USC Pre-Health Blog

Academic Associate Program (Job Opportunity)

2011-10-20T15:16:00.001-07:00

North Shore LIJ currently recruiting premedical students who are either in their senior year or recently graduated and are taking at least one year off prior to attending medical or graduate school. Academic Associates receive full benefits, a competitive stipend, and work closely with experienced researchers and faculty in the emergency department.

An Academic Associate’s responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Aiding with the development of new study protocols, IRB submissions, grant proposals, and a wide array of professional scholarly activities
Overseeing the daily goings on of multiple research studies by screening and enrolling patients, reviewing charts, administering surveys, collecting and entering data, and searching literature
Developing poster presentations and writing abstract submissions and manuscripts – for which they are frequently coauthors
Coordinating bi-monthly meetings of the Department of Emergency Medicine Research Committee
Facilitating the coordination of academic activities such as departmental symposia and Continuing Medical Education (CME) conferences
Recruiting, training and managing a team of 12-25 volunteer research interns throughout the fall and spring semester, and close to 60 volunteer research interns during the summer, and
Organizing educational activities for the research interns

Proficiency with software applications such as Microsoft Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Word is highly recommended. Strong ambition, motivation, and the ability to multitask, as well as interpersonal and leadership skills, are absolutely necessary for these positions.

If you would like to further explore this opportunity, please feel free to visit our website, which will be updated in the near future, at http://nsuhed.com/academic-associates-programs.html. We are currently accepting applications for the 2012-13 academic year and urge interested students to submit their cover letter, résumé, list of references, and unofficial transcript as soon as possible.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Rahela Aziz-Bose (razizbose@nshs.edu) or John Pizzuti (jpizzuti@nshs.edu) via e-mail or by calling 516-562-1513.

Info Session for Global Medicine Program

2011-10-20T15:11:00.001-07:00

For More information, visit: www.usc.edu/msgm or contact Dr. Nezami via e‐mail: nezami@usc.edu or phone: 323.442.3141

Problems Without Passports Summer 2012

2011-10-19T15:55:00.001-07:00

Problems Without Passports Summer 2012
BISC 499: Challenges in Global Health at Oxford University

BISC 499 Challenges in Global Health will again be taught by a distinguished group of physicians and faculty at Oxford University in Great Britain over a 3-week period in the summer of 2012. The goal of this course is to address current challenges faced by health professionals in delivering consistent health care to all populations worldwide. The student participants will focus on five major areas, each of which will introduce a number of associated 21-century issues:

• Challenges in Global Health addresses the major public health challenges in developing countries and their remedies
• Health Policy and public health examines the major principles of public health and the effect of different cultures on its implementation
• Tropical Medicine reviews the more common tropical infectious disease and how they are treated in areas with limited resources
• Vaccinology explores the difficulties in making and distributing vaccines in the third world
• International development and health aims to look at the broader issues and challenges to health in those countries struggling with modernization in a global economy.

This course was taught for the first time during the summer of 2011. This charter class enrolled 13 students. Some of their Oxford blogs can be found:
http://dornsife.usc.edu/global-health-oxford

Program Requirements
Students must be on a pre-health track with an overall 3.0 minimum USC gpa. Students must also be enrolled for classes at USC in the Fall 2012.

Nuts & Bolts
Tentative Course Dates: July 15- August 5, 2012. These dates may shift as we are currently working to secure housing in Oxford.

Costs: Again costs are tentative until we have a housing contract. However, costs should be similar to those from summer 2011 which can be found at:
http://dornsife.usc.edu/bisc-499/

Exceptional funding for all Presidential/Trustee scholars can be applied to the cost of this course as can SURF funding (for Dornsife majors).

Syllabus 2011: Again, see above link! The lecture topics and side trips from 2011 will be similar for 2012.

Class Size: A maximum of 20 students will be admitted to this course for 2012.

Application
To request an application, please contact Judy Haw at judyhaw@usc.edu.

