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For more than 20 years, Florida State University has recognized undergraduate students who exhibit a tremendous commitment to service through its annual President’s Undergraduate Humanitarian of the Year Program.

Marjorie “Maggie” Fitzsimmons, the nominee from the College of Medicine, received the 2021 President’s Undergraduate Humanitarian of the Year Award. As a person living with epilepsy, Fitzsimmons has devoted hundreds of hours of service to the Epilepsy Foundation of North Florida, the Epilepsy Services Foundation and the Ronald McDonald House. She’s also personally assisted in the Seizure First Aid certification of more than 100 individuals. 

Fitzsimmons is a senior in the interdisciplinary medical sciences program majoring in clinical professions. 

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Alice Pomidor, Professor of Geriatrics at the College of Medicine, spoke to MoneyGeek.com about when older adults should stop driving. Her advice was featured in MoneyGeek.com's safe driving guide for seniors and older adult drivers. She commented on specific challenges seniors face behind the wheel, methods for easing a senior driver off the road, and other useful tips.

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The Al Lawson Center vaccinated 278 people on Monday, April 5, the first day all adults in Florida were eligible to receive COVID vaccines. As more people line up to get vaccinated, there's a new question; just how long will the shot keep them protected. The CDC says 6 months of protection are guaranteed. Daniel Van Durme with Florida State University's College of Medicine says as scientists collect more data, that number could grow.

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Scientists peering into the beating heart have solved a decades-old, fundamental mystery about how the heart works. The revelation could herald the development of new treatments for heart diseases — the leading cause of death worldwide.

Researchers from Eastern Virginia Medical School, Florida State University and the University of Virginia have observed a tiny muscle filament during a crucial stage in a beating heart for the first time. The research was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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An article from Newsweek explored the El Chaparral migrant camp in Tijuana, Mexico, just across the border from the San Ysidro border crossing near San Diego, which more than 2,000 people call home. About 25% of the camp residents are children. The article tells the stories of some of those children and the adults who teach and care for them.

Elena Reyes, director of the Center for Child Stress & Health at the Florida State University College of Medicine, which focuses on the treatment and prevention of toxic stress during childhood, commented on the opening of a new school that offers the children routine and a safe place to go.

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Les Beitsch, professor in the department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine was quoted in the Herald-Tribune article about criticisms surrounding Florida’s pop-up vaccine clinics.

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Fourth-year medical student Ian Motie was on the American Medical Association's daily COVID-19 update panel providing insights about the pandemic. He and other medical students shared their stories about getting involved in advocacy and the power of students to shape health care policy during the pandemic and beyond. 

Watch the video: https://www.ama-assn.org/health-care-advocacy/federal-advocacy/power-medical-student-advocacy 

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Researchers at Florida State University have helped locate and understand a thin filament inside the heart muscle, which is the first that science has known of this piece of the cardiovascular puzzle.

Working with other researchers from Eastern Virginia Medical School and the University of Virginia, Professor Bryan Chase and Professor Jose Pinto of FSU have a better understanding of the complicated muscular processes of the heart.