Supported by a new $800,000 National Science Foundation grant, Florida State University College of Medicine Professor Yi Ren is studying the immune response to spinal cord injuries and how cellular functions contribute to paralysis and organ dysfunction.

At the College of Medicine, Bridge Program students, full-fledged medical students, as well as hospital residents cycle through settings that replicate a modern doctor’s office suite and its examining rooms, as well as a hospital setting. And in each room, there is a “faux” patient waiting with a complaint, a pain, a symptom for the young doctors-to-be to figure out.

 Alice Pomidor, a geriatrics professor in the College of Medicine, urges the importance of bringing up the subject of driving with her patients over 75.

In response to a comparison between body-shaming and racism made publicly by actress Martine McCutcheon, Insider cites research led by Angelina Sutin at the College of Medicine to discuss how fat shaming has a worse mental and physical effect on health than racism or sexism does.

A new study conducted at Stanford University suggests that just thinking you're slacking on exercise could boost the risk of death due physiological consequences. Angelina Sutin, assistant professor of behavioral sciences and social medicine at the FSU College of Medicine, comments on the findings.

 Steven Spence, College of Medicine Marianna clerkship director, saved the life of 91-year-old Eula Johnson, then fulfilled her birthday wish to ride a hot red sports car through her community.

FSU President John Thrasher, in a letter Tuesday to state House Speaker Richard Corcoran, promised to return $310,000 from the $1 million that Florida Psychological Associates received in last year's $82.3 billion state budget.

Okeechobee High School alumni Tyler Finney, Aubrey Robertson, Danyelle Sheffield, Lexi Ward, Emily Murrow, Tyler and Brittany Milrot have participated in the FSU Dance Marathon. FSU is in its 23rd year participating in Dance Marathon and this past year raised an astonishing $1.83 million dollars. Half of the money was given to Shands Hospital in Gainesville while the other half is used to fund programs through the FSU College of Medicine’s Pediatric Outreach efforts.

Some fourth-year medical students from FSU will spend a semester doing a geriatric rotation at Friendship Health Center in East Naples under the guidance of Dr. Michael Gloth, a Naples physician and College of Medicine faculty member. Friendship Health Center is two separate medical entities under one roof, with a shared mission of serving the needy.

According to the website KidsAndCars.org, since 1990, about 800 children have died from heat-related deaths after being left inside vehicles. Pensacola Regional Campus faculty member Wayne Justice is developing technology to monitor the temperatue inside vehicles in attempt to save the lives of children.

The grand opening ceremony for the Sarasota Memorial Hospital Internal Medicine Practice-Newtown was held on Wednesday, July 6. The FSU College of Medicine will sponsor an internal medicine residency program at the site.

Suzanne Harrison, director of clinical programs, professor and education director for family medicine at the College of Medicine was a panelist at a congressional delegation meeting about the human trafficking problem in Florida.

Students in Sarasota County will soon get a taste of Florida State University’s medical programs through a $500,000 grant from the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation.

The Sarasota Memorial Internal Medicine Practice at Newtown will have its grand opening ceremony on Wednesday, July 5, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. The health care will be provided by Florida State University College of Medicine internal medicine residents, supervised by Sarasota Memorial Hospital internal medicine physicians and attending doctors.

Myron Rolle, a former All-American safety, Rhodes Scholar and 2017 College of Medicine graduate is set to begin the neurosurgery residency program at Massachusetts General Hospital on July 1.

Florida State University is touting its medical school program as well as its diversity.

There's evidence that in many places, pollen counts are getting worse year after year. In 2017, many regions have reported particularly high pollen counts. Dr. Ronald Saff, an allergist in Tallahassee, Florida, and an assistant clinical professor at the College of Medicine discusses the pollen increase.

Late in 2015 the FDA expunged its lifetime ban allowing gay men to donate with one restriction, they have to be celibate for 12 months. Florida State University Clinical Medicine Professor Doctor Jonathan Applebaum says this FDA policy perpetuates a stigma that gay men have HIV and AIDS.

The Lone Star Tick - whose bite has been known to cause an allergy to red meat - may be spreading to new locations due to the warm summer months. College of Medicine assistant clinical professor Ronald Saff comments on the tick-related meat allergy.