Application Calendar
Friday, October 21 -- Program Q&A: 2:30 – 4:00 PM in VKC 102
Friday, November 4 -- Applications Due to Pre-Health Office Located FIG 107
Nov 7-11 -- Interviews
Monday, November 21 -- Decisions Announced

Additional questions: Email Judy Haw at judyhaw@usc.edu.

Monday October 24th- KSOM Research Seminar Series Dr. Timothy J. Triche, CHLA in Aresty at Noon

2011-10-19T11:43:00.001-07:00

KSOM Research Seminar Series

Monday, October 24th

at 12 noon in Aresty Auditorium

Timothy J. Triche, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology, Cancer Biology, and Pediatrics

The Saban Research Institute, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

“The Central Role of Non - Coding RNA in Cancer Biology”

Click Here to Watch the Live Webcast!

A light lunch will be served in the foyer at 11:45 am

Abstract: While a great deal of attention has been devoted to DNA mutations, altered methylation, and patterns of mRNA expression in cancer, little attention has been paid to non-coding RNA (ncRNA). In reality, most RNA transcription in the genome is non-coding and recent work from our lab and many others has documented these transcripts are by no means 'transcriptional dark matter', as has been alleged. Rather, they are highly functional, involved in many key processes in development and in cancer biology. Some, like XIST, are vital to X-chromosome inactivation. Others, like HOTAIR, control key processes in metastasis, like epithelial-mesenchymal transition in breast cancer. In the course of our studies of high-risk childhood cancer, we have encountered a plethora of ncRNAs that appear to dictate diagnosis and prognosis. We have studied one transcript in Ewing's sarcoma in particular, AK057037, and have determined it is involved in normal brain development and is a key determinant of the metastatic phenotype. Current work is attempting to elucidate the mechanism(s) by which this occurs.

Keck Research Advancement

ResAdv@keck.usc.edu

(323) 442-7732

Medlife: Spring Break Volunteer Trip to Lima, Peru!

2011-10-18T16:44:00.001-07:00

Meet the Dean of The University of Queensland School of Medicine Ochsner Clinical School

2011-10-18T16:39:00.001-07:00

The University of Queensland School of Medicine
Ochsner Clinical School

Two Years in Brisbane, Australia; Two Years in New Orleans, LA
Semester Starts January 2012

October 31, November 1 and 2
Los Angeles, San Diego & San Francisco

MEET THE DEAN INFORMATION SESSIONS

Meet Professor David Wilkinson,
Dean and Head of School
MBBS, MD, PhD

· USMLE Prep, see http://www.mededpath.org/usmle_prep.php.
· Match Day Participation
· U.S. Federal Loans Available to Eligible Students
· The University of Queensland was ranked among the 50 Best Universities in Life Sciences and Biomedicine by “US News and
World Report” in 2011, see
http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities-rankings/best-universities-life-sciences-and-biomedicine?page=2
· Ochsner ranked among the top 5% of hospitals in the U.S. for exceptional patient care for 2010 by “HealthGrades”

Please see the new UQ Ochsner video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDks9JuzL0I.

Los Angeles – Monday, October 31 at 4 – 5pm
University of Southern California

San Diego – Tuesday, November 1 at 5 – 6 pm
University of California, San Diego
(for UCSD students and their guests ONLY)

San Diego - Tuesday, November 1 at 7 – 8 pm
San Diego State University San Francisco - Wednesday, November 2 at 7 – 8 pm
San Francisco State University

Refreshments Provided

If you would like to pass this invite on, please use the "Forward to a Friend" link at the bottom of this e-mail.

RSVP at www.mededpath.org/infosessionca

Please remember to bring your ID to the event. If you are bringing guests, please include their names, as the security desk will need a complete list of attendees.
If you have any questions, please contact Thea Volpe, PhD

Summer Medical and Dental Education Program

2011-10-18T16:33:00.001-07:00

Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP) is a FREE (full tuition, housing, and meals) six-week summer academic enrichment program that offers freshman and sophomore college students intensive and personalized medical and dental school preparation.

