. Clinicians will be available to guide children and their parents through the models and answer questions. The goal of the program is to develop and promote healthy habits in children. At Journey Through The Body, kids can explore larger-than-life-sized models of the heart, brain, lungs, ear, teeth and more. Kids can walk through the giant, inflatable models of the heart and brain, getting an up close and personal look at how these important organs work. Boasting what is likely the Capital […]

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Times Union: Planning for a ‘pig in a python’

The Times Union published a story about how thousands of jobs are opening up in Capital Region as Baby Boomers retire and move out of the workforce. Judy Gray, a vice president for human resources at St. Peter’s Health Partners, contributed to the story. At St. Peter’s Health Partners, the average age of a nurse is 48, said Judy Gray, vice president of human resources. And 26 percent of the workforce is 55 or older. St. Peter’s, like other health care providers, expects demand for its services to grow as the population ages. It plans an internal job fair later this month for employees who want to explore different job opportunities at St. Peter’s. “We know we’ll fill a number of positions due to the aging of our workforce,” Gray said. Overall, St. Peter’s Health Partners has about 13,000 employees. Click here to see the full story.