In case you missed them, here are some recent news items about the College of Medicine and its faculty and students.
- College of Medicine research faculty members Emily Pritchard and Cesar Rodriguez have worked with a team of FSU student-entrepreneurs over the past two years. The team won a grand prize of $10,000 in the annual InNOLEvation Challenge Business Model Competition in March.
FSU News: FSU student-entrepreneurs win awards for addressing real-world problems
The team, InnoHealth Diagnostics, also made it to the April 17 final round of the ACC InVenture Prize competition, a “Shark Tank”-style business competition.
FSU News: FSU student-entrepreneurs compete at 2019 ACC InVenture Prize Competition
- Like other medical schools across the nation, FSU’s College of Medicine held Match Day on March 15. Graduating medical students received notification of where they will enter residency training.
FSU News: College of Medicine announces Match Day results (video)
Tallahassee Democrat: Graduating med students get ‘matched’ with residency programs
Naples Daily News highlighted the eight newest residents who will start with the FSU College of Medicine Family Medicine Residency Program at Lee Health this summer.
Naples Daily News: Southwest Florida hospitals get resident names for Match Day
- In late March, Autism Institute Director Amy Wetherby and her team unveiled their latest breakthrough, BabyNavigator.com. The resource, which garnered national attention, is designed to help parents identify early signs of autism.
TODAY.com: Early signs of autism for infants and toddlers
FSU News: New website walks parents through early childhood development, alerts them to early signs of autism
WTXL: FSU’s ‘Baby Navigator’ website aims to alert parents to early signs of autism (video)
Apalachicola Times: FSU website alerts to autism signs
Tallahassee Democrat: FSU’s Baby Navigator alerts parents to early signs of autism
- Roughly 78 percent of farmworkers in the U.S. are migrants. Those migrants are completing the bulk of the grueling, thankless tasks on farms across the country to help keep grocery stores’ produce shelves stocked. Clinical Associate Professor Javier Rosado at the College of Medicine’s Immokalee Health Education Site elaborates on the mental health crisis many migrant farmworkers face.
Huffington Post: The mental health crisis hidden behind grocery store vegetables
- The annual Dance Marathon at FSU took place the first weekend of March. The largest student-run philanthropy on FSU’s campus revealed a record-breaking fundraising total of $2.21 million at the conclusion of the 40-hour event. That money allows the College of Medicine to continue funding its pediatric outreach programs.
FSU News: Dance Marathon at FSU raises record-breaking amount (video)
Tallahassee Democrat: FSU Dance Marathon students dance the night – and day – away for good cause
- In the AMA’s Moving Medicine podcast series on physician well-being, College of Medicine Dean John P. Fogarty shared the outpouring of grief following a medical student’s suicide and outlined the FSU Wellness Committee’s efforts to create a culture that promotes wellness for students.
AMA: Moving Medicine: Physician Well-Being, Part 3 with John P. Fogarty, M.D. (audio)
- Jennifer Carrion, a physician from Lee Memorial Hospital, visited the College of Medicine’s SSTRIDE class at Immokalee High School earlier this month to speak about her journey into family medicine.
Immokalee Bulletin: Dr. Carrion visits SSTRIDE at IHS
- In early April, the Tallahassee Regional Campus held its Wine Tasting Gala to raise money for medical student scholarships. Tallahassee Campus Dean Sandeep Rahangdale spoke to WCTV ahead of the event.
WCTV: In the Spotlight: FSU College of Medicine Wine Tasting Gala (video)
- FSU College of Medicine alumna Francoise Marvel (M.D., ’12) helped create the first cardiology app for Apple’s Care Kit. Now she’s working on Corrie Health, an app to help heart attack survivors with their recovery. Nancy Brown, CEO of the American Heart Association, wrote about Marvel’s successes and where she gets her inspiration.
Thrive Global: Heart attack survivors can thank her dad for new recovery tools
- FSU College of Medicine alumna Ashley Chandler (M.D. ’11) is among those practicing the most advanced form of reconstruction surgery available today for breast cancer survivors. The technique has just emerged in the Pensacola area.
Pensacola News Journal: Pensacola doctor performs reconstructive surgery for breast cancer survivors
- A study from Assistant Professor Robert Tomko made headlines in late February. He and his team discovered a critical missing step in the production of proteasomes and found that carefully targeted manipulation of this step could prove an effective recourse for the treatment of cancer.
FSU News: New clue for cancer treatment could be hiding in microscopic molecular machine
Technology Networks: Cancer treatment clue hiding in microscopic molecular machine
NewsMedical: Key to treat deadly cancers could lie deep within complex machinery of human cell
- U.S. News and World Report published its annual list of the 10 medical schools with the lowest acceptance rates. The FSU College of Medicine ranked fourth on the list with an acceptance rate of 2.4% for fall 2018 applicants.
U.S. News and World Report: 10 med schools with the lowest acceptance rates
- KynderMed Inc., co-founded by College of Medicine Professor James Olcese, announced that a recently concluded NIH-funded clinical study conducted at Harvard's Brigham and Women’s Hospital provided additional clinical support for KynderMed’s core developmental technology focused on reducing preterm birth.
Business Insider: KynderMed announces publication of favorable Harvard clinical study results
- In a WebMD article, Alice Pomidor, professor of geriatrics, comments on how pets are able to combat loneliness in older adults, which can lead to healthier aging.
WebMD: Our pets help ease the aging process, poll finds
- Jim Foley recently hosted his own “celebration of life” to commemorate 30 years that he has overcome what was supposed to be his own death sentence. Foley was diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1988 and was later also diagnosed with cryptosporidiosis, a parasitic infection that can be life-threatening to people with weakened immune systems. Jonathan Appelbaum, chair of the Department of Clinical Sciences, treated Foley on and off for seven years and commented on his journey in an article for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Las Vegas Review-Journal: HIV-positive for 30 years, Las Vegas man hosts life celebration
- Leon County is celebrating the 10th year that its children’s agencies and health-care professionals have offered free developmental screenings for kids. Angel Trejo, now retired from the Department of Children and Families, helped start the screenings. He says they’ve now expanded to include the FSU College of Medicine and focus more on maternal health.
WFSU: Leon’s free developmental screening for kids celebrates 10th anniversary
- In February, The Famuan reported on two health-policy issues members of the College of Medicine are involved in. The first is the Tobacco Free Florida AHEC Tobacco Program’s push to strengthen the health-care system to deliver effective tobacco-use treatments.
The Famuan: Florida faces challenges in State of Tobacco Control report
The other is the Tallahassee-Leon County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls’ effort to focus on maternal mental health and sexually transmitted diseases in 2019. Joedrecka Brown Speights, professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health, comments on the most important issues faced by women and girls in Tallahassee.
The Famuan: Panel tackles women’s health issues