Tag: Education
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Medical Honor Society Inducts New Members
The newest members of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society were inducted at a ceremony on March 18.
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Internal Medicine, Women’s Health Rise in Medical School Rankings
Feinberg is one of the nation’s top 20 medical schools in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings, with women’s health, internal medicine and pediatrics positioned highly in medical specialty rankings.
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Physician Assistant Student Honored for Lifesaving
The Addison Fire Protection District presented second-year physician assistant student Andrea Duffey with an American Heart Association award for saving a woman’s life.
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Schleimer Wins Tripartite Prize
Robert Schleimer, PhD, chief of Division of Medicine Allergy-Immunology and Roy Patterson Professor of Medicine, has been named the winner of the Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education.
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Graduate Student Receives Award for Bone Development Research
Rebecca Anderson, a graduate student in the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences, received the Graduate Student Award from the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago for her research on bone development to better understand skeletal dysplasia.
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Investigating Medical Careers with High School Students
Feinberg medical and physical therapy students organized a hands-on learning workshop and guided students from underrepresented backgrounds in high school and college through a research project as part of the six-week Health Professions Recruitment & Exposure Program (HPREP).
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New Centers and Programs On Campus
One new center and two new graduate medical school programs will expand opportunities in public health, global health and neurological surgery.
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Yancy Named Vice Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Clyde Yancy, MD, Magerstadt Professor and chief of Medicine-Cardiology, has been named Vice Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, a newly created position that highlights the school’s commitment to an inclusive community of students, residents, fellows and faculty from diverse backgrounds.
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Baker Accepts Leadership Role with Joint Commission
David Baker, MD, MPH, Michael A. Gertz Professor of Medicine and chief of the division of Medicine-General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, will join the Joint Commission.
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Debating Electronic Health Records In Medical Education
Gregory E. Brisson, MD, ’94 GME, assistant professor of Clinical Medicine-General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, and colleagues published an article discussing the debate behind using electronic health records as a learning tool in medical education.
