Author Archives: Heather Maurer

Graduating Wright State medical student to receive Excellence in Public Health Award

Betty Cheney headshot

Boonshoft School of Medicine student Betty Cheney has focused on helping others attain high-quality lives by creating social and physical environments that promote good health. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Home news sidebar, Medical Students, Medicine, News, Physician Leadership Development Program |

Boonshoft School of Medicine to hold commencement ceremony on May 22

Boonshoft students at Match Day

Ninety-five medical students at the Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine will celebrate graduation on May 22 at 6 p.m. at the Schuster Performing Arts Center. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Commencement, Home news sidebar, Medical Students, Medicine, News |

May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month

Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month logo

Wright State Physicians encourages those suffering from asthma and allergies to see a physician in May. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Employee Wellness, Family Medicine, Home news sidebar, Medicine, News, Wright State Physicians |

NIH awards Boonshoft School of Medicine researchers $2.8M grant to study craniofacial growth in pediatric patients

Researchers from the Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine and several other universities received grant to conduct the largest study of craniofacial growth in different facial types in the world. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Faculty, Faculty & Staff, Home news sidebar, Medical Research, Medicine, News, Research |

Dayton area heroin crisis is topic of June 19 seminar

Seminar will cover the physiological aspects of addiction, impact of heroin addiction on the community and efforts and resources to address the heroin crisis. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Center for Healthy Communities, CITAR, Home news sidebar, Medicine, News |

Local dermatologists to offer free skin cancer screenings May 11-15

The Boonshoft School of Medicine and Wright State Physicians are among those offering screenings during Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Community Service, Dermatology, Home news sidebar, Medicine, News, Wright State Physicians |

Affordable Care Act after five years topic of Wright State Public Health Grand Rounds

A Public Health Grand Rounds event, “The Affordable Care Act after five years: Expanding health coverage in Ohio” on April 23. Continue reading

Posted in Center for Global Health, Home news sidebar, Master of Public Health, Medicine, Special Categories |

Wright State Physicians Orthopaedics to offer educational session about plastic surgery

Wright State Physicians Orthopaedics will offer an educational session, “Plastic Surgery: Not Just Another Pretty Face,” on Tuesday, April 21, at 7 p.m. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Employee Wellness, Faculty & Staff, Home news sidebar, Medicine, News, Orthopaedics, Special Categories, Surgery, Wright State Physicians |

Wright State Physicians doctor: options are available for infertility

Steven Lindheim, reproductive endocrinologist with Wright State Physicians Obstetrics and Gynecology, is working to raise awareness about infertility and the options to treat it. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Faculty, Home news sidebar, Medicine, News, Special Categories, Wright State Physicians |

Boonshoft School of Medicine expert tapped to evaluate EPA’s effort to address lead exposure in buildings

Boonshoft School of Medicine professor invited to participate in Environmental Protection Agency’s peer review effort. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Center for Global Health, Faculty, Faculty & Staff, Home news sidebar, Master of Public Health, Medicine, News |