Author Archives: Cindy Young

Wright State Orthopaedics will offer Jan. 21 educational session about back pain

Wright State Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation will offer an educational session about back pain on Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. Continue reading

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Wright State partners with Saudi university to create medical school modeled on Boonshoft School of Medicine

Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine is expanding its global reach under a recent agreement that enables a new medical school in Saudi Arabia to get started in an innovative way… Continue reading

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Boonshoft School of Medicine names Michael Leffak, interim chair of Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine has named Michael Leffak, Ph.D., interim chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Continue reading

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Wright State University Center for Healthy Communities offers seminar on cultural competency

Cultural competency is crucial to interacting effectively with people of various cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. To help social workers, counselors and nurses in the Dayton area better understand cultural competency, the Center for Healthy Communities HealthLink of the Wright State … Continue reading

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Wright State University clinical medicine librarian receives regional 2013 Distinguished Librarian of the Year Award

The Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association recognized Bette S. Sydelko, M.S.L.S., M.Ed., AHIP, with the 2013 Distinguished Librarian of the Year Award at its annual meeting in October in East Peoria, Ill. Continue reading

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Boonshoft School of Medicine students win statewide Doctor’s Dilemma contest for second consecutive year

For the second consecutive year, three fourth-year medical students of the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine won the statewide student Doctor’s Dilemma® contest… Continue reading

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Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine student with cystic fibrosis participated in a congressional briefing about new drug

William Elder Jr. discussed new breakthrough therapies for cystic fibrosis

…William Elder Jr., a second-year Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine student, had lost most of his sense of smell and suffered from debilitating sinus headaches… Continue reading

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Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine names Colleen Hayden manager of curriculum and instructional design

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine has named Colleen Hayden, M.S., as the new manager of curriculum and instructional design in the Office of Academic Affairs, effective Nov. 1. Continue reading

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Seven Boonshoft School of Medicine students receive Choose Ohio First Primary Care Scholarships

Seven students from the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine were selected to receive a Choose Ohio First Primary Care Scholarship… Continue reading

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Second annual Wright State University & Premier Health Neuroscience Institute Symposium slated for Nov. 5

Photo of a brain scan

The Wright State University and Premier Health Neuroscience Institute will present its second annual neuroscience symposium… Continue reading

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