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SUNY Upstate Medical University Task Force Creates Info Hub for Students Affected by DACA Policy
In early September 2017, the Trump Administration announced it was ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects young adults who were brought to the United States illegally as children. Ending the program meant thousands of young people across the country could face deportation. At the time, the fall semester at Upstate Medical University had just begun and many members of the faculty were concerned about how the new policy might affect some Upstate students. Learn more.
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Weill Cornell Medicine: Four Weill Cornell Medicine Faculty Members Named Crain’s Notable Women in Healthcare
Four distinguished Weill Cornell Medicine physician-scientists – Drs. Silvia Formenti, Barbara Hempstead, Lisa Newman and Laura Riley – have been selected as Crain’s Notable Women in Healthcare in New York City. The Weill Cornell Medicine awardees are part of a list of 100 women chosen by Crain’s New York Business for outstanding professional and philanthropic achievements in New York City, as well as proven commitments to mentorship and the promotion of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Learn more.
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Diversity in Medicine |
Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Dr. Lagu Androga
As he finishes his final year of residency in internal medicine at Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, Lagu Androga is realizing a childhood dream that began in a refugee camp in Kenya. “I was sick a lot as a child, always getting malaria and typhoid, and so would frequent the clinics at the refugee camp,” Dr. Androga says. Learn more.
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Weill Cornell Medicine: NIH Grant Establishes Health Equity Research Program for Trainees Underrepresented in Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a prestigious grant from the National Institutes of Health to launch a program designed to increase the number of underrepresented minority medical and graduate students, residents and postdoctoral fellows committed to careers in health equity and global health research. Learn more.
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Medical Education & Training |
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry Trains Providers and Staff on Dealing with Racism, Bias and Harassment
University of Rochester Medical Center providers and staff will be better prepared for dealing with racism, sexual/gender harassment and bias, as a result of a new interactive training project. URMC is participating in the Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) project, in which a small group of faculty and staff will be trained on methodology and best practices for dealing with micro-aggressions and bias. Workshop participant interaction is facilitated through theater techniques dramatizing real situations faced by health care providers. Learn more.
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Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Columbia Welcomes First Class of Genetic Counseling Graduate Students
Columbia’s Genetic Counseling Graduate Program has launched with an inaugural class of 12 students, who kicked off their orientation with faculty and staff members on Aug. 19 at a ribbon cutting ceremony on the medical campus. The new two-year program in the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) will immerse students in clinical genetics, counseling, communication, genomic medicine, precision medicine, and the social implications of these advancing technologies. Learn more.
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SUNY Upstate Medical University: Adelphia University and SUNY Poly are Latest to Sign on With Upstate’s Accelerated Scholars Program
Upstate Medical University has signed Adelphi University and SUNY Polytechnic Institute to the Upstate Accelerated Scholars Program (ASP), a guaranteed medical school entrance program available to undergraduate applicants this fall. Adelphi and SUNY Poly are among a growing list of schools, including Colgate University and Rochester Institute of Technology, that have signed up to partner with Upstate’s Accelerated Scholars Program. Learn more.
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Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell: Learning to Lead
Medical student participants in the Klar Leadership and Innovation Management (LDIM) program at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell marked the close of a summer spent in study during a reception held on Aug. 7, 2019. The event welcomed faculty, staff, student mentors as well as the program’s benefactors, Steven Klar and family. Learn more.
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Scholar-Athletes Learn About Health Care Careers at Inaugural NYC-SWAG Summit
Scholar-athletes learned about careers in health care, medicine, and science-and learned that they might have exactly the right attributes to succeed-at the inaugural NYC-SWAG (Scholar-Athletes With Academic Goals) Summit. About 120 participants attended the event, held in June in Davis Auditorium, including students from middle school to college, parents, teachers, coaches, and medical professionals who were once student-athletes themselves. Learn more.
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Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine: Removing the Stigma of Addiction
TouroCOM Harlem student Evelyn Rajan spent a week of her summer as an addiction medicine intern at the Betty Ford Summer Institute for Medical Students in California. “The goal of the internship was to destigmatize addiction,” explained Rajan. “It’s a huge issue in America, especially with the recent opioid crisis. The goal of the program was to show that there is more to an addict than their addiction.” Learn more.
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Student News |
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at University at Buffalo: Solve This! In Just Five Days, UB Student Teams Addressed a Critical Problem Plaguing Colorectal Surgeries
This summer, five teams of University at Buffalo students who didn’t know each other from Adam came together in a startup boot camp to develop a medical device to solve the devastating and costly surgical complication of anastomotic leaks. Such leaks, occurring after some colorectal surgeries, are difficult to detect early. The consequences are severe: an ostomy bag, sepsis or even death. Learn more.
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SUNY Downstate Medical Center Hundreds of SUNY Downstate College of Medicine Students Fan Out Across Brooklyn on Borough-Wide Day of Service
Embodying SUNY Downstate’s motto, “to learn, to search, to serve,” 250 students from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine will volunteer at nearly a dozen Brooklyn community service programs on August 6. The students will disperse to 11 sites across the borough, including children’s summer camps and adult rehabilitation centers, for an afternoon of service learning as part of their College of Medicine orientation. Learn more.
