If you are applying to the professional health schools for fall 2008 AND are coming through the Prehealth Committee this year, please be alerted that if we need to mail any packets for you (i.e., schools not using Virtual Evals like some US medical schools, and all US dental schools, all podiatry, all veterinary, all optometry), we need a pre-addressed, and stamped envelope. Blank envelopes are available for you to address in 108 Norton, but the postage has changed from $1.11 to $1.14 with the recent postal rate change.
CONTRARY RESULTS: UB researchers have reported that an immune system component that is a primary cause of bone destruction and inflammation in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis actually protects bone in the oral cavity from infectious pathogens that play a major role in periodontal disease. Learn more about these results.
VIRUS DETECTOR: Research involving UB scientists may pave the way for an ‘on-the-spot’ detector that would rapidly detect viruses in biological samples such as blood and would be useful in military, as well as public-health, applications.
Read about this virus detector.
CANCER PROMOTERS: UB cancer epidemiologists have identified specific genes that may under certain circumstances contribute to the development of breast cancer. Learn more about this breakthrough.
Many students ask about service programs abroad and language immersion programs, notably Spanish. Please see following list obtained at a regional prehealth advisor conference in April of 2007. The last site also provides information regarding international opportunities in medical education. UB does not directly endorse any programs and students are advised to thoroughly research any programs before deciding to apply/participate.
MedSpanish
Child and Family Health International
Bridges to Community
Project Medishare
Uganda Village Project (several UB students have participated)
International Alliance in Service and Education (IASE)
Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL)
Medical Brigades
Himalayan Health
Global Health
International Medical Volunteers Association
International Opportunities in Medical Education
The MCAT Program plans to make MCAT scores from the April 12, 2007 administration available by 5:00pm(ET), May 16, 2007.
APY 394 RELIGION AND HEALING: NATIVE SOUTH AMERICA
This course surveys the contemporary religions and healing practices of
Native South Americans through the ethnographies of a variety of South
American groups. We will explore Native South American concepts of
time, space, power, order, destruction and renewal and their
manifestations in birth, initiation, healing and death rituals. The
purpose of the course is to understand different worldviews and
practices that will help us re-think our way or conceiving the world
and our role in it.
You can link to the UB course schedule for more information.
The Office of Admissions at Temple University School of Medicine will be holding an Open House on Friday, June 1st from 10 am until 2 pm. The program is open to any student who is getting ready to apply to medical school this summer for entering 2008.
Our Dean for Admissions, Dr. Audrey Uknis, will discuss the application process and you will hear from faculty members about our curriculum, student support services, and clinical training. Current medical students will join you for lunch and provide campus tours.
To RSVP for the event, please call 215-707-3656 or send an email to medadmissions@temple.edu. When you RSVP, indicate your name, undergraduate institution, phone number and email address.
Please be sure to check out the UBThisSummer lecture series - the theme is year is The World in Which We Live… Multiple Disciplines, Multiple Perspectives. You can link to the site off this page.
The Illinois College of Optometry cordially invites you to attend our annual Admissions Open House on Saturday, June 9th, 2007 from 8:30 AM to 1 PM. Advisors, prospective students and their families are welcome to join us to learn tips on preparing for optometry school, discover new technologies and advances in the profession of Optometry, take a guided tour of the campus and clinical facilities and more! There will also be an opportunity to meet with admissions representatives, student financial service representatives and ICO faculty. Refreshments will be served.
If you or your students would like to attend, please RSVP at www.ico.edu. For directions to ICO, visit www.ico.edu and click on Visitors.
We hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Teisha Johnson, M.S.
Director of Admissions/Marketing
Illinois College of Optometry
3241 South Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60616-3878
www.ico.edu
