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Major Caps

We are aware that many departments cap course enrollments to reserve seats for their majors. Below are the departments and the dates when those caps will be lifted.

Biology Courses* – Caps lift November 19 at 12:01am

Chemistry Courses - Caps lift November 19 at 12:00am

*Except for BSC2010/L and BSC2011/L only - These caps lift January 4 at 12:00am

Upper Division Electives

If you are having trouble enrolling in an IMS Upper Division Elective from our approved lists located on our Resources page, please email us to let us know at imsadvising@med.fsu.edu.

The Sarasota Regional Campus of the FSU College of Medicine welcomes BJ Creighton to the Community Board.  BJ is well known around Sarasota for her tireless energy and commitment to countless nonprofits in town.

Angelina Sutin, PhD, associate professor of psychology at the Florida State University College of Medicine and author of that 2010 study, says one possible explanation is that neurotic people, who tend to be more negative, might have a reporting bias in that they see bruxism (teeth grinding) as a behavior of stressed-out or anxious people. “People who are more neurotic think lots of bad things always happen to them, to the extent they perceive bruxism is a bad thing to do, they might think, ‘Oh yes, I do that.’”

Whether or not the more neurotic individuals were actually persistent grinders, Sutin says her finding is consistent with the broader literature that people who are experiencing acute stress are more likely to grind their teeth at night. “My research shows this greater tendency to experience anxiety, stress, and negative emotions is associated with grinding teeth,” she says.  Read the full article.

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Kathy Lee, who taught psychopathology as part of the required Medicine and Behavior II course for second-year medical students, died June 1 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.  Read her obituary

Prior to joining the College of Medicine faculty in 2006, she worked as a forensic psychiatrist and served as clinical director for the New York State Prison System, with responsibility for mental health services provided to more than 9,000 inmates by a team of more than 150 psychiatrists. Among the prisoners she personally treated were Mark David Chapman, who shot and killed John Lennon, and serial killer David Berkowitz. Read about her path to the College of Medicine in the fall 2007 issue of FSU MED (see page 32 at the back of the magazine)

Lee is survived by her physician husband, William Lee, and three daughters. Two of her daughters, Hanna (M.D., '16) and Ilisa (M.D., '17), are FSU College of Medicine alumni. A third daughter, Inga, is a member of Honors Medical Scholars.

Washington Hill, former OB-GYN clerkship director and current Sarasota Regional Campus community board member, recently received the Rutgers University-Camden Lifetime Achievement Award.

Hill was honored alongside his brother, George Hill:  2019 Rutgers University-Camden Chancellor's Awards

The Hills were recognized as part of the university’s 2019 Chancellor’s Awards for Civic Engagement.