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New York Medical College’s Elizabeth Berry: Shining New Light on the Neuroscience of Addiction
During her childhood in Chappaqua, New York, Elizabeth Berry witnessed her grandmother deal with the progression of Parkinson disease. That experience sparked her desire to better understand the complexities of brain circuitry-and ultimately led her to study neuroscience at New York Medical College’s Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences. Learn more.
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Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine: Putting First-Year Skills to Work Before starting his second year of medical school, Hamzah Ahmad spent the summer practicing what he learned during his first year of osteopathic school on a medical mission to Vietnam. Hamzah, a student at TouroCOM Harlem, visited Vietnam as part of VnHOPE, an organization that provides humanitarian and medical aid to the country .Learn more.
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CUNY School of Medicine: Sophie Davis Students Complete St. Barnabas Internship
Students from the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Sciences/CUNY School of Medicine recently completed their eight-week clerkship/internship at St. Barnabas Hospital. The students, who completed their third of seven years in the medical school program that is a clinical affiliate of SBH, worked with preceptors at the hospital to complete community projects and case studies that ranged from adverse childhood experiences and the consequences of trauma, to patient mistrust in healthcare settings. Learn more.
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Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell Welcomes Ninth Class of new Students
First-year medical students at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell began their first day of class on Aug. 5, 2019, with orientation activities that included an array of community service initiatives. Outreach efforts featured a Habitat for Humanity build, teaching first-aid to youngsters, work in a local community garden, a training session on opioid abuse and prevention, and volunteer time at the Hempstead Food Share. Learn more.
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Albany Medical College Med Students Volunteer in Community on ‘Day of Service’
As part of their orientation, more than 140 first-year Albany Medical College students joined college faculty at sites across the Capital Region to participate in a Day of Service and Engagement. The goal of the annual Day of Service and Engagement is to introduce first year medical students to the city of Albany and its surrounding communities and to engage them in community outreach activities such as helping at community gardens, neighborhood cleanup, and providing health education. Learn more.
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White Coat Ceremonies |
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Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: White Coat Ceremony Welcomes Class of 2023
On Aug. 12, 140 members of the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) Class of 2023 were welcomed into the Columbia community at the White Coat Ceremony in the Armory. The event is an annual tradition for new students, who are cloaked in white coats and recite the Hippocratic Oath for the first time before their families and friends. Learn more.
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine: On Becoming a Physician: New Einstein Students Receive White Coats and Stethoscopes
Members of Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s class of 2023 received monogrammed white coats and stethoscopes last week in a ceremony marked with pride and reminders of responsibility as they embark on their lifelong journey of medical education. The “On Becoming a Physician” ceremony, part of the 183 students’ week-long orientation to Einstein, featured remarks from Einstein medical leaders, alumni, and faculty who pledged support for the new students and urged them to develop their professionalism, empathy, and humanity in service to their future patients. Learn more.
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Albany Medical College Class of 2023 Introduced to Real-World Needs of the City of Albany
Within two days of being presented with their first white coats, the symbol of their entry into the world of medicine, Albany Medical College’s incoming class of medical students was given an in-depth look at the real-world needs of the patients they will serve as physicians-in-training. Learn more.
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New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine: Medical Students Receive Symbolic White Coats
NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine’s (NYITCOM) newest medical students received their white coats during a week of celebration in both Long Island and Jonesboro. Seen as a rite of passage and the official start of medical school, the white coat has been a symbol of cleanliness, trust, and healing in the medical profession since the late 1800s. These themes were present at the NYITCOM-Arkansas White Coat Ceremony, held August 9 in the Fowler Center on the Arkansas State University campus. Learn more.
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Weill Cornell Medicine: White Coat Ceremony Launches Medical School Journey for Class of 2023
“When you put on your white coats for the first time today, you’ll be joining a noble profession-one that carries enormous responsibilities as well as rewards,” said Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell’s provost for medical affairs.” Learn more.
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Awards |
New York Medical College: Future Change Maker, Jennifer Lindelof Wins Promise of the Future Award
Fourth-year medical student at New York Medical College (NYMC) and president of the School of Medicine Student Senate, Jennifer Lindelof has been named Westchester County Business Journal’s (WCBJ) 2019 Promise of the Future recipient, in recognition of her superior leadership capabilities and impressive commitment to serving her community. With a personal commitment to always leave a place better than she found it, Ms. Lindelof embodies the spirit of the Promise for the Future Award. Learn more.
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Innovators in Psychiatry
A group of medical students and residents from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai recently won the $10,000 grand prize at the Psychiatry Innovation Lab competition, which was held at the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco. At the competition, contestants pitch their ideas to create products or services that promise to transform mental health care. Learn more.
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CUNY School of Medicine: French-American Cultural Exchange in Education and the Arts (FACE)
Associate Professor Victoria Frye and Assistant Professor Tashuna Albritton, of the department of Community Health and Social Medicine, have been awarded funds by the French-American Cultural Exchange in Education and the Arts (FACE) Foundation to conduct HIV prevention research with colleagues in Paris, France. Learn more.
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Other News |
SUNY Downstate Medical Center Chancellor Announces Renaming of SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn – Downstate Medical Center
The State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson announced today that SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Downstate Medical Center, has officially been renamed “The State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University”- the first critical step in a year-long Downstate Rebranding Initiative launched by Downstate President Wayne J. Riley, M.D. Learn more.
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