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Here’s a sampling of stories that have put the College of Medicine in the news recently. Follow the links for more information.

Once again, Florida State University ranks among the nation’s best medical schools for Hispanics.

The Autism Institute is leading a new intervention study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

The Class of 2016 finished an eventful summer semester at the White Coat Ceremony.

In case you missed it, the fall issue of FSU MED magazine has these feature articles: “At home in Arcadia,” about small-town pediatrician Fawn Harrison, Class of 2005; “Taking medical education on the road,” a behind-the-scenes look at the bus brigade that takes the FOSCE exam to the regional campuses; and “Good lineman, good listener,” an update on former Seminoles football stalwart David Castillo – who, before graduating from med school this spring, made quite an impression on the young people at Turn About.

FSU MED has dozens of other articles, including postdoc Zarko Manojlovic’s complex journey from Sarajevo to a College of Medicine lab; Assistant Professor Sanjay Kumar (pictured here) and his discovery of what he calls the brain’s FSU Receptor, which was featured recently in the journal Neuroscience; Associate Professor Heather Flynn’s efforts to get U.S. researchers to collaborate instead of compete; Center on Patient Safety Director Dennis Tsilimingras’ groundbreaking study on medical problems that rural patients encounter after they’re discharged from the hospital; Assistant Professor Kimberly Driscoll’s examination of how to teach young diabetes patients to follow their doctors’ treatment plan more effectively; Class of 2010 alumna Kristen Barrie’s riveting account of watching an unrepentant physician face the consequences of his actions; and much more.


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