For veterinary students, the hardest lesson is saying goodbye

According to a recent Washington Post article,

"College professors now realize that veterinarians face unique stressors compared with any other career, even within the medical field. It's considered the only medical profession in which killing your patient is not only acceptable, but also occasionally encouraged as the best possible resolution to alleviate suffering... Experts say it can exact an indelible psychological toll. And now college programs training future veterinarians are paying special attention to the emotional aspects of death" (emphasis added).

The article discusses how the veterinary profession and schools are addressing the issue.

Read the full article here.

Hoos vs Hokies Blood Drive this week!

Who can bring out the most donors to help support local lives: Hokies or Cavs? 

Do you want UVA to win bragging rights AND help support lives in our community?
Donate blood on or near grounds this week! 

Free food from local shops and restaurants available + limited edition 2015 Hoos vs Hokies
t-shirts for all participating donors. 

September 29th - October 2nd

St Paul's Memorial Church (Tues - Thurs, 12-6pm; Friday - 10am-4pm)

Chemistry Building (Tuesday-Thursday, 12-6pm, Friday 10am-4pm)

Bloodmobile on University Avenue (Tuesday-Friday, 12-6pm)

Sign up for any of these locations.

NIH Head Francis Collins On New Efforts To Use Medical Records Of Volunteers To Treat Diseases

Food for Thought: 
NPR: Diane Rehm Show 9.28.15  
Last January, President Barack Obama announced a precision medicine initiative. The idea: develop treatments tailored to an individual based on their genetics and other personal characteristics. Those who support the effort, still in its early stages, say it could revolutionize medicine. A major part of the initiative is using medical records and genetic data of one million volunteers to learn more about treating disease.

The National Institutes of Health has just released final plans on how to take on this major project. Francis Collins, head of the NIH, joins Diane to talk about the future of precision medicine.

Host: Ms. Diane Rehm

Guest: Dr. Francis Collins, Director of NIH and UVA Alum '70!

Listen here

MD-PhD podcast “Tri-I Pod”

In its first week since going live, nearly 500 people listened to our first episode where Dr. Olaf Andersen and Ruth Gotian discussed MD-PhD training, careers and admissions. Today, the second episode of the podcast launched, this time with inspiring interviews with two MD-PhD students, Meg Fabiszak and Raul Martinez. Not surprisingly, the students have a unique perspective to their training, which is always best heard first hand. 

Click on the appropriate episode to hear it in its entirety:

Episode 1: Interview with Dr. Olaf Andersen and Ruth Gotian

Episode 2: Student interviews with Meg Fabiszak and Raul Martinez

Upcoming Oppurtunities at UVA

Career Exploration Workshop Date: Tuesdsay, Septemer 29th Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm Location: Bryant Hall UNDECLARED?  Wondering what major to choose, how choice of major relates to future career opportunities, or what employers are looking for in potential candidates? Interested in learning how skills and values can influence career decision making? Want help navigating Career Center resources and setting goals for exploring careers and clarifying your goals?  If so, consider participating in the Career Exploration Workshop Series!  The series is sequential and participants MUST ATTEND ALL 4 SESSIONS (September 10, 17, 24, October 1st ). This event requires pre-registration.

Global Health Case Writing
Date: Tuesday, September 29th
Time: 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: OpenGrounds
The Center for Global Health is seeking to employ global health case writers. The CGH is sponsoring this interactive workshop to describe global health case writing standards and encourage participants to brainstorm case subjects. We will invite all participants of this workshop to apply for a paid case writing position, a part-time effort from 10.4.15 to 12.18.15. The final case will be submitted for publication through Darden Business Publishing and used for the UVA Global Health Case Competition to be held on January 30, 2016. Please email with any questions about the event or case writing position.

School of Medicine Committee on Women Mentoring Network
Date: Tuesday, October 29th
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: OpenGrounds
An informal gathering designed to foster mentoring relationships, and identify resources and support for career advancement and work-life balance. 

