Author Archives: Cindy Young

BSOM to host advance screening of HBO’s “The Weight of the Nation”

Four-film documentary series and panel discussion addressing national obesity epidemic
Boonshoft School of Medicine

Free and open to the public, this four-film series addresses our country’s obesity epidemic. Continue reading

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Area dermatologists to offer free skin cancer screenings May 7-11

Free screenings offered by appointment only at locations throughout the region
Boonshoft School of Medicine

Morning and afternoon appointments will be available at several locations throughout the region. Continue reading

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Calamityville to host national AFRL Engineering Challenge Competition

Three service academies and 17 universities will compete to build and demonstrate device to scale 60 ft. wall
Boonshoft School of Medicine

Students from 17 universities and three service academies will design, fabricate and demonstrate a system to scale buildings or mountain faces under a variety of conditions. Continue reading

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BSOM students to hold food drive April 7-14

Students will collect items on campus; visit area neighborhoods to support The Foodbank
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Wright State University medical students are supporting the local community by organizing a food drive for The Foodbank, Inc. Continue reading

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Peter K. Lauf, M.D., professor emeritus, physiology & biophysics, pathology, has been selected by the American Physiological Society to participate in its “Living Legends in Physiology History” project. The Society encourages its members to interview senior physiologists at their institutions … Continue reading

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“Sister M.D.” to speak at the Boonshoft School of Medicine March 30

Sister Mary Diana Dreger, O.P., M.D., will discuss the practice of virtue in the practice of medicine
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Sister Mary Diana Dreger will show how a return to Judeo-Christian virtues in medical practice is essential if medicine is to retain its historic spirit of life-affirmation and healing. Continue reading

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Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine class of 2012 participates in national Match Day event

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Graduating medical students in the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine learned today which residency programs they will enter after receiving their medical degrees in May. Continue reading

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Boonshoft School of Medicine accepting applications for summer 2012 Horizons in Medicine Program

Application deadline is April 3 for this program designed to give high school students a sense of career possibilities in health care
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This unique program offers high school students, mostly from disadvantaged or minority backgrounds, the opportunity to see firsthand the science and delivery of health care that forms the foundation of a career in medicine. Continue reading

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Wright State National Center for Medical Readiness partners with state agency to ensure emergency preparedness for Ohio

Calamityville to become back-up location for Ohio Emergency Management Agency’s emergency operations center
Photo of fire trucks at Calamityville.

Wright State University’s National Center for Medical Readiness (NCMR) Tactical Laboratory will become the alternate site for the state of Ohio’s state emergency operations. Continue reading

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Wright State Physicians group launches online Patient Portal

Patients can access their health information securely, on their own schedules
Boonshoft School of Medicine

It gives patients a secure, 24-hour, web-based way to schedule appointments, retrieve test results and communicate with their physicians’ offices. Continue reading

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