SMDEP is implemented at 12 program sites across the nation. Each program site provides scholars with academic enrichment in the basic sciences and math, clinical experiences, career development activities, learning and study skills seminars, and a financial planning workshop. Program sites vary on how they deliver each of these required components and when the programs begin. Applicants are encouraged to review program site information below. Also, you can compare sites by viewing one of the matrices under Compare Program Sites.

For more info visit:
http://www.smdep.org/progsites/basics.htm

Dean's Translational Medicine Seminar Series, Friday October 28th

2011-10-18T16:32:00.001-07:00

Piotr Grodzinski, Ph.D., Tuesday, Oct 18, 1:30pm, Aresty

2011-10-18T16:31:00.001-07:00

Ming Hsieh Institute for

Engineering Medicine for Cancer

Piotr Grodzinski, Ph.D.

Director of NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology

in Cancer at the National Cancer Institute

Health Sciences Campus

Aresty Auditorium

Norris Cancer Center

Tuesday, October 18^th, 2011

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

research.usc.edu/ming-hsieh-institute

The National Cancer Institute is engaged in efforts to harness the power of nanotechnology to radically change the way we diagnose and treat cancer. Novel and multi-functional nanodevices will be capable of detecting cancer at its earliest stages, pinpointing its location within the body, delivering anticancer drugs specifically to malignant cells, and determining if these drugs are effective. Functionalized nanoparticles would deliver multiple therapeutic agents to tumor sites in order to simultaneously attack multiple points in the pathways involved in cancer. Such nano-therapeutics are expected to increase the efficacy of drugs while dramatically reducing potential side effects. In vivo biosensors would have the capability of detecting tumors and metastatic lesions that are far smaller than those detectable using current, conventional technologies. The NCI formed the Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer to pursue applied nanotechnologies for cancer detection, therapy, and prevention with an aim to achieve clinical translational stage of these technologies towards culmination of the program. This presentation will describe the details behind the organization and science and technology of the Alliance.

Dr. Piotr Grodzinski is a Director of NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. He coordinates program and research activities of the Alliance which dedicates around $150M over funding period of 5 years to form interdisciplinary centers as well as fund individual research and training programs targeting nanotechnology solutions for improved prevention, detection, and therapy of cancer. Dr. Grodzinski received Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Southern California. He is an inventor on 15 patents and published 47 peer-reviewed papers, 7 book chapters, and delivered over 100 invited conference presentations.

Minority Summer Research Program at Keck

2011-10-17T16:27:00.001-07:00

For more information, please contact Ms. Erin Yamauchi the Program Coordinator
E-mail: Web: http://keck.usc.edu/SummerResearchProgram

2011 CaHPSA Southern California Healthcare Conference

2011-10-13T15:27:00.001-07:00

The Fight for Our Health

Building the Movement for Single-Payer

Saturday, October 15, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Registration from 9:00 am

CSU Long Beach

University Student Union, Beach Theater

Long Beach, CA

The conference will explore the current state of healthcare in the United States with an emphasis on California. We will address the need for additional healthcare reform in the wake of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, and learn what is currently in the works to provide universal coverage to all Californians. Experts in the field will provide training on legislative advocacy and how to effect change in California. There are also many leadership opportunities available -- this is a chance to make history!

The conference will take place at the CSULB Beach Theatre in the University Student Union from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm on Saturday, October 15. Registration will be open from 9:00 - 9:45 am. Sessions will begin promptly at 10:00 am, please allow enough time for travel and registration. After the conference we will head to the Beach Club for a No-host Mixer and After-Party. Join us to meet and network with CaHPSA members from across Southern California. For more information, check out our Facebook page or register for the conference here!