“Global Education for Girls” - Opportunities and Challenges in Transforming Poverty 
Date: Wednesday, September 29th
Time:4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Bavaro Hall 116
Through her leadership at Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) Jessica Posner Odede brings an important innovation to the fight against gender inequality and extreme poverty in the developing world. By linking tuition free schools for girls to holistic social services for all in the urban slums of Nairobi, Kenya, girls’ schools become a portal of social change in these communities. Join her in discussing her experiences, and how we can begin to move forward in transforming poverty all over the world.

Research 101 Workshop
Date: Friday, October 2nd
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 
Location: Newcomb, Commonwealth Room
Are you interested in research? Don't know where to start? Come to BOLD's (Black Oasis for Learning and Development) Research 101 Workshop hosted by Dean Grimes (OAAA and Curry). Please RSVP by emailing Regine Pittman. 

Biology Department Seminar
Date: Friday, October 2nd
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Gilmer 190
Join us for a seminar with Jianhua Cang, Associate Professor of Neurobiology at Northwestern University, on critical period plasticity and binocular matching in the mouse visual cortex.

3rd Annual Medical Design Competition: Date: October 2nd - October 4th
Location: Rice Hall
Innovation, mentorship, prizes, free food! This competition welcomes anyone who has found or who is looking for an area of healthcare to begin entrepreneurship. This year, our themes are prosthetics and children's health but we totally welcome any and every healthcare interest you have!
Register here or sign up on Facebook (Health UnBound), follow us on Twitter @hooHUB, or see our website. Please contact Tarun K. if you have any questions!

Free Webinars with Berkeley Optometry

Join us for Free Webinars with Berkeley Optometry!

These webinars are designed to prepare prospective students for applications and interviews. Each session is a 1-hour presentation with optional Q&A time afterwards. 

Topic: Berkeley Optometry Program and Admissions Overview

Date: Wednesday, September 30

Time: 3:00 - 4:30pm PDT

Presenter: Assistant Dean of Admissions, Student Affairs and Career Services

Registration Form 

Topic: Essay Writing 

Date: Tuesday, October 6

Time: 2:00 - 3:30pm PDT

Presenter: Assistant Dean of Admissions, Student Affairs and Career Services

Registration Form 

Topic: Chat with Current Second Year Students 

Date: Monday, October 12

Time: 4:15 -5:30pm  PDT

Presenter: Berkeley Optometry Ambassadors, Camille and Ben 

Registration Form

Topic: Interview Skills & Professional Etiquette 

Date: Tuesday, October 20

Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm PDT

Presenter: Assistant Dean of Admissions, Student Affairs and Career Services

Registration Form 

Once registered, participants will receive a confirmation with important instructions on using the Blue Jeans platform; Blue Jeans is a multi-party video conferencing and content sharing service. Run entirely in the cloud, Blue Jeans works with PC and Macintosh computers, iPhone, iPad, and other devices via a web browser. The service allows Berkeley Optometry to place video calls to any prospective optometry student around the globe.

More information can be found at: http://optometry.berkeley.edu/admissions/webinars

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Fall Open House

Save the date for the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Fall Open House! Event activities include presentations about our curriculum and research focus, advice for students wanting to apply to medical school, lunch and tours with current medical students, and a Q&A session with the Dean of Admissions.

Date: Saturday November 7, 2015
Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm
Location: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Registration is required. Please use the following link http://tinyurl.com/VTCSOM-OH-Nov7 for student registration. There is a limit on the number of people who can be accommodated so we advise registering as early as possible! 

Health Education Internship

This position will work closely with local health organizations to maintain a stock of safe sex materials in the UVA LGBTQ Center; organize HIV testing events; plan one LGBTQ health education program and the Queer Health Series each semester with assistance from the Coordinator for LGBTQ Student Services and Center. Duties are about 5 flexible hours/week including 1-2 one-hour meetings per week.

The 5 hour/week, paid internship opportunities are available for undergraduate and graduate students interested in not only gaining experiences in working with the LGBTQ community, but also to further develop more capabilities in functional job duties great for resume building! Each position provides a minor stipend at the beginning of each semester of $150, totaling $300 for the academic year.

