As many of you know, advisement services in our center in 109 Norton Hall for the first week of classes (August 27-31) is WALK-IN ONLY with no scheduled appointment times. As we will not longer have prehealth drop-in hours, the policy for prehealth advisement for the first week of classes ONLY will be:
Please come to 109 Norton Hall and locate the sign in sheets for either Libby or Dalene. You may sign up for a 15 minute slot. If you are not sure who are you supposed to see, please go to our prehealth website under “Advisement“. The following week, (the second week of classes) and throughout the remainder of the semester, you may make an appointment to address any of your prehealth questions or concerns by calling 645-6013 or stopping by 109 Norton Hall.
Advisement for prehealth is by appointment only AFTER the first week of classes.
SAVE THE DATE!
UB PREHEALTH STUDENT CLUB PICNIC
Sunday, September 9, 2007 at the (tentative location) South Lake Community Room and outdoor area.
There will be food, fellowship, games and a chance to meet other prehealth students and related faculty and staff.
ALL prehealth interested students welcome! Feel free to bring a folding chair or blanket.
From: 12:00-4:00 p.m.
All prehealth interested students welcome!
Please consider completing a brief survey designed for prehealth intended (e.g., pre-med, pre-dental, pre-optometry, pre-podiatry, pre-vet, or pre-chiropractic only) students. It should take no longer than 5-7 minutes. The Office of Prehealth Advising Services will use the results of this *anonymous* survey to review programming for students who wish to enter the health professions at UB. With your assistance, we hope to enhance the information we have pertaining to this population. To complete the survey, simply click here.
If you have any technical concerns about the survey, please contact Dr. David Lang at 716-829-3005 or at langdj@buffalo.edu.
Thanks so much for your assistance with this important project!
September 1, 2007: National Institute of Health Employee Student Loan Repayment
Program
Applications accepted: September 1, 2007 to December 1, 2007.
Deadline: December 1, 2007.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NIH EMPLOYEE STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
The Office of Human Resources is pleased to announce the implementation of the NIH Student Loan Repayment Program as a tool to facilitate the recruitment and retention of highly qualified candidates and employees. Participation will be approved on a case-by-case basis. NIH may repay eligible student loans up to $10,000 per calendar year with a $60,000 lifetime maximum. More detailed information can be obtained here.
INCREASING DIABETES RISK: Selenium, an antioxidant included in multivitamin tablets thought to have a possible protective effect against the development of type 2 diabetes, may actually increase the risk of developing the disease, an analysis by UB researchers has shown. Read the analysis.
PRIMATE INFANT MORTALITY: New research led by a UB anthropologist has found that some primate tourism practices provoke an unprecedented level of adult aggression that is proving deadly for infant monkeys.
Learn more about this danger to primates.
MALT LIQUOR LINK: Drinking malt liquor – the cheap, high-alcohol beverage often marketed to teens – may put young adults at increased risk for alcohol problems and use of illicit drugs, particularly marijuana, according to a study at UB’s Research Institute on Addictions. Read about the increased risk to teens.
If you wish to learn about the UB Prehealth clubs, please email the respective president of the club or consult the website if available. For the 2007-2008 academic year, the following clubs are active and encourage your participation and membership! Remember to check the Pre-Health Bulletin for future announcements regarding meeting dates and times.
Alpha Epsilon Delta - AED - email Katherine Brewer at kbrewer@buffalo.edu
Association for Premedical Students - APMS - email Jennifer Stabel at jstabel@buffalo.edu
Minorities in Health Related Professions - MHRP - email Rogia Rosemberg at rr58@buffalo.edu
Pre-dental Club – email Rina Patel at rpatel4@buffalo.edu
CO-SIGN (neurophysiology interest club) – email cosignneuro@yahoo.com
Buffalo Health – email Margaret Starostik at mrs43@buffalo.edu
NEW UB PREHEALTH STUDENTS, please be sure to read The Freshman/Sophomore Handbook to have many of your questions regarding prehealth preparation answered. Please consider reviewing this document before scheduling an in-person advisement appointment.
As many of you know, advisement services in our center in 109 Norton Hall for the first week of classes (August 27-31) is WALK-IN ONLY with no scheduled appointment times. As we will not longer have prehealth drop-in hours, the policy for prehealth advisement for the first week of classes ONLY will be:
Please come to 109 Norton Hall and located the sign in sheets for either Libby or Dalene. You may sign up for a 15 minute slot. If you are not sure who are you supposed to see, please go to our prehealth website under “Advisement“. The following week, (the second week of classes) and throughout the remainder of the semester, you may make an appointment to address any of your prehealth questions or concerns by calling 645-6013 or stopping by 109 Norton Hall.
Advisement for prehealth is by appointment only AFTER the first week of classes.
Now posted on the AAMC site is a listing of medical schools accepting the September 2007 MCAT administrations for application to the 2008 entering class.
It is has recently come to the attention of prehealth advisors across the US that some medical schools will *not* accept the September MCAT scores for application for fall 2008. While the list is quite short, there are other schools that will accept the scores, but do wish to be notified that the student is taking the exam in September. The lists below have been assembled and distributed by the Princeton Review.
The schools indicated as NOT accepting September scores are:
Albany Medical College
Columbia University
University of California, Davis
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Southern California
University of Utah
Virginia Commonwealth University
If you wish to check about other schools wishing to be notified, please contact Libby Morsheimer at etm3@buffalo.edu.
Some of schools (NYS) wishing to be notified include:
Albert Einstein
Cornell University
University of Rochester
Finally, the University of Texas at Galveston indicates students taking the September MCAT will be at a “marked disadvantage”.
