University of Nevada School of Medicine In the News - 2007
2007 School of Medicine Annual Report
Passalacqua joins Family Medicine Department
For immediate release: December 18
Clinic helps low income families get medical insurance
For immediate release: November 29
December schedule for Student Outreach Clinics
For immediate release: November 28, 2007
Swager receives grant for implementing geriatrics training
From immediate release: November 19, 2007
Nevada Tissue and Organ Donor Program celebrates Donor Sabbath
For immediate release: November 1
Specialty physicians join School of Medicine's Internal Medicine Department
For immediate release: October 29
Portraits and Promises in Alzheimer's Disease art exhibit at School of Medicine
For immediate release: October 25
Stumpf named chairman of obstetrics/gynecology department
For immediate release: October 24
School of Medicine and Promenade on the River expand geriatrics partnership
For immediate release: October 19
School of Medicine offers Community Health Day in Las Vegas
For immediate release: October 15
Rural recruitment fair on October 17
For immediate release: October 11
Osteoporosis study participants needed
For immediate release: October 10
Lau addresses Advisory Council
For immediate release: October 4
University Health System and School of Medicine team up to Race for the Cure
For immediate release: October 1
Regan named new CFO
For immediate release: September 19
Faculty members recevie honor from Nevada Academy of Family Physicians
For immediate release: September 14
INBRE director named
For immediate release: September 4
Free clinic provides care to uninsured from new location
For immediate release: August 22
School of Medicine announces five new specialty surgeons
For immediate release: August 22
Nevada medical school doctor named "Physician of the Year"
For immediate release: August 20
School of Medicine to offer Obstetrics Fellowship in Reno
For immediate release: August 14
School of Medicine to hold 11th annual White Coat Ceremony
For immediate release: August 13
James Lau, M.D. named School of Medicine's chief of bariatric surgery
For immediate release: August 8
School of Medicine to offer Sports Medicine Fellowship in Reno
For immediate releae: August 6
Three School of Medicine faculty members named "Healthcare Heroes" by Nevada Business Journal
For immediate release: August 2
Three School of Medicine graduates achieve chief resident status
For immediate release: July 30
Stefanie Scoppettone, Ph.D. joins School of Medicine as development director
For immediate release: July 27
School of Medicine's Greasewood Press publishes "Nevada Veterinarians" book
For immediate release: July 26
Center for Cognitive Aging seeks volunteers
For immediate release: July 25
School of Medicine offers obstetrics clinics in Yerington
For immediate release: July 25
Christie Elliott, M.D. joins pathology department
For immediate release: July 24
Medical students offer free immunization clinic
For immediate release: July 23
Order of Sons of Italy in America make $1,000 contribution to medical school Savitt Medical Library
For immediate release: July 23
School of Medicine cancer researcher meets with Nevada congressional delegation
For immediate release: July 18
Five School of Medicine graduates achieve chief resident status
For immediate release: July 16
School of Medicine receives two award grants from medical honor society Alpha Omega Alpha
For immediate release: July 10
School of Medicine offers program to encourage high school juniors to consider healthcare careers
For immediate release: July 6
Student Outreach Clinic moves locations
For immediate release: July 2
School of Medicine physicians and students to provide medical care to Volleyball Festival athletes
For immediate release: June 28
Craig Seiden named University Health System Chief Business Officer
For immediate release: June 27
School of Medicine receives grant to help senior citizens use Internet for medical research
For immediate release: June 26
School of Medicine works to generate interest in science for students in seventh through tenth grades
For immediate release: June 25
School of Medicine physicians provide care to Reno Rodeo competitors
For immediate release: June 21
Elissa Palmer, M.D. named chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine in Las Vegas
For immediate release: June 21
Daniel Spogen, M.D. named chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine in Reno
For immediate release: June 20
School of Medicine's Jeff Angermann, Ph.D. receives grant for studying obesity in young adults
For immediate release: June 14
Mary Beth Hogan, M.D. joins the School of Medicine's pediatrics department in Reno
For immediate release: June 14
School of Medicine faculty member receives grant to study prevention of osteoporosis in women
For immediate release: June 13
School of Medicine receives $200,000 grant to establish the Nevada Advanced Life Support for Obstetrics Training Program
For immediate release: June 12
School of Medicine faculty member honored by Nevada Women's Fund
For immediate release: June 8
School of Medicine faculty member receives grant to study near-lethal suicide
For immediate release: June 8
