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Title: UAG School of Medicine Admissions Information Session
Description: Join Jerry Alvarez, recruiter and student advisor from UAG School of Medicine for an information session. The mission of UAG is to train medical students in an environment which encourages the quest for academic excellence based on national and international standards to achieve their competent professional development for their own benefit and that of the community. Regarded as one of the most efficient and well-organized medical schools in Latin America, UAG School of Medicine is the oldest private medical school in the country at the oldest private university in Mexico. Since opening our doors, more than 15,000 UAG graduates have gone on to practice medicine in all 50 U.S. states.
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Title: 3rd Annual Pre-Health Summer Enrichment, Internships and Research Programs Fair
Description: Join us for our Annual Hunter College Pre-Health Summer Enrichment, Internships and Research Programs Fair.
Programs Represented Include:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Diversity Student Summer Research Opportunity Program
Columbia University - Mailman School of Public Health Biostatistics Epidemiology Summer Training (BEST) Program
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Summer Health Professions Education Program(SHPEP)
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Summer Public Health Scholars Program
Emergency Medical Associates
Gateways to Laboratory summer program
HRTP: A Public Health Internship Program
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Mentoring In Medicine Emergency Department Clinical Exposure & Mentoring Program
NERA MedPrep
New York University Langone Health Project Healthcare
New York University Langone Health Research Associates
New York University Langone Health Patient Advocacy Volunteers in Emergency Research Services (PAVERS)
PrIMER - Program to inspire minority undergraduate students in environmental health research at Columbia University - Mailman School of Public Health
Scribe America
SHIP - Summer Health Internship Program/ Health Career Summer Club
Summer Clinical Oncology Research Experience (SCORE)
SUNY College of Optometry CSTEP Summer Academic Program
Weill Cornell Medical College ACCESS Summer Research Program
Weill Cornell Medical College Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program for Premedical Students
Title: Biz&Bites Speaker Series - Startups in Healthcare
Description: Join the Hunter College Pre-Business Club for a conversation with Cooper Zelnick, the Chief of Staff for Groups,a health services company. The topic of the conversation will be Startups in Healthcare.
Refreshments will be served.
Title: NYU Project Healthcare, PAVERS & Research Associate (RA) Internship Information Session Programs
Description: roject Healthcare (PHC) is an innovative and immersive volunteer program for enthusiastic and inspired college and post-baccalaureate students. Created by the Bellevue Hospital Center Emergency Department, PHC allows students the opportunity to experience and observe many different aspects of healthcare. The program is comprised of several weekly rotations which are based in the Emergency Department. It offers the committed student a unique healthcare experience, which is intended to furnish a wealth of knowledge about the numerous options for a career in healthcare.
PAVERS is a patient advocacy volunteer program in which participants gain patient interaction experience and learn about medicine through emergency department observation, possible assistance with research, and a series of lectures.
The Research Associate (RA) Internship is an innovative volunteer program for enthusiastic and inspired college and post-baccalaureate students. Created by the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine, the internship grants students an opportunity to experience and observe multiple aspects of clinical research. The program consists of clinical research shifts based in the Emergency Department. The program offers the committed student a unique experience to furnish a wealth of knowledge about the numerous options for a career in healthcare. This school-year long or summer intensive unpaid research internship will expose participants to a diverse spectrum of clinical research investigations occurring in the Emergency Departments of Bellevue Hospital Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, and NYU Lutheran.
Title: AMSA Presents: How to Get an A in Organic Chemistry
Description: Join AMSA as we go over key tips in obtaining A's in Organic Chemistry.
The discussion will be held by three Organic Chemistry Peer Teachers Assistants who obtained A's in Organic Chemistry 1 and 2.
Title: Society for Bioethics and Medicine Monthly Meeting_Introduction to Bioethics
Description: Join the Society for Bioethics and Medicine at our first meeting! At this meeting, you'll learn about theories in ethics and the principles of bioethics and apply these principles to analyze a case study and participate in a short debate.
Title: Application Planning 101
Description: This workshop will offer a step-by-step detailed action plan for students to follow with the intention of providing them with the framework for a strong and comprehensive
application. The workshop will break down the students’ responsibilities as an applicant by year, and provide different scenarios and paths that perhaps they haven’t considered but that will lead to a more competitive application.
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Title: Internships in Science and Research
Description: Prepare for Spring and Summer internship opportunities now! Learn about the broad range of research internships available in the sciences including biology, biochemistry, chemistry and human biology as well as internship resources, application procedures/deadlines and how to gain academic credit for the experience. Presentations by faculty advisors and CDS will be followed by Q&A.
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Title: Pre-Health Discussion Forum:Patents & Pills, Prices & Profits
Description: Discussion Questions:
1. Should the US introduce some form of price regulation for medicines? If so, how?
2. Intellectual property protections - mainly in the form of patents - are supposed to create incentives for innovation - including drug development. How well do you think this is working? Are there any possible alternatives to the current model?
Readings:
a. Scannell J. Four Reasons Drugs Are Expensive, Of Which Two Are False.
Forbes.com October 13, 2015.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2015/10/13/four-reasons-drugs-are-expensive-of-which-two-are-false/#767128974c3b
b. Light D, Lexchin J. Foreign free riders and the high price of US medicines BMJ 2005:331:958-60.
http://www.bmj.com/content/331/7522/958.full.pdf
c. Schrag D. The Price Tag on Progress — Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer. N Engl J Med 2004;351(4):317-319.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMp048143
d. Lakdawalla DN,Goldman DP,Michaud PC, Sood N. US Pharmaceutical Policy In A Global Marketplace. Health Affairs 2009;28(1):w138- w150.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/28/1/w138.long
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