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CLASS INFORMATION
Class of 2019
- National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program*: 12/20 application deadline. Provides up to $120,000 (tax free) to students in M4 for a commitment to provide primary health care full-time for at least 3yrs or part-time for 6yrs at an approved NHSC site (Health Professional Shortage Area of greatest need). Read more about this loan repayment program...
- International Plastic Surgery Educational Opportunity – scholarship funded: 12/15 application deadline. Provides funding for two M3/M4 students to attend the Israel Society of Plastic & Aesthetic Surgery, Plastic Surgery at the Red Sea International Meeting March 6-9, 2019 (held biennially at the Red Sea, Eliat, Israel). Read more about the Slavin Scholarship...
- RateaResidency.com*: A website where you can review residency programs you have rotated at during your third and fourth years at medical school (home or away) and directly chat with those that have rotated at programs you are interested in. Visit RateaResidency.com...
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Class of 2020
- THIS WEEK - Surgery Senior Information Meeting with Dr. Jesse Moore: 11/27 @5:15pm. Learn more about applying for surgical residency and the Surgery Senior Major program. Pizza provided. Read more about this surgery informational opportunity...
- AMAF Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship Program*: 1/7/19 nomination deadline. Self-nominations welcome! Rising M4s can apply for a $10,000 scholarship. Each medical school is allowed 2 nominations per category unless otherwise noted and a student can only be nominated in one category. Read about the AMAF scholarship opportunity...
- AMAF Leadership Development Institute Applications Open 3/1*: 4/30 application deadline. Offers rising M4s a unique opportunity to gain individualized insight into the skills needed to foster their careers and the future of medicine. Selected recipients receive paid travel expenses to all LDI activities. Read more about AMAF LDI/add opening date to your calendar...
- International Plastic Surgery Educational Opportunity – scholarship funded: 12/15 application deadline. Provides funding for two M3/M4 students to attend the Israel Society of Plastic & Aesthetic Surgery, Plastic Surgery at the Red Sea International Meeting March 6-9, 2019 (held biennially at the Red Sea, Eliat, Israel). Read more about the Slavin Scholarship...
- RateaResidency.com*: A website where you can review residency programs you have rotated at during your third and fourth years at medical school (home or away) and directly chat with those that have rotated at programs you are interested in. Visit RateaResidency.com...
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Class of 2021
- THIS WEEK - RSVP DEADLINE - Step 1 Support Series Session IV - Health & Wellbeing with Dr. Lee Rosen: 11/26 RSVP deadline. 12/3 @noon, in Med Ed 200. Dr. Lee Rosen will lead a session focused on maintaining well-being as you prep for your Step 1 exam from noon – 1:00 – Lunch provided! We ask that students respectfully RSVP by Monday, November 26th.
- Special Present for You! The Medical Student Services Team want you to know we are thinking of you and believe in you as you further develop your Step 1 study plans. We left you a token of our support in your given mailbox! Access your mailbox number and access information under your OASIS Academic History...
- Step 1 Support Series Session IV - Health & Wellbeing with Dr. Lee Rosen: 12/3 @noon, in Med Ed 200. Dr. Lee Rosen will lead a session focused on maintaining well-being as you prep for your Step 1 exam from noon – 1:00 – Lunch provided!RSVP/Add this session to your calendar...
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Class of 2022
- APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - Apply to be your Class Representative for the Committee on Advancement: 12/7 deadline. The committee works to ensure that the academic standards of the College of Medicine are maintained and upheld. Elected students are full voting members and serve over the course of their medical education. Read more about this opportunity...
- Summer 2019 Medical Student Research Program in Diabetes and Obesity*: 1/28 application deadline. Allows students to conduct research under the direction of an established scientist in the areas of diabetes, hormone action, physiology, islet cell biology or obesity at an institution with one of the NIDDK-funded Research Centers. Read more about this NIDDK research opportunity...
- LCOM Summer Research Fellowship: first deadline is 2/4. The Larner College of Medicine offers some funding for students to engage in research. Read more about fellowship opportunities in COMET (sign into comet first), COMET >> Student Affairs Lounge >> Summer Opportunities >> UVM LCOM Summer Research Fellowship...
- CVRI Summer Research Fellowships for Cardiovascular-Related Research: first deadline is 2/4. Interested in doing a cardiovascular-related research during summer 2019? CVRI funds a limited number of summer research fellowships and in addition to the fellowship stipend provides $1,000 to each mentor for research supplies and expenses. Read more about the CVRI program...
- HIV Vaccine Research Grants for Medical Students*: 1/8 final application deadline; however, they issued a reminder students need to identify research mentors by 12/7. Read more about the HVTN RAMP Program...
- Vanderbilt Medical Student Research Training Program for the Summer of 2019*: 2/4 application deadline. conduct research under the direction of an established Vanderbilt scientist in the area of diabetes and obesity, kidney disease, and digestive disease. Prior research experience not required. Read more about this summer research opportunity...
- Welcome to the Class of 2022 Wellness Committee Representatives! Congratulations Isi Beach, Tierra Lynch, Colby McGinn, and Emerson Wheeler; thank you to all that participated in the election process. Please view these newest members of the Wellness Committee as your primary contacts for any wellness concerns, ideas, or questions. Read more about the Wellness Election...
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WEEKLY FYIs FROM OMSE - WE ARE HERE TO HELP!
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LCOMcares: VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
THIS WEEK - Here to Help Clinic: 12/1. Please sign up to volunteer for the upcoming Here to Help clinic on December 1st. Our aim is to help the homeless community by connecting them with services, a hot meal, showers, toiletries, and more! Sign-up to support the Here to Help Clinic Student Interest Group event...