The tentative agenda for the 2011 CaHPSA SoCal Healthcare Conference is as follows:

9:00 - 9:45: Registration

10:00 - 10:10: Welcome Remarks

10:15 - 12:15: Morning General Session, Introduction to Single Payer Health Financing, The 2010 Affordable Care Act, Healthcare Inequities in the United States

12:15 - 1:15: Catered Lunch (Included)

1:15 - 2:45: Breakout Sessions

1. How to Effectively Frame a Message

2. Responding to Conservative Myths and Arguments about Single-Payer Healthcare

3. Alternative Healthcare Delivery Models: The VA and Kaiser

4. Health Provider Panel: Challenges of Working in the Current System

3:00 - 5:00: Afternoon General Session, Question & Answer Session, Women's Health Issues, Working for Universal Healthcare as a Student, Legislative Update and Moving Ahead, Closing Remarks

5:30 - ?:??: No-host Mixer and After-Party at the Beach Club

Speakers are subject to availability.

The California Health Professional Student Alliance (CaHPSA) is a statewide non-profit organization that aims to cultivate leadership and advocacy skills among health professional students to effect change in the health care system, primarily through legislative advocacy efforts in support of publicly-financed, privately-delivered healthcare guaranteed for all Californians. We are guided by the principle of healthcare as a fundamental right and the firm belief that current and future health professionals have a responsibility to ensure this right. CaHPSA is constantly growing with approximately 3,000 current members.

We are affiliated with the non-profit organization Physicians for a National Health Program-California (PNHP-CA).

For more information, please send an email to joey@pnhpcalifornia.org or visit the CaHPSA website.

INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY

2011-10-13T14:44:00.001-07:00

Pre-med? Interested in public health? Want international leadership experience?

United Against Infectious Diseases (UAID) is an international volunteer organization that promotes research, advocacy, and awareness in infectious diseases via testing, counseling, new technologies, and education campaigns.

This January 13th-15th, UAID will be hosting its annual Infectious Disease Symposium at Yale University. Themed "Infectious Disease Interventions: What’s YOUR Role?” it will bring together global health experts and students, feature unique workshops, and give you an opportunity to meet people who are as passionate about making a difference as you are! In addition, UAID will be taking students from across America to Panama, Sierra Leone, and South Africa this summer to conduct HIV testing/counseling, train community health workers in smartphone software to triage patients/manage medical data, and lead awareness campaigns.

To register for the Infectious Disease Symposium, apply for the summer service programs or internship opportunities, start a chapter of UAID at your school and more, please visit our website at www.uaidintl.org!

If you have any questions, please e-mail uaidinternational@gmail.com.

Global Impact Corps: Global Health Volunteer Abroad Opportunity

2011-10-13T14:42:00.001-07:00

http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

Join Unite For Sight’s Global Impact Corps for a hands-on, immersive global health experience. A transformative volunteer abroad experience for students and professionals, Unite For Sight is renowned as the highest quality global health immersion and volunteer abroad program worldwide. Unite For Sight prides itself on offering the best global health experience for our volunteers, coupled with the highest quality healthcare delivery programs with our partners.

What do Unite For Sight volunteers do? Our Global Impact Corps volunteers come from very diverse backgrounds, including those interested in public health, medicine, international development, social entrepreneurship, and the social sciences. They work with local doctors to eliminate patient barriers to care for patients living in extreme poverty. They assist with patient education, visual acuity screening, patient intake, distributing the glasses and medication prescribed by the local eye doctors, and other important support tasks. They also have the opportunity to observe the surgeries provided by the local doctors. Additionally, volunteers may participate in the Global Impact Lab, an optional program for those interested in pursuing global health research. For example, we currently have volunteers pursuing research studies about medication management, the use of visual resources for patient education, traditional medicine practices, and patient barriers to care.

