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AROUND THE COLLEGE

RESEARCH FELLOWS ANNOUNCED

Ten FSU College of Medicine students have been chosen as winners of 2006 Research Fellowship grants, selection committee chairwoman Myra Hurt announced.

The winners, selected by faculty committee, are: Corinne Brann, Melissa Catenacci, Stephanie Chase, Leslie Haney, Uchenna Ikediobi, Steele Lancaster, Langdon Morrison, Jennifer Morton, Angelica Soberon and Mai Vo.

Each will receive up to $2,500 toward an eight-week summer research project or a fall semester research elective. Winners were selected on the basis of their intended research, their statement on how the research will fit into their career objectives and academic standing.

ACADEMIC HONORS FOR 10

The FSU chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society recognized 10 College of Medicine students for their outstanding academic achievements.

Those honored are: Robin Albritton, Erkan Alci, Tristan Altbuch, Sady Armada, Peter Bechtel, Jonathan Deam, Adam Denker, Adam Huddleston, Kyle Moyles and Jeremy Williams.

Phi Kappa Phi limits admission to second-semester juniors in the top 7.5-percent of their class or seniors and graduate students in the top 10-percent. Students must have 24 credit hours at FSU, including transfer credits,

The cut-off limit for FSU medical students being considered for invitation this year is a 3.9 grade-point average.

DANCE MARATHON GETS ITS DUE

Dance Marathon raised more than $270,000 to benefit the FSU College of Medicine’s Pediatric Outreach Program and the Children’s Miracle Network at Shands Hospital.

More than 700 dancers, 65 participating organizations and 75 sponsors took part, including first-year FSU medical students Shannon Hill and George Barrio, who were part of the organizing committee.

Not only was the event a success financially, but Dance Marathon earned the Mores Award as a campus organization exhibiting outstanding contributions to the Seminole tradition.

The award is given by the Garnet and Gold Key leadership society, Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society and the Mortar Board Senior Honor Society. Overall Director Vinny Bocchino also earned recognition as recipient of the College of Communication's Humanitarian of the year and the President's Humanitarian of the Year.

Proceeds from the event are split evenly between the Pediatric Outreach Program and the Children’s Miracle Network. Last year, the proceeds were used to purchase 10 apnea monitors for use with newborns at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.
Apnea is a condition in which the babies may stop breathing. It is often considered one of the main factors in cases of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Apnea monitors were developed to measure respiration and cardiac activity, and to give an audible alarm should any sudden change occur, which may indicate the cessation of either breathing or heart function.
Donations to Dance Marathon are accepted continually at www.dm.fsu.edu.

PEDALING HOPE FOR CANCER PATIENTS

Fourth-year student Jason Farrah is combining his love of cycling, his involvement with Tallahassee Memorial Hospital as a member of the Tallahassee campus and a desire to make a difference in his hometown.
He is serving as race director for the first Capital City Ride for Hope, to benefit construction of the Tallahassee Memorial Cancer Center, an affiliate of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute.

The Ride for Hope is modeled after a highly successful charitable event run by the Lance Armstrong Foundation. The ride, on June 3 in northeast Tallahassee, starts at 7 a.m. at Celebration Baptist Church.

The day includes children’s activities, health screenings by medical professionals, a DJ and local bands. For more information: www.capitalcityrideforhope.com.

ROUSSO’S WRITINGS

Joseph Rousso, a third-year student from the Orlando campus, did a presentation on hereditary pancreatitis with a poster entitled, “The holidays are nauseating,’’ at the American College of Physicians spring Chapter Associates meeting in Miami.

He made the poster with help from Orlando internal medicine faculty member Dr. Mario Madruga and Orlando internal medicine resident Dr. Shilpa Oberoi. Rousso also wrote a political profile for the student newsletter of the American Medical Association Political Action Committee that was distributed to medical students from across the nation at the American Medical Association Lobby Days in Washington, D.C.


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