Medicine

Wright State University Foundation Board welcomes new trustees

Ron Amos named chair
Ron Amos

The Wright State University Foundation appointed four new trustees to its board and named Ron Amos, president of the Dayton market of U.S. Bank and Wright State alumnus, as chair. Continue reading

Ohio school helps create med program in Saudi Arabia

Excerpt DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – A southwest Ohio university is helping develop a medical program in Saudi Arabia. Wright State University in Dayton is being given a $5.5 million grant from Qassim University to help create Saudi Arabia’s first Doctor … Continue reading

Wright State names interim med chair

Excerpt The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine has named Michael Leffak interim chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the school announced.Prior to his appointment, Leffak served as vice chair of the Department of Biochemistry and … Continue reading

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

More than 1,700 graduate at Fall Commencement

Wright State University President David R. Hopkins challenged graduates at the 2013 Fall Commencement to prove themselves “mentally strong” in the future. “We want to prepare you to have not only the intellectual capabilities but the mental strength to deal … Continue reading

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

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine presents annual faculty awards to outstanding teachers, mentors

The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine recognized several faculty members on Nov. 19 at its annual Faculty Awards event… Continue reading

Over 1,700 students to graduate at Fall Commencement

Wright State graduates will celebrate their accomplishments, and those of a university that prides itself on extending the ladder of educational opportunity, during the 2013 Fall Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Nutter Center. Continue reading

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

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