First year medical students from Florida State took a trip to Blountstown and Bristol, introducing them to rural medicine.

The FSU College of Medicine is actively exploring the potential for an interdisciplinary primary-care health center.

FSU's first-year medical students are heading out into rural Florida for an up-close look at the challenges and opportunities in underserved areas.

Florida State University College of Medicine researcher Mohamed Kabbaj was interviewed for this article on social bonding.

Dr. Joedrecka Brown Speights, associate professor of family medicine and rural health, led a study on infant mortality rates and health equity. The study was originally published in the American Journal of Public Health.

Wendi Cannon, the College of Medicine’s director of information technology, was named to Leadership Tallahassee. The group of 35 individuals will participate in a 12-month program for developing business connections, enhancing awareness of community assets and promoting personal and professional leadership.

This article discusses the results of College of Medicine professor Dr. Judy Muller-Delp’s preliminary abstract on calf stretching and leg pain in peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients that was presented at the AHA Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology | Peripheral Vascular Disease 2017 Scientific Sessions.

As director of the College of Medicine’s Center for Public Health and Medicine, George Rust wants the conversation on health equity to focus on the fact that health-care disparities are not inevitable.

As director of the College of Medicine’s Center for Public Health and Medicine, George Rust wants the conversation on health equity to focus on the fact that health-care disparities are not inevitable.

According to a newly published paper from researchers at the College of Medicine, eighteen states are on track to eliminate racial disparities in infant mortality by the year 2050 if current trends hold.

Florida State University College of Medicine Professor Joan Meek was quoted in this article regarding issues that can affect breast-feeding.

Simple calf muscle stretching may reduce leg pain when walking and increase blood flow for people living with peripheral artery disease, according to a preliminary abstract presented by Florida State University College of Medicine professor of biomedical sciences Judy Muller-Delp.

This article on the gender gap in doctors’ pay features College of Medicine Professor Suzanne Harrison speaking about women physicians making less money than men.

Dozens of volunteers planted fruit trees at the Florida State University Immokalee Health Education site to promote healthier lifestyle choices.

The College of Medicine was asked to administer a contract and monitor an early detection program, which is seeking an effective way to assess the mental health needs for teens and adolescents.

College of Medicine alumna Michelle Miller (M.D., '12) wrote this column on immunizations.

The College of Medicine was asked to administer a contract and monitor an early detection program, which is seeking an effective way to assess the mental health needs for teens and adolescents.

The FSU soccer team will host a two-hour soccer clinic in conjunction with the FSU Autism Institute and the FSU Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD).

While infant mortality rates are declining nationwide, a study led by Dr. Joedrecka Brown Speights of the FSU College of Medicine, suggests that black infants are more likely to die than white infants.

FSU’s medical school has generated over $1 billion in statewide socioeconomic impact through its regional clinical campuses that employ more than 2,300 clinical faculty.

FSU’s medical school has generated over $1 billion in statewide socioeconomic impact through its regional clinical campuses that employ more than 2,300 clinical faculty.

Big Bend Hospice has partnered with the FSU Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law will have a resource fair with vendors sharing important and relevant information about end-of-life care.

Florida State University’s new School of Physician Assistant Practice has earned provisional accreditation and will start teaching its first classes in August.

The Honors Medical Scholars Society sponsored the 4th annual Book It! 5K, which is an effort to raise money to buy books for impoverished students in the Central American country of Nicaragua.

Like other fourth-year medical students throughout the country, the College of Medicine’s class of 2017 found out which residency programs they’ll join for the next phase of their medical training.

FSU’s College of Medicine is exploring the idea of establishing a medical clinic in southwest Tallahassee where its students and faculty could treat moderate and low-income patients.

The FSU College of Medicine is establishing a primary care clinic that will give medical students clinical experience.

The College of Medicine was asked to administer the contract and monitor the program, which is seeking an effective way to complete mental health screenings for teens and adolescents.

College of Medicine Professor Daniel Kaplan wrote this letter to the editor about Florida Transitional Research Program funding.

Two years after inception, the FSU College of Medicine Family Medicine Residency Program at Lee Health was approved for expansion with hopes that more resident graduates will remain in the area to practice medicine.