Schweitzer Fellowship Informational Meeting: 12/5 @ noon. Please come and learn about an exciting interdisciplinary community service fellowship opportunity open to Larner UVM COM students. Pizza provided! Read more about this unique community service-directed fellowship program and informational session...
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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS
SEG UPDATE - So, what are your Student Education Group (SEG) Representatives up to this month? Here’s a brief overview: Update from the Dana Medical Library Staff; Overview of the You Said/We Did Project; Social Justice Coalition update. Read more about your SEG activities, including comprehensive meeting minutes and how to contact your representatives...
Mentor Program for Students Underrepresented in Medicine & Medical Leadership: An Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) pilot program matching mentees to faculty and/or resident mentors in LCOM who have expressed an interest being a mentor. Matches based on common interests. Interested in being paired with a mentor? Questions? Contact Dr. Eileen CichoskiKelly.
THIS WEEK - Write Thank You Notes to Alumni - Pizza Included! 11/26 @noon. Are you grateful to the alumni who support our College? Do you like PIZZA? Note cards, template text, and alumni information will be provided. Please RSVP to inform the food order. Read more about this event/add it to your calendar...
THIS WEEK - Dean’s Town Halls: Join Dean Rick Page for a listening session and conversation about the missions and future of the Larner college of Medicine at any of the following Dean's Town Halls (links allow you to add the event to your calendar:
THIS WEEK - Careers in Medicine Specialty Panel Series Pediatrics with Dr. Bill Raszka: 11/27 @noon. Read more about the Careers in Medicine Specialty Panel Series...
THIS WEEK - Dining with the Deans Luncheon: 11/28 @noon. This month's special guest is the new and 18th Dean of the Larner College of Medicine, Dean Richard L. Page. Read more about the November Dining with the Deans lunch opportunity/Sign-up...
THIS WEEK - RSVP DEADLINE - Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES) Program Lunch Forum: Please RSVP by 11/30. Exploring the creation of an institute on social justice, inequality, and fairness, with the support of President Sullivan. Faculty, staff and students are invited to a lunch forum to provide input. Read more about this CRES engagement opportunity...
Honors Societies @LCOM: AOA & GHHS Information Session: 12/5. Join us for a light breakfast and hear from our new faculty councilors as they present on the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) and the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society Larner College of Medicine chapters. Read more about the honors societies/add this session to your calendar...
Office of Primary Care & AHEC - Primary Care Series "Social Work and Case Management in Primary Care": 12/5. Lunch will be provided, please bring a beverage! Read more about the OPC/AHEC session...
LCOM Student Council Meeting: 12/5 @5pm. Meetings are open to the community, and community members. Read more about the monthly Student Council meetings...
Speaking Up: Bringing Justice to Sexual Abuse Survivors with Rachael Denhollander: 12/6 @5:30pm. She was only 15 when Larry Nassar sexually abused her. 16yrs later, she was the 1st woman to press criminal charges and publicly reveal she was one of the many victims of the USA Gymnastics team doctor. Now she educates and advocates. Read about this UVM guest speaker/secure tickets...
UVM Prism Center Presents "Home for the Holidays": 12/7 @4pm. The holidays can be tough. We’re here for you. Come celebrate the end-of-semester in community. Enjoy crafts, games, and food. Read more about this Prism Center Event/add it to your calendar...
FIRST Friday Webinar Series - You Bought What? Using Behavioral Economics to Better Understand and Improve Your Financial Decisions*: 12/7 @2pm. Discusses our relationship with $$, why smart people sometimes make unhealthy financial decisions, tools to explore beliefs around money, & making the most of financial aid. Read more about this FIRST Friday event...
Winter Driving Course with Lt. Gary Scott: 12/10 @noon. Do you feel uncomfortable driving in the snow? Nervous about driving this winter? No worries! Come learn how to prepare yourself to drive this winter! Learn the basics of driving in snowy conditions. Read more about the winter driving course/add it to your calendar...
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RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIP, AWARDS, & SCHOLARSHIP
THIS WEEK - NOMINATION DEADLINE - NIH Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP) Research Fellowship*: 11/30 deadline. The Northern New England Clinical and Translational Research Network is accepting student nominations for the NIH MRSP 12-month research fellowship. Interested? Submit a brief paragraph of interest to studentCOMservices for consideration. Add the fellowship deadline to your calendar...
APPROACHING NOMINATION DEADLINE - 2019 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award*: 12/7 deadline. If you know a remarkable woman who fosters humanism in the healthcare arena and has advanced, through her scholarship, advocacy, leadership or work, the well-being of vulnerable or underserved populations, nominate her today...
FREE SKI PASS OPPORTUNITY For Supporting Research*: Dr. Adam Shafritz is looking for people to help conduct research at Sugarbush resort (they provide free ski passes for students that perform research that day), and for assistance with orthopedic/injury research. Please contact Dr. Shafritz if you are interested.
Opportunity to Engage in Wet Bench Animal Research*: Dr. David Carr is looking for assistance with wet bench (animal) research investigating electroacupuncture’s effectiveness for gestational diabetes (focuses: OB/GYN, endocrinology, neuro). Please contact Dr. Carr if you are interested.
Now Accepting Applications - UVM's George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award*: 12/14 nomination deadline. Awarded since 1974 to honor excellence in teaching, is presented annually to one full-time faculty member. Read more about the Kidder award/nominate a faculty member...
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ARTS & PUBLICATIONS
16th annual Michael E. DeBakey Medical Student Poetry Awards*: 1/31 submission deadline. Cash prizes. Honors the legendary, preeminent cardiovascular surgeon, pioneering medical scientist, gifted medical educator, prolific author and scholar, and passionate advocate of optimal healthcare throughout the world. Read more about this poetry contest...
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* = All postings flagged with an asterisk are not UVM-sponsored/endorsed