Anne McMillin joins School of Medicine communications department
For immediate release: June 8
School of Medicine announces results from annual "Resident Research Day"
For immediate release: June 6
Scott Hall, M.D. joins School of Medicine family medicine department as director of sports medicine fellowship
For immediate release: May 24
School of Medicine researchers receive National Institutes of Health Grant to study preterm birth
For immediate release: May 24
School of Medicine to hold annual "Resident Research Day"
School of Medicine professor receives Department of Defense grant
For immediate release: May 23
School of Medicine offers free class to Alzheimer's patient caregivers
For immediate release: May 18
School of Medicine holds academic hooding ceremony
For immediate release: May 18
School of Medicine student and faculty member honored with Humanism in Medicine Awards
For immediate release: May 18
School of Medicine professor honored at 5th Annual Lili Claire Foundation Benefit and Concert
For immediate release: May 15
School of Medicine seeking housing volunteers for students studying rural medicine in Winnemucca
For immediate release: May 9
School of Medicine seeking housing volunteers for students studying rural medicine in South Lake Tahoe
For immediate release: May 9
School of Medicine professor, Sachiko St. Jeor, Ph.D., receives national award from American Society of Nutrition
For immediate release: May 4
Medical students and residents to provide free sports physicals for Hug High School student-athletes
For immediate release: May 3
Medical students raise $8,500 for Timor teen's life-saving surgery
For immediate release: May 1
School of Medicine physicians receive trust fund grants for pediatric immunodeficiencies and diabetes research
For immediate release: May 1
Medical students to hold memorial for anatomical donors
For immediate release: April 25
Class of 2010 holds fundraiser for Timor teens in need of life-saving surgery
For immediate release: April 21
Nevada Project Heartbeat launched to make defibrillators publicly available across Nevada
For immediate release: April 20
School of Medicine Laboratory of Cancer Immunology publishes paper in elite biomedical research journal Nature Medicine
For immediate release: April 17
School of Medicine biomedical researchers published in 2007 Annual Reviews of Immunology
For immediate release: April 16
School of Medicine scientists identify gene that determines sperm shape
For immediate release: April 9
Students offer free clinics to Washoe County's medically underserved
For immediate release: April 5
University of Nevada School of Medicine receives anonymous $384,000 gift to treat HIV/AIDS in at-risk mothers and newborns
For immediate release: March 27
Class of 2007 students participate in National Resident Matching Program, learn where they will receive residency training
University researchers present findings of the Nevada Autism Summit to Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
School of Medicine breaks ground on new research facility, the Center for Molecular Medicine
For immediate release: March 5
Center for Education and Health Services Outreach celebrates 30th Anniversary of the Office of Rural Health
For immediate release: March 1
School of Medicine publishes 2007 edition of the Nevada Rural and Frontier Health Data Book
For immediate release: February 20
School of Medicine alum Nevin Wilson, M.D. returns to Reno as chairman of the department of pediatrics
For immediate release: February 16
School of Medicine seeking housing volunteers for students studying rural medicine in Fallon
For immediate release: February 15
John Gosche, M.D., Ph.D. joins School of Medicine faculty as director of pediatric surgery
For immediate release: February 15
School of Medicine celebrates National Organ Donor Awareness Day with state legislators
For immediate release: February 14
Daniel Spogen, M.D. selected as national finalist for 2006 AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award
For immediate release: February 13
March of Dimes awards Prematurity Research Initiative grant to School of Medicine professor Iain Buxton, Pharm.D.
For immediate release: February 13
Nevada's medical school responds to increased enrollment call from the Association of American Medical Colleges
For immediate release: February 12
School of Medicine unveils Great Basin History of Medicine Photo Archive
For immediate release: February 10
Five fourth-year medical students place in elite residency programs, learn "match" results early
For immediate release: February 9
School of Medicine begins student exchange program with Thai medical college and hospital
For immediate release: January 30
School of Medicine announces 24th Annual George G. Bierkamper Student Research Convocation award winners
For immediate release: January 19
Students provide free clinic to Washoe County's medically underserved
For immediate release: January 19
Office of Continuing Medical Education accreditation renewed
Faculty announcement: January 18, 2007
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School of Medicine students to compete in 24th Annual George G. Bierkamper Student Research Convocation
For immediate release: January 9, 2007
