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This folder contains all seminars for October 2016.
Hospice of New York Volunteer Orientation-Clinical Volunteering
Join us as Sandra Nielsen, volunteer coordinator for Hospice of New York discusses volunteer opportunities. Hospice is searching for committed volunteers who are dependable and want to make a difference in someone’s life. Volunteer positions are available throughout the year and are in various locations across the Greater New York area. Hospice of New York is committed to the total care of the patient who is facing a life-limiting illness.
Linkage 101 for Post Bacc Certificate Students
We are inviting Post Bacc students who qualify to attend an information session in which we will provide details about our linkage programs and their application requirements. Please note that this Linkage Workshop is only for Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program students who are completing the requirements in the final year of the program. Qualified applicants must be nominated by the Pre-Health Office and must have a minimum Hunter Post-Baccalaureate GPA of 3.6. Some of our linkage programs also have a minimum undergraduate GPA requirement but qualification for others are much more dependent on the Hunter Post-Baccalaureate GPA. Successful linkage candidates must also have significant research experience and should plan to take the MCAT no later than April of 2017. All required coursework, including labs, must also be completed by the end of the Fall 2016 semester. The workshop will cover specific requirements for the individual institutions, including deadlines, GPA cutoffs, AMCAS and MCAT preparation, and timelines for each of the schools: Cornell, Hofstra, New York University, and Stony Brook medical schools. This is the perfect opportunity to have your questions answered. Each of these institutions also allows prospective candidates to visit their campuses. Please check Blackboard for invitation notices and associated deadlines for these campus visits. THIS WORKSHOP IS MANDATORY FOR STUDENTS HOPING TO APPLY VIA LINKAGE IN THE 2017 CYCLE. This may be the only linkage workshop for this application cycle so please make every effort to attend.
Hunter College 2nd Annual Pre-Health Summer Opportunities and Internships Fair
Join us for our Summer Pre-Health Opportunities and Internships Fair. Programs Represented Include: ACCESS Summer Internship Program at Weill Cornell Albert Einstein COM Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Columbia University Medical Center Summer Public Health Scholars Program Columbia University Medical Center SPURS Biomedical Research Program CUNY Summer Undergraduate Program (CSURP) Gerstner Sloan Kettering Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) HRTP: Public Health Internship Program Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University Biostatistics Epidemiology Summer Training (BEST) Diversity Program Mentoring In Medicine Emergency Department Clinical Exposure & Mentoring Program MSI AHEC Summer Health Internship Program (SHIP) Mt. Sinai Summer Undergraduate Research Program Northeast Regional Alliance (NERA) Medprep Program PULSE Program at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Rockefeller University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Summer Clinical Oncology Research Experience (SCORE) Summer Medical and Dental Education Program ( SMDEP) Weill Cornell Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program
The Doctor Speaker Series-Dr. Ibrahim Hussain
Join us for an engaging discussion with Dr. Ibrahim Hussain. Dr. Hussain is a Neurosurgery resident at Weill Cornell Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Hussain received his M.D. from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey(New Jersey Medical School), where among other distinctions he was the recipient of the Doris Duke Research Fellowship Award. For that fellowship, Hussain worked with Dr. David Gutmann at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to help develop the Neurofibromatosis Genome Project and Neurofibromatosis Patient Registry Initiative. As a research fellow at New Jersey Medical School’s Department of Neurosurgery, Hussain evaluated cerebral aneurysms to identify risk factors for rupture.
Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) Application Workshop
The Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) formerly known as SMDEP is a free summer enrichment program focused on improving access to information and resources for college students interested in the health professions. SHPEP’s goal is to strengthen the academic proficiency and career development of students interested in the health professions and prepare them for a successful application and matriculation to health professions schools. This workshop will include: - Information about the benefits of SHPEP - Meet past SHPEP participants - A walk-through the application process.
Medical and Dental School Scholarship Presentation
Join us for a presentation on the benefits and opportunities of the Health Professional Scholarship program and the Health Service Collegiate program.
SUNY Downstate Early Medical Education(EME) Informationion Session
The Early Medical Education Program (EME) is an initiative to increase the academic competitiveness of undergraduate pre-medical students, early in their college career. The program is designed to provide medical science lectures and academic support through a 4-week, summer enrichment program for the first two summers and a 6-week, pre-matriculation program for the third summer. Students are selected from one of the participating linkage schools. Once accepted into EME, if students meet the program requirements they are granted a guaranteed acceptance into SUNY Downstate's College of Medicine.