Archive for August, 2007
By: Anne McMillin
August 23rd, 2007
The University of Nevada School of Medicine announces the appointment of five specialty surgeons to its Department of Surgery in Las Vegas. These surgeons will teach medical students and practice within University Health System, the clinical practice of the School of Medicine.
Timothy D. Browder, M.D., assistant professor, Division of Trauma and Clinical Care;Leslie K. Browder, […]
Appointments, Med School, News |
By: Anne McMillin
August 20th, 2007
Echezona Ezenolue, M.D., M.P.H., a University of Nevada School of Medicine assistant professor of pediatrics and infectious disease specialist, received a $1 million Ryan White Title II grant from the State of Nevada to provide a comprehensive program of prevention and care services to HIV positive pregnant women, children and adolescents.
Ezeanolue will direct the program […]
Grants, Med School, News |
By: Patrick McDonnell
August 16th, 2007
Heather Sanderson, left, received the graduate scholarship and Winifred Scharosch, received the undergraduate scholarship
The university’s Balloon Race Scholarship Committee is once again selling its $5 balloon pins and $1 scholarship benefit drawing tickets in anticipation of the 26th Great Reno Balloon Race, Sept. 7-9 at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park. The committee (celebrating its 21st […]
News |
By: Anne McMillin
August 13th, 2007
Sixty-two new students will affirm their commitment to the medical profession at the University of Nevada School of Medicine’s 11th Annual White Coat Ceremony to be held Friday, August 17 at 3 p.m. inside the Lawlor Events Center Silver and Blue Room.
Incoming medical students in the Class of 2011 will participate in the cloaking ceremony […]
Med School, News |
By: Elaine Casey
August 10th, 2007
Kalani Michell, Megan Meschery and Alexander Kolosovichof University of Nevada, Reno have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student scholarships, the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently.
The Fulbright Program, America’s flagship international educational exchange program, is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and […]
Accomplishments, News |
By: Elaine Casey
August 9th, 2007
The Reno Gazette-Journal has requested a salary database for full-time administrative and academic faculty of the University of Nevada, Reno, following similar requests by Gannett-owned newspapers to other public universities across the country.
A number of other Gannett papers, including the Arizona Republic, the Des Moines Register and the Louisville Courier-Journal, have instituted online, searchable databases […]
News |
By: John Trent
August 9th, 2007
Several buildings on the University of Nevada, Reno campus are without power this afternoon following a fire that occurred on a transformer switch near the Fleischmann Agriculture Building. No one was injured from the fire, and the fire has been extinguished. Power is out for all buildings south of College of Education Building, however Cain […]
News, Police Beat, Public Service |
By: Anne McMillin
August 8th, 2007
James N. Lau, M.D., has been named Chief of Bariatric Surgery for the department surgery at the University of Nevada School of Medicine.
Lau will oversee the school’s innovative, new bariatric surgery division which will address morbid obesity, one of America’s most serious preventable health problems. As the only Nevada surgeon to receive fellowship training in […]
Appointments, Med School, News |
By: Zanny Marsh
August 8th, 2007
Victoria Follette, psychology department chair, and Jacqueline Pistorello, counseling services clinical psychologist, have written “Finding Life beyond Trauma: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Heal from Post-Traumatic Stress and Trauma-Related Problems.” The self-help workbook provides directed support for readers to accept and and heal chronic pain, sadness, and anxiety that may arise following a traumatic […]
Books, News |
By: Emily Wofford Cobb
August 6th, 2007
The University of Nevada School of Medicine will soon add one of the fasting growing medical specialties in the nation to its list of fellowship offerings. Beginning in July of next year, the University Student Health Center will partner with the Department of Family and Community Medicine in Reno to offer a sports […]
Accomplishments, Med School, News |