欧宝体育app Hosts Pre-Health Professions Day
Pre-Health Professions Day is an opportunity for 欧宝体育app undergraduates, graduates, and the community to talk with admissions representatives from health-related graduate and professional programs.
Future 欧宝体育app Nurse Practitioners to Head to Guatemala
Twenty-two registered nurses studying to become nurse practitioners in 欧宝体育app's Lynn College of Nursing will join professors on a trip that will transform their lives and how they think about providing healthcare.
NIH Awards $2.8 Million to 欧宝体育app Researchers and Collaborators
Researchers will work to define the mechanisms governing how cells decide whether to become a mature cell or whether to die. Their work will shed light on how to make transplantable tissues to cure diseases.
欧宝体育app's Schmidt College of Medicine Announces Interim Dean
Arthur J. Ross III, M.D., M.B.A., has joined 欧宝体育app's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine as interim dean. Ross also will spearhead the national search for a permanent dean over the next several months.
U.S. Congressman Ted Deutch Visits College of Medicine
U.S. Congressman Ted Deutch visited 欧宝体育app's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine to meet and discuss health policies and the changing health care system with medical students.
欧宝体育app Receives NIH Grant to Develop Esophageal Cancer Stent
A bioengineer at 欧宝体育app will develop a novel biodegradable polymer stent that will be designed to prevent complications while at the same time serving as a drug delivery system for esophageal cancer therapy.
Study Shows Benefits of Regular Mammograms Extend to Elderly
A new study shows that black and white women ages 75 to 84 years who had an annual mammogram had lower 10-year breast cancer mortality than corresponding women who had biennial or no/irregular mammograms.
Novel Mechanism Identified in Cells in Close Proximity
欧宝体育app researchers are the first to show that cells in close proximity to each other can sense when a cell is dying due to environmental stressors like UV light and smoke, and eat the cell before it becomes toxic.
Study Shows 45 Percent Increase in Death by Law Enforcement
An 欧宝体育app analyses of nationwide data on individuals who were killed as a result of legal intervention or law enforcement in the U.S. between 1999 and 2013, shows a 45 percent increase mostly among non-whites.
First-year 欧宝体育app Medical Student Wants to Make a Real Impact
Benjamin R. Childs is not a typical first-year medical student. Before coming to 欧宝体育app, he was in real estate finance, taught at a public school in Harlem, and volunteered as an EMT for Central Park Medical Unit.