Guest Speaker: Erin Frazier

On 3/31, Erin Frazier, a nurse who works at the Harrisonburg Community Health Center, came to speak to our class about many primary services that are offered for low income individuals and vulnerable populations. I enjoyed her input about the benefits of health centers like the one in Harrisonburg and the importance of building relationships....

Suter Science Seminar: Jennifer Bryant

Below is a summary of Jennifer Bryant’s discussion about cardiac remodeling in last wee’s Suter Science seminar. Enjoy!     Jennifer Bryant, who is an associate professor in biopharmaceutical sciences at Shenandoah University, gave a lecture about the research she has performed over the last decade that concerns cardiac remodeling and fibrosis occurring after someone....

Guest Speaker: Ann Schaeffer

    On February 24, Ann Schaeffer came to our class as a guest speaker to discuss women’s health issues and client/provider relationships. She is an assistant professor in EMU’s nursing program, as well as a certified nurse midwife in current practice in Harrisonburg. Schaeffer goes into detail about her background and scope as a....

Guest Speaker: Jack Broaddus

Jack Broaddus came to our class on February 1 to discuss some of the current issues pertaining to caring for the aging population in the United States. While there are many important matters that are plaguing the United States’ healthcare system, the issues concerning how to handle the ever-increasing elderly population are far from being....

School Applications

The work truly never ends does it? Most of us in this program have goals of eventually entering medical school, PA school, DO school, optometry school, etc. Unfortunately, rocking this program academically does not guarantee automatic acceptance into any of these schools (although it should…we work hard!). I, too, am currently in the process of....

Thesis research at EMU – what’s it all about?

by Dr. Julia Halterman One of the unique aspects of earning a MA in Biomedicine degree is that our students complete original, hypothesis-driven thesis research. This truly sets our students apart from other applicants to professional schools, since the majority of applicants have not conducted thesis research. What does thesis research look like at EMU?....