![]() ![]() The private, not-for-profit, fully-accredited college offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in eleven disciplines and the Bachelor of Arts in two. Since 1931, Ringling College of Art and Design has cultivated the creative spirit in students from around the globe. For more information, call 1-888-MOFFITT (1-88), visit, and follow the momentum on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. With more than 6,500 team members, Moffitt has an economic impact in the state of $2.4 billion. ![]() Moffitt’s expert nursing staff is recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center with Magnet ® status, its highest distinction. Moffitt devotes more than 3 million square feet to research and patient care. Moffitt is a Top 10 cancer hospital and has been nationally ranked by U.S. The Tampa-based facility is one of only 51 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, a distinction that recognizes Moffitt’s scientific excellence, multidisciplinary research, and robust training and education. Moffitt is dedicated to one lifesaving mission: to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer. This teamwork has the potential to change how health care uses technology like virtual reality, looking well into the future of how patients and health care providers interact. Moffitt and Ringling will also explore the possibility of developing a virtual reality health care innovations lab, entering into joint research projects and publications, and establishing a technology lecture series where students and faculty can engage with each other. ![]() “While our instructors and students value the professional advancement this Collaboratory engagement presents for them, perhaps even more impactful is the prospect of using their creativity for a project that will help cancer patients,” said Angela Leed, Ringling College interim faculty project director for the Collaboratory. “We are grateful for the opportunity to leverage the creativity and talents of Ringling College’s faculty, staff, and students toward making a difficult time a little easier for patients,” said Ringling College of Art and Design President Larry R. The partnership will prioritize projects for Ringling College students across all majors, which will expand career opportunities for those students and increase the amount of creative resources Moffitt can offer its patients. ![]() “The collaboration with Ringling College will focus on the patient journey and how we can create meaningful tools to help decrease stress, enhance understanding of upcoming treatments, and connect patients through survivor stories so they don’t feel so alone,” said Sarah Hoffe, M.D., Moffitt’s section head of Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology. Delivering breakthroughs with new digital and data capabilities is a major component of Moffitt’s mission over the next 10 years, and partnering with Ringling College will help accelerate progress in research and patient care. By combining resources, the two intuitions will focus on developing creative content for digital health care technologies, such as virtual reality, animations for patient education, and training videos. To tap into all virtual reality has to offer, Moffitt Cancer Center is teaming up with Ringling College of Art and Design. Cancer treatment is becoming more complex than ever before, which can cause significant fear, anxiety, and stress for patients but, virtual reality has the potential to revolutionize the health care industry by easing those fears and helping to train students and physicians. ![]()
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