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Student spotlight: Anurag Virmani
While studying pharmacology at Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, India, Anurag Virmani became interested in the inner workings of the healthcare system. “I realized I want to be involved in those major decisions that impact healthcare, not just within the spectrum of your patients,” he sa...
Dedicated to service: Meet a veteran in the Weatherhead community
Growing up in Lomita, California, Sharon Ehasz had a lot to look up to—both figuratively and literally. Her family’s extensive military background lent her many role models for applying the desire she felt to serve something greater than herself. But it was her passion for flying—a skill she first t...
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Alumna Alexandria Johnson Boone honored with Flora Award
In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women in 2023, twenty women from across the nation have been chosen as recipients of the Flora Award. Weatherhead alumna Alexandria (Alex) Johnson Boone (GRS '81, organization development and analysis) is one of the recipien...
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Phil Cola receives Rod Rose Award for contribution to the Journal of Research Administration
Philip A. Cola and collaborators were honored with the Rod Rose Award for the most outstanding contribution in the past year to the Journal of Research Administration by the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI). The award was given for their article: Faculty Views on the Barriers...
Weatherhead's “whole-system-in-the-room” Appreciative Inquiry Summit to take place Nov. 2-4
The Weatherhead School of Management is holding a 2 ½ day Appreciative Inquiry Summit with the future-focused task of “Coming Together to Create an Enduring Impact for an Interconnected World” on Nov. 2–4 at the Thwing Center Ballroom on the campus of ϳԹ. Those plannin...
Celebrating Physician Assistant Week
The American Academy of Physician Assistants celebrates Physician Assistants (PA) during National PA Week, held October 6–12 each year, to recognize the contributions of PAs in providing quality patient care. At the School of Medicine, we are proud to celebrate our PA students, faculty, staff and ...
Student Spotlight: Trenley Anderson
Class Year: 2024 Program Major: Doctor of Medicine Witnessing a physician make insensitive comments about a patient during rounds last year initially offended fourth-year medical student Trenley Anderson. But then, it motivated them to take action. The incident ignited a passion in Anderson to cha...
ϳԹ School of Medicine professors Timothy Chan, Kim Anderson-Erisman elected to National Academy of Medicine
Two ϳԹ School of Medicine professors have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the nation’s most esteemed societies for health and medicine. NAM membership “recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and c...
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Student spotlight: Jack Rafoth
The idea of purchasing an existing company and then optimizing it to grow is one Jack Rafoth thinks about often. This process, also known as entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA), is a strategy to become a business owner by acquiring a company, where an entrepreneur seeks the support of investo...
ϳԹ researchers identify inherited gene mutation linked to esophageal cancer
Discovery could lead to possible prevention, treatment strategies Studying genes in families with a propensity for certain diseases has led to many critical advances in medicine, including the discovery of statins in family members who suffered heart attacks at an early age. ...