What do volunteers say? "I gained a vast basin of knowledge not only about eye health, but also on the healthcare infrastructure, patient interactions, and management systems of the developing world. Reading about health issues in the news or in class became stark reality during my summer in Dhenkanal, and I now aim to reinvigorate my efforts to study and contribute to the field of international health." Pallavi Basu, Global Impact Fellow. See more volunteer accounts at http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad/volunteer-accounts

Locations of Year-Round Programs:
(volunteer for 7 days, 15 days, 20 days, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks, or more)

Ghana Program
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Program
Chennai, India Program
Patna, India Program
Dhenkanal, India Program

Click here to read more details and apply now! http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

MCAT 2012 Dates Now Open!

2011-10-12T11:19:00.001-07:00

Registration for January through May 2102 MCAT dates is now OPEN!

[10/15 App Deadline] Join the Global Health Practicum: Haiti - Winter 2012

2011-10-11T16:45:00.000-07:00

Email from a current Post Bacc Student:

I wanted to let you all know about a program that offers a small group of students (and health professionals) an international medicine curriculum and trip to Port-au-Prince, Haiti to volunteer at a hospital. I have traveled and done medical volunteer work on 14 trips to Port-au-Prince over the past 25 years and I wanted to bring the depth and richness of this experience to others. I have attached a brochure that introduces the program and feel free to ask me any questions or chat up previous participants, post-baccs: Chris Farina, Scott Christensen, Carla Graichen, and Kristen Chung.

The hospital where we work requests that we have a high ratio of students to health professionals and we will be prioritizing students who can bring a health professional (nurse, physicians assistant, or doctor) with them. So, contact friends and family and pass on the brochure. Feel free to share on my info. They can also contact my father, Dr. Bill Boyce, who will be joining us. Dr. B accompanied us during the previous trip as well. His email: whboyce@yahoo.com

We realize that few students can bring a health professional, so Please apply if you are interested in the trip.

What to expect:

Participation in the curriculum, four seminars (2 hours each), is mandatory. Seminars will cover topics related to international medicine such as infectious disease, Haitian culture, and Healthcare and Disaster Response.

We will be volunteering and will be at the discretion of the hospital. Most likely we will be working in an adult out-patient clinic. On the previous trip, students took vitals, assisted/shadowed doctors, and organized medical supplies.

Details

Dates: Dec. 27^th – Jan. 6^th 2012

Cost: $1,400 (dependent on flight prices)

To apply (applications due by Oct. 15^th)

1. Please fill out the application at:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGt1emNDeGR5a3FLVWVtdVJES1VHMXc6MQ

2. There is a section for entering the health professional that will be joining you. Let us know if you have a health professional that has confirmed that she/he will be joining us. Include their professional title and specialty.

October Events | USC Levan Institute

2011-10-11T13:33:00.001-07:00

Go Dental!

2011-10-11T12:59:00.001-07:00

ADEA is proud to announce the launch of GoDental.org, a new interactive multimedia web resource to enhance the dental education experience. GoDental.org provides advice to high school and pre-dental students interested in pursuing dental careers, introduces them to the world of dentistry through mentorship, and offers direction for navigating the application process. GoDental.org fosters career and social networking through resources like:

DentNetworks^SM
A new interactive forum where students can engage with peers, dental students, and others about applying to dental school, what it means to be a dental student, and the value of a promising dental career.

Blogistry^SM
Monthly blog posts from dental professionals and students. In Blogistry, we blog on everything, and we mean everything: applying to dental school, financing a dental education, the latest news affecting dentistry, and the perspectives of current students.

DenTube^SM
A new online channel with videos on current events, what dental school is like, and tips for a successful application to dental school.

For more information, visit www.GoDental.org or contact Drake Washington at washingtond@adea.org

Save The Date! Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry Open House

2011-10-05T15:23:00.001-07:00

RSVP by emailing Lauren McGoodwin by November 1st.

