Tag: Education
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Research Takes Spotlight at Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences Training Day
The third-annual event allowed students, postdoctoral fellows, and young tenure-track faculty from across the disciplines of engineering and neuroscience to interact with peers and mentors from both campuses.
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Founders’ Day Kicks Off 155th Academic Year
The official start to the academic year, the annual Founders’ Day Convocation includes the recitation of the Declaration of Geneva and the handing out of white coats to the incoming class.
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First-Year Medical Students Arrive, Jump into Clinical Experiences
The Class of 2017 arrived on campus and before starting classes learned about the curriculum, interviewed patients, and shadowed healthcare professionals during Arrival Week and the Introduction to the Profession Module.
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Yale’s Robert Alpern Named 2014 Commencement Speaker
With interests in research, clinical practice, and teaching, Alpern’s career is filled with numerous leadership roles, editorial positions, and educational honors.
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Global Health Experiences Provide Opportunity for Student Research
This summer, the first class of medical students began their Area of Scholarly Concentration research projects, a new requirement under the revised curriculum. Three students decided to take their project overseas.
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Implementing a Heart Disease Intervention in an Underserved Population
Second-year medical student Crystal Doan’s interest in immigrant health disparities led her to work on a community-based research project. She provided support for heart disease interventions in the South Asian population in the Devon neighborhood of Chicago.
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Preventive Rheumatology Symposium Creates Buzz Around Emerging Field
The daylong event featured panel discussions and a poster session, as well as the announcement of the new Chang-Lee Family Professorship in Preventive Rheumatology.
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Students Explore Biomedical Research as Part of New Curriculum
To hone critical thinking and investigational skills, rising second-year students conduct research projects over the summer as part of the new curriculum. Two students share their work in basic science.
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Lushniak Named Acting Surgeon General
A graduate of Northwestern’s Honors Program in Medical Education, Rear Admiral Boris Lushniak, MD ’83, MPH, became acting surgeon general of the United States on July 17.
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New Psychology Internship Track is Nation’s First to Focus on LGBT Health
Program will integrate training in mental healthcare for LGBT clients with rotations in an infectious disease clinic and more.
