Emiliana Fawley-Puello / Staff Writer FIU is set to launch a new residency program for graduate medical students to treat veterans with physical and mental illnesses. The new development, led by the university’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, is a primary care residency program within the Miami Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System. It is the […]
Ana Cedeno / Contributing Writer An FIU professor partnered with leading state and national hemp affiliates to study the medicinal benefits of cannabinoids, and students can help. Jeff Konin – director of the newly formed Global Initiative for Cannabinoid Research and Education – began the program this year in collaboration with students of nursing and […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/ News Director The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine has found its new dean after over a year of searching. Dr. Robert Sackstein, current professor at Harvard Medical School, will be taking over for Dean Dr. John Rock in January 2019. Sackstein was born in Havana, Cuba and came to the U.S. when […]
Alyssa Elso/Staff Writer The health fee committee passed an 2.84 percent health fee increase on March 28 to assist Student Health Services in providing better healthcare to students. The new services will be offered in the summer semester with another $10.50 tacked on to the health fee students already pay. “University Health Services asked for […]