VCOM-Carolinas Campus Open House

2011-10-05T15:11:00.001-07:00

Becoming a Physician Scientist

2011-09-30T12:58:00.001-07:00

Edward M. Chester, M.D. Summer Scholarship Program

2011-09-30T12:55:00.001-07:00

Translational Research Symposium & MD/PhD Career Development Workshop

2011-09-27T14:41:00.001-07:00

No cost weekend symposium and career workshop, with generous travel funds available.

On Friday, January 13, 2012, the MD/PhD Programs of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston's Medical School, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Baylor College of Medicine will host a special no cost Translational Research Symposium and an MD/PhD Career Development Workshop on January 14. Information about these programs can be found here.

The Symposium is designed to illustrate how state-of-the-art basic science research is conducted and rapidly translated to improve clinical and public health outcomes. It may be of special interest to undergraduates interested in MD/PhD programs who are considering a PhD in the biomedical sciences that involves dissertation research with a clear potential for a clinical or translational impact. The Workshop has been specifically designed for current and prospective MD/PhD students. Both the Symposium and Workshop are open to the public and there is no charge to attend, but visiting students must register by December 31, 2011 to attend the Workshop. Travel funds (includes transportation, 2 nights of lodging and meal allowance) are available for prospective MD/PhD students to attend the symposium and workshop. The deadline to submit a travel award application is November 1, 2011, and instructions can be found at the aforementioned website.

Please contact Lisa Wetter via email or call 713-500-9874 should you have any questions.

KSOM Research Seminar Series Dr. Lee Niswander

2011-09-27T14:38:00.001-07:00

Monday, October 10th

at 12 noon in Aresty Auditorium

Lee Niswander, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and Professor,

University of Colorado, USA

“Exploring Neural Tube Closure via Genes, Environment, and Imaging”

Click Here to Watch the Live Webcast!

A light lunch will be served in the foyer at 11:45 am

Abstract: Neural tube closure requires the coordination of multiple tissues (neural ectoderm, the neighboring mesenchyme and overlying ectoderm), in both space and time, and these tissues undergo highly complex morphogenetic movements. Defects in any of these processes can lead to neural tube defects (NTDs). To identify the genes involved in this complicated process, our lab has undertaken ENU mutagenesis and forward genetic screens in mice. Over the years we have identified a large number of novel genes that are critical for neural tube closure and determined their mechanisms of action. Examples from some of our recent work will be given.

The etiology of NTDs is complex and involves both genetic and environmental factors. Mouse NTD models have enormous potential to aid in understanding the genetics underlying responsiveness or non-responsiveness to environmental factors. The most effective environmental influence in decreasing the risk for NTDs in humans is folic acid (FA) fortification. However, only a few mouse models have been tested for FA responsiveness and very little is known of the mechanisms underlying FA action or the extent to which molecular pathway information can be applied to determine which mutations may be environmentally sensitive. The Niswander lab is exploring the relationship between genes and responsiveness to FA supplementation using mouse models that are unrelated to the FA metabolism pathway. Although FA supplementation is clearly efficacious in reducing human and mouse NTD incidence, contrary to expectations, we found that some mouse genetic mutants respond in a surprisingly negative way to FA supplementation, showing an increased incidence of NTDs in homozygous mutants, occurrence of NTDs in heterozygous embryos and embryonic lethality prior to NT closure. Furthermore, we found that, for the same genetic allele, NTD risk can depend on the length of FA exposure. Our unexpected findings highlight the need to understand how FA influences NT closure and the mechanisms and genetics underlying the response to FA supplementation.

Neural tube morphogenesis is highly dynamic, yet has largely been studied in static images. Our lab has coupled the ability to culture the mouse embryo during the process of neural tube closure with confocal imaging technology and fluorescent reporter lines to provide a dynamic view of NT closure in a living mammalian embryo. This allows a real-time visualization of cell movements and behaviors during NT morphogenesis in the mouse. We are now coupling live imaging with our genetic mutants to visualize how these genetic changes affect the cell behaviors of NT closure.

