FIU’s College of Medicine to Launch New Veterans Affairs Residency Program
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…
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FIU Professor Launches Global Initiative to Study Benefits of Cannabinoids
Ana Cedeno / Contributing Writer An FIU professor partnered with leading state and national hemp affiliates to study the medicinal benefits of cannabinoids, and students…
New College of Medicine dean selected
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,…
Professors of the College of Medicine research treatment for prostate cancer
Tse Dinh, biochemist Yuan Lui and cell biologist Irina Agoulnik, from the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, are working a scientific method to corrupt and terminate the cancer cells that cause prostate cancer.
College of Medicine aids uninsured, non-citizens detect breast cancer
Last November, FIU’s College of Medicine launched the Linda Fenner 3-D Mobile Mammography Center to reduce breast cancer in South Florida.
Pre-med senior despises pity, demands respect
She was brought up in nine different foster care families, but all she wants is to be shown respect for what she has accomplished — not pity.
Professor returns from Ebola aid trip in West Africa
Aileen Marty, professor in the college of medicine, returned to Miami this month after helping with the recent Ebola outbreak in Nigeria as part of the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.
eMerge Americas Techweek: University features research
Miami’s innovators have gathered to bring together projects and ideas at eMerge Americas Techweek, a conference that started on Thursday, May 1 and runs through Tuesday, May 6.
To Clone or Not to Clone? University invites Doctor to Speak on Bioethics
Dr. John Loike, director of special programs at Columbia University’s center for bioethics, is to speak on March 3rd on the ethics of human cloning.
Recently approved Physician Assistant Program boosting chances for a job in Miami
The Faculty Senate approved a Physician Assistant Program to lead a master’s in physician assistant studies at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine that is set to launch August 2015 with an estimated 45-50 inaugural students.
