Pre-professional health sciences

Nurse, communications strategist with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to speak on transformative power of listening

by Lauren Jefferson

Nurse and communications strategist Beth Toner, of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, presents the first Suter Science Seminar of the spring semester on Friday, Jan. 15, with “Health Care Narrative:
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Student research on hypertension, caffeinated athletes and radio-tracked beetles rewarded at annual STEM symposium

by Lauren Jefferson

Kaylee Ferguson, a junior biology major, and Jared Fernandez, a second year master’s in biomedicine graduate student, took top honors at Eastern Mennonite University’s Annual STEM Student Research Symposium. Their
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Taylor Mortensen’s experiences with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis provide motivation to pursue pediatric nursing

by Dylan Buchanan

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is not a part of our everyday vocabulary and especially not heard on a college campus. But it’s a familiar disease to Eastern Mennonite University sophomore Taylor
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Bioethicist and living donor advocate Sigrid Fry-Revere challenges the current organ donor system with questions about why Iran’s system is more responsible and ethical

by Lauren Jefferson

When bioethicist and living donor advocate Sigrid Fry-Revere learned in 2007 that Iran was the only country in the world that had solved the need for organ donors in a
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VCU gastroenterologist is the first of many experts to present at 2015-2016 Suter Science Seminar series

by Lauren Jefferson

Scott Matherly, MD, an expert on cirrhosis, liver transplantation and liver cancer, will be the first speaker in the 2015-2016 Suter Science Seminar series at Eastern Mennonite University. Matherly will
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MA in biomedicine students to benefit from articulation agreement with Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

by Kara Lofton

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) has expanded its articulation agreement with the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) to include acceptance of five biomedicine graduate students who meet entrance criteria.
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Transdisciplinary seminar on adverse childhood experiences teaches future health professionals unique diagnostic tools

by Lauren Jefferson

What if a traumatic childhood event could be contributing to health problems? Wouldn’t