Medicine

Mother’s affliction motivated student to participate in Wright State’s GRAD-PREP program

Part of the series: Opening Doors

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When doctors could not find a way to stop her mother’s epileptic seizures, Christina Estrada decided she would. Continue reading

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

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

Seeing one’s ability, not disability

STREAMS carries Wright State student on a voyage to science

Part of the series: Opening Doors

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STREAMS unlocks Jacob Brewer’s passion for research. Continue reading

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

BioSTAR steers undergraduate toward research

On his way to a career in biomedical sciences, Orly Leiva is following a star

Part of the series: Opening Doors

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On his way to a career in biomedical sciences, Orly Leiva is following a star. Continue reading

“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

Researching epilepsy in Brazil

By staying close to home for college, Amma Boakye travels far

Part of the series: Opening Doors

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By staying close to home for college, Amma Boakye travels far. Continue reading

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

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

Students learn about health careers at Path to Health Professions Day

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Several hundred high school and college students interested in pursuing careers as doctors, nurses, veterinarians or other health professions converged… Continue reading

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