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Medical Student Elected to Lead National Student Group
Third-year Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-COM) student Britani Martinez was recently elected national president elect for the American Medical Student Association (AMSA). As national president, she will chair the AMSA Board of Trustees, the organization’s highest governing body. After her graduation in May 2014, she will take…
Farquhar Student Researchers Win Second Place in Poster Contest
Catalina Breton, Eduardo Carrera, and Andrea Linares, undergraduate biology majors from NSU’s Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, presented a poster titled, “The Importance of Neurolysin in the Renin-Angiotensin System of the Mouse Brain” at the 8th Annual National Meeting of the Latino Medical Students Association, recently held at Miami-Dade…
NSU Pediatrician’s Chapter Win National Award
Deborah A. Mulligan, M.D., director of NSU’s Institute for Child Health Policy, and her colleagues who are members of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), recently won an outstanding award. The Florida Chapter received the AAP Outstanding Chapter Award for the Very Large Category (1,001+ Fellows). It…
Medical Students Win State Osteopathic Awards
During the 109th Annual Florida Osteopathic Medical Association (FOMA) Convention recently held at the Hyatt Regency Bonaventure in Weston, several students from NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine were honored with various awards. Winners of the FOMA Student Awards, which are presented each year to two NSU-COM students, were second-year students…
Medical Students Snare Dr. Bradley I. Silverman Scholarships
On Apr. 4, second-year medical student Joshua Klein and third-year medical student Jaclyn Railsback were named the recipients of the NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine’s (COM) 6th Annual Dr. I. Bradley Silverman Memorial Scholarship. It was established in 2006 to honor outstanding COM students who participate in cancer-related community service…
Innovative Health Professions Education for the 21st Century
Nova Southeastern University’s medical school, the College of Osteopathic Medicine, recently received a $2.3 million federal grant to develop an academic curriculum to train medical and other students in the health professions to better meet the needs of patients in a changing national health care system.
University Officials from Argentina Visit NSU
A group of 25 high-ranking officials representing public and private universities in Argentina recently visited the NSU campus at the invitation of Chancellor Ray Ferrero, Jr., J.D. The May 28 campus visit was in conjunction with a two day Academic Summit organized by the Consul General of Argentina in Miami,…