We are excited to announce that the Office of Diversity Programs, in partnership with LGBTQ Med and OUTmed, will be sponsoring OUTmentor, a new program for LGBTQ+ identified medical students. OUTmentor will connect LGBTQ+ identified students with LGBTQ+ identified faculty and trainees. Through these mentorship groups, OUTmentor aims to provide support, guidance, and resources for professional development, as […]
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Health disparities key focus of medical school orientation (Links to an external site)
For this year’s 124 incoming medical students, a crash course in health disparities began immediately, during a four-day orientation known as Washington University Medical Plunge, or WUMP.
The Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship Program and the Initiative to Maximize Student Development Symposium
The Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship Program (CGFP) and the Initiative to Maximize Student Development (IMSD, directed by Dr. Cherilynn Shadding) will co-host a symposium featuring Dr. Paula Hammond on Thursday, September 20, 2018.
St. Louis trauma surgeon teaching people how to ‘Stop the Bleed’ in an emergency (Links to an external site)
A St. Louis trauma surgeon is teaching people how to respond ‘Stop the Bleed’ in the event of a shooting, car crash, or workplace injury. In some cases, it only takes a few simple steps to save a life.
Junior Audrey Heathcote attends Washington University medical program (Links to an external site)
Junior Audrey Heathcote participates in Saturday Scholars, a program hosted by Washington University (Wash U) in St. Louis in which selected high school students learn about the medical field through lectures and hands-on experiences in the cadaver lab every Saturday for five weeks.
Text messaging tool may help fight opioid epidemic (Links to an external site)
Digital technology may aid patients at risk of relapsing
Healing the deep wounds of violence (Links to an external site)
It takes more than a stitch to heal a bullet wound. With the creation and launch this summer of the St. Louis Area Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program (STL-HVIP), a citywide network of hospital-based intervention and ongoing support, the St. Louis medical community is taking a significant step to help patients heal from acts of violence.
World Wide Technology Hack-a-Thon – Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience
Six weeks ago, our school was invited along with 19 other St. Louis schools to attend the STEM Student Forum hosted by World Wide Technology. Our College Admissions Specialist – Monica Nickolai, and I attended the event with ten of our computer coding students. The students were tasked with creating a solution using technology to […]
Finding hope in the era of populism
Read an essay by Dr. Will Ross, who shares his thoughts on the 2016 election.
A call for civility in in-civil times
This essay about police shootings of unarmed African American men was published in the St. Louis American on July 28, 2016.