This message is from International Service Learning. UB does not directly endorse any particular program. Interested students should fully research a program before deciding whether or not to participate.
International Service Learning creates clinic opportunities on the Dominican/Haitian border but affording our team the safety of the Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic: Two week 2008 programs $1685 - Sept. 6-19, Dec. 6-19
Offering clinical experience in general medicine and public health. This program begins in Santo Domingo and travels through Las Matas de Farfan (Communities: Alto de los Copeyes and Villa del Carmen) Students have the opportunity to help those in need, gain valuable experience and discover the beginning of the America’s all in one location.
They are also looking for students interested in becoming Campus Representatives for ISL. This is an excellent way to reduce their cost for the trip. Anyone interested in reducing their cost in this way please contact Kyle Winston at kyle@ISLonline.org or Pepper Tucker at pepper@ISLonline.org .
They still have spaces available for September and December.
Our 2008-2009 Schedule is available on our website. Just click on Team Schedule. Teams are scheduled throughout the year.
Students help serve these teams; they estimate they’ll be serving approximately 35,000 of the underserved with varying levels of health care.
ISL sends medical/dent/opt/public health/PT/vet/pharmaceutical teams to countries in Latin America, Central America, and Africa. We include pre-health students on our teams as a way of preparing the next generation of international medical caregivers. Students receive supervised hands-on experience, health related seminars, and financial sponsorship.
Listings of university, professional, and student references available upon request. Over a 14 year period we’ve fielded over three hundred teams and annually provide health care for 15,000 of the underserved.
The Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University partnered to establish an exciting medical school program called the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (CCLCM) of Case Western Reserve University. The goal of this innovative program is to educate a small group of highly qualified students who seek to become physician investigators. The first class of 32 students matriculated in July 2004, and our fifth class entered this July.
On May 14, 2008, Delos M. Cosgrove, M.D., President and CEO of Cleveland Clinic and the Board of Trustees, announced that the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University is providing all our students with full tuition scholarships, beginning with the 2008 –2009 academic year. Students enrolled in the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University will receive a full scholarship covering tuition and fees. We recognize that significant debt hinders the potential for a medical school graduate to pursue a career as a physician investigator. We want to ensure that financial constraints do not preclude our graduates from following their dreams.
The CCLCM (College program) is a distinct program within the CWRU School of Medicine with a unique curriculum aimed at integrating basic science, research, and clinical training. The College program will extend over 5 years in order to ensure a substantive research experience. The 5-year curriculum will culminate in a MD degree with an optional master’s degree. We offer extensive small group teaching and hands-on experience in both basic/translational and clinical research.
Following research in the summer, an innovative organ-system based MD curriculum with substantial clinical experience begins the first year in September. A research thesis is required and our students will have the opportunity to identify a thesis adviser from a large number of top clinical and basic science investigators at the Cleveland Clinic, the CWRU School of Medicine, and CWRU’s other clinical affiliates. All research advisers will be individuals who are dedicated to developing a close mentoring relationship with medical students.
Students interested in applying to the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine must apply to Case Western Reserve University through the American Medical Colleges Application Service (AMCAS). Information about AMCAS is available at the link. Once the AMCAS application is received, applicants will be encouraged to complete CWRU’s on-line secondary application, which includes instructions on applying for the new 5-year research-oriented College program, the existing 4-year University program, the MSTP program or all three.
Information about the CCLCM program is available at the link.
The dates have been set for the Fall 2008 Admissions Presentations and Tours at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine:
* September 12th (3:00-5:00)
* October 24th (3:00-5:00)
* November 7th (3:30-5:30)
More information about the programs and how to register are in the attached flyer or can be found on the web site. Dates for the Spring 2009 Presentations and Tours will be available after the first of the year.
The week of August 25-August 29 is WALK-IN ONLY. No appointments can be scheduled for the first week of classes. Please sign up in 109 Norton Hall and wait there for the advisor. Please consider reserving detailed questions for a scheduled appointment the second week of classes. For information on scheduling prehealth appointments please click on the link.
The Association of American Medical Colleges’ (AAMC) Group on Graduate Research, Education and Training (GREAT Group) has recently published a guide for potential applicants and current MD/PhD trainees. Please click here to review this comprehensive guide.
HARRIS NAMED FELLOW
Linda M. Harris, MD, associate professor of surgery in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery at the society’s 62nd Vascular Annual Meeting.
Read more about Harris and her election to the society
NEW CHAIR
Margarita L. Dubocovich, PhD, an internationally recognized expert in molecular pharmacology and drug discovery, has been named chair of the Pharmacology and Toxicology Department. Learn more about Dubocovich and her appointment
Breaking Research
ENERGY DRINKS
Research in UB’s Research Institute on Addictions has linked consumption by college students of energy drinks high in caffeine content with risky substance use, sexual risk-taking and development of “toxic jock identity.” Learn more about the research on energy drinks
SURGICAL INFECTIONS
The use of antimicrobial sutures has been shown to reduce significantly post-surgical infections in children born with hydrocephalus who undergo brain shunt surgery, according to UB research. Read more about antimicrobial sutures
BINGE DRINKING
The odds of 18- and 19-year-old college women experiencing sexual aggression are 19 times greater when they binge drink than when they don’t drink, according to researchers at UB’s Research Institute on Addictions. Learn more about the effects of binge drinking
George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services and the School of Medicine and Health Sciences has a new, Graduate Certificate in Public Health in Public Health Microbiology and Emerging Infectious Diseases, offered by both GW Schools. This 24 credit graduate certificate may be completed in one year, and students may transfer these credits to the MS degree by the same name, if they wish to go on. It provides its students with knowledge of public health and medically-relevant biological sciences. Application Instructions may be viewed here.
The 2009 MCAT Testing Schedule is now available. You will see the addition of a March administration. The web site will post information about registration opening dates, deadlines, and score releases by early October of 2008.