Host: Dr. Gage Crump

Pre-Medical Surgical Internship & Mentorship Spring

2011-09-27T14:36:00.001-07:00

The UC Davis Health System Department of Surgery Pre-Medical Surgical Intern Program is a unique opportunity for pre-medical students to work along side faculty, residents, interns, and medical students in the nationally recognized UC Davis Health System Department of Surgery.

Setting
The site for the program is the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, CA. The 650-bed hospital is the major teaching affiliate for the UC Davis School of Medicine. The Hospital serves an area of tremendous diversity in both cultural and socioeconomic background. It is a Level 1 Trauma Center, the only Burn Center in Northern California, the only Children’s hospital in Northern California, the only Transplant Center in Northern California, and the only such institution in inland Northern California. It is one of the five busiest trauma centers in the country and has been featured in multiple television programs, and recognized nationally.

Details
This is NOT a volunteering program. This is a mentorship and educational program where you will be interacting with physicians in the department of surgery. You will be working with them in every step of the way throughout their work: from seeing patients in the intensive care unit, to pre-operative, to bedside, trauma bay, operating room, clinics, and rounds. You will experience what surgeons and physicians do every. You will be part of their team and treated as such. This program is under the supervision and guidelines set forth by the Chairman of Surgery at UC Davis Health System.

This is a very unique opportunity, and maturity, ability to follow directions, being attentive and being an adult is imperative. This is a fast paced area where a lot happens, and life and death is on the line. Professionalism and maturity is a MUST. If you feel that you are not cap able of the before mentioned, please do not apply.

The surgeons are volunteering and enthusiastic about having you come, since all of them have been in the same position you are, so please be respectful to them at all times and honor them.

Quotes From Our Interns
"There is simply no equal substitute for the level of access, exposure, and perspective gained from the Pre-Medical Surgical Program." -- James Wang
"Prior to this experience I really had no idea what was required of a doctor after med school. This internship has given me insight into the day to day excitement and challenges that a surgeon faces. I have seen some incredible things and now I know that I have alot to look forward to! " -- Charleen Pflanner

"The first time I was in the operating room and changed into scrubs I felt like I was part of the surgical team. I could imagine myself with a scalpel. Just being the operating room gave me the most exhilarating feeling" -- Alexandra Monrroy

Information Session
Attend any of the following free information sessions to learn more about the program, receive assistance with your application, and ask any questions you may have.

Registration is NOT required.

Where:
UC Davis School of Medicine, Education Building, 4610 X Street, Sacramento, CA 95817.

When:
-Friday October 7th, 2011, 5:00pm-7:00pm, LH 1222
-Wednesday October 14th, 2011, 6:00pm-8:00pm, LH 1222
-Saturday October 15th, 2011, 1:00pm-3:00pm, LH 1222 -Saturday October 22nd, 2011, 10:00am-12:00pm, LH 1222

Spring 2012
The Spring Program has an anticipated start date of January 6, 2012 with an end date of May 30, 2012.
Please review the packet for all program dates.
Please Note: There have been some improvements and changes made to the selection process and criteria. If you have applied in the past, make sure you review the new guidelines.
Please consult the application packet for more information about this opportunity.

Make sure you download the ENTIRE packet and read it TWICE and understand it before you apply.

How to Apply

Go to www.premedsurgery.org for the packet and the online application.

Application deadline: October 28, 2011 by 11:59 pm PST through online submission.

Questions?
Please email: info@premedsurgery.org

Global Health Student Research Panel

2011-09-22T16:43:00.001-07:00

USC Global Health Club will be having a panel where undergrad/grad students will be discussing research they did with grants they received from the Institute for Global Health.

You don't have to be in the club to attend, and there will be free food!

Presenters will be showing pictures/briefly describing what they did with their money, and we will be giving out information on applying to the grant.

There is more information on their website (also an RSVP page, which we would like people to do so that we have a rough head count)

Here is link to the Facebook event.