Qualifications:

• Excellent communication skills
• Great organizational skills
• Familiarity with the LGBTQ population and its allies
• Willingness to participate in a Safe Space Training and becoming a Safe Space Trainer

How to Apply
Please fill out this form: Internship Application Form and send resumes to Scott Rheinheimer at  scottr@virginia.edu
Due Date: Friday, October 2nd at 5pm
Interviews will be conducted October 7th-14th by the LGBTQ Center staff.
Selection will be made by Friday, October 16th.

If you have any questions, please contact Scott at scottr@virginia.edu

Crozet Eye Care Seeks Team Member

The Crozet Eye Care team is looking for a new member! The team wishes to fill a full time position either with one full time team member or two part time team members. Must have outstanding customer service skills and computer knowledge. Experience preferred but we are willing to train the right candidate. Great hours and competitive pay.

Shannon Franklin, OD, FVAO

@shannoneyedoc

Crozet Eye Care, Optometrists

434.823.4441

www.CrozetEyeCare.com

 

Tri Institutional MD- PhD Podcast "Tri-I Pod"

Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program is pleased to share the first installment of their MD-PhD podcast “Tri-I Pod”.

Dr. Olaf Anderson, the MD-PhD Program Director and Ruth Gotian, Administrative Director, discuss what it means to be a physician-scientist, what makes the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program unique and an inside look at their admissions process. 

Screening: Code Black- A Medical Drama Television Series

AMSA (American Medical Student Association) will be partnering with CBS to host a pre-screening of the pilot episode of Code Black, a medical drama television series set in the busiest ER in the nation. This is an exciting opportunity and  we would love to have as many of you come out as possible! There will be free food for everyone who attends and free Code Black t-shirts for the first one hundred students who arrive at the pre-screening. 
Date: Sunday, September 27th
Time: 6-8pm
Location: Ern Commons 

FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/431059130425483/ 
Here is a trailer of the show:

http://www.cbs.com/shows/code-black/video/F2EF16ED-FA37-ACA6-629A-93BE91C75C92/code-black-code-black-series-premiere-preview-/

Undergrad Trio Employs Tech to Bring Health Info to Migrants

Two years ago, University of Virginia faculty members Laura Barnes and Rupa Valdez were collaborating on a National Institutes of Health-funded project designed to help Latinas in a rural farming community in Florida and had three undergraduates on the team to assist with background research and data analysis. These undergraduates were Bijan Morshedi, Alexis Chaet, and Andrew Mitchell.

This year, the three students are among the winners of the Voto Latino Innovators Challenge, a $500,000 tech competition that asks Latino millenials to “think of a way tech can be used to make life better for Latinos,” and then provides winners with the funds, training and partners to make their idea a reality. The trio submitted one of seven winning concepts addressing a variety of needs in Latino communities around the country. Their entry, “Designing Culturally-Competent Health IT for the U.S. Latino Migrant Farmworker Population,” was inspired by the work they did with Barnes and Valdez.

Their vision? A multimedia platform designed for low-literacy populations that delivers medical information and education to migrant workers. The platform will consist of a personalized video library of health topics loaded onto a tablet and installed in five migrant work camps in rural Virginia next year.

“Someday, this project might serve as a model for bridging gaps in health information access and communication barriers within limited-English-proficiency populations living in isolated communities.”

Mitchell added, “I feel extremely privileged to be involved in this project as its purpose not only directly helps the migrant Latino community, it also illustrates the merging of health information with technology.”

To read the full article in UVA Today, click here

Eastern Virginia Medical School of Health Professions Open House

‌Calling all prospective students! Here is your opportunity to explore EVMS' Health Professions Programs! Meet with faculty, current students and alumni, talk with representatives from Financial Aid and Admissions and tour the campus.
Date: Saturday, October 24th
Location: Eastern Virginia Medical School

Click here for the full agenda for the day and register now!

Online Appointment Scheduling

Online appointment scheduling through CAVLink is up and running again! As always, appointment scheduling is also available by contacting the Career Center front desk at 434-924-8900 or stopping by the Career Center in Bryant Hall at Scott Stadium.

If you have immediate questions and cannot access an appointment quickly enough, don't forget about Office Hours!

• Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday's, 1:30-4:30pm, Monroe Hall Room 263
• 2nd and 4th Monday's, 2-4pm, Memorial Gym Room 203

Please note the following additional instructions when scheduling an appointment online:

• Please indicate in the "additional notes" box if you wish to discuss any specific topics (i.e. course selection, personal statement, school list, post bac programs, etc.), in addition to any further specifics you can provide. This helps us best prepare and make the most of your appointment time!
• If you are a current student, all appointments should take place in-person in the Career Center.
• If you cannot attend your appointment, please make sure to login to CAVLink and cancel it. Any appointment slot you reserve and do not attend is a space that could have been used by one of your peers.

1) After logging into CAVLink, click "Request a Counseling Appointment" on the right hand side.

2) Filter based on your preferences:

• Appointment type (Pre-Health)
• Advisor (Jessica Bowers or Rebecca Hale)
• Day
• Time

Tip: to see more appointment options, try only one or two filters to begin with.
Tip: appointment times are only visible for up to 3 weeks prior to the date of the appointment

3) Wait for your appointment to be approved. Generally, appointment approval will happen within a day. Once approved, an appointment will move from the "Requested Appointment" column to the "Approved Appointment" column.

 

4) Reschedule and cancel, as needed. Appointments may be canceled or rescheduled via CAVLink up to 24 hours before the appointment. If you need to reschedule within 24 hours, please call the front desk.

UVA Graduate & Professional School Fair

Join us for the UVA Graduate & Professional School Fair! The fair includes over 150 graduate and professional schools from across the world will be here to recruit UVA students for their top-notch programs. All University of Virginia students of all majors are encouraged to attend the event to learn more about program opportunities, details, and requirements.
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Time: 4:00pm-7:00pm
Location: Newcomb Hall, 3rd floor

The Graduate & Professional School Fair includes a wide variety of visitors including medicine, sciences, international relations, fine arts, and more! Review the full list of participating programs.

Health programs participating include:
Dentistry: A.T. Still University, Midwestern University, University of New England, University of Pennsylvania.

Medicine.: A.T. Still University, American University, Campbell University, Drexel University, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, George Squared, Georgetown University, ISA Degrees Abroad, Liberty University, Lincoln Memorial University, Mercer University, Midwestern University, Penn State Public Health Program, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ross University, St George's University, The George Washington University, Trinity School, University of Pennsylvania, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.

Pharmacy: Appalachian College of Pharmacy, Campbell University, Farleigh Dickinson School of Pharmacy, Georgetown University, High Point University, ISA Degrees Abroad, Mercer University, Midwestern University, North Dakota University, Northeastern University, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Shenandoah University, The Catholic University of America, Thomas Jefferson University, University of New England, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Physical Therapy: A.T. Still University, Campbell University, Drexel University, East Tennessee University, High Point University, ISA Degrees Abroad, Marymount University, Mercer University, Midwestern University, Murphy Deming College of Heath Sciences/ Mary Baldwin College, Northeastern University, Old Dominion University, Penn State Public Health Program, Shenandoah University, The Catholic University of America, Thomas Jefferson University, University of New England, University of St Augustine.

Physician Assistant: A.T. Still University, Campbell University, Drexel University, High Point University, ISA Degrees Abroad, James Madison University, Mercer University, Midwestern University, George Washington University, Murphy Deming College of Heath Sciences/ Mary Baldwin College, Northeastern University, Penn State Public Health Program, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Shenandoah University, The Catholic University of America, Thomas Jefferson University, University of New England, Virginia College Advising Corps, and Widener University. 

Podiatry: Temple University School of Podiatry

Public Health: Old Dominion University, Peace Corps, Penn State Public Health Program,
St George's University, Thomas Jefferson University, Tufts University, University of Glasgow, University of St Augustine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia College Advising Corps,Virginia Tech.

Veterinary:  George Squared, ISA Degrees Abroad, Lincoln Memorial University, Regenerative Medicine Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Ross University, St George's University,  University of St Andrews.

To learn more check out the website career.virginia.edu/GPSfair or the Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/1463890603940732/ 

We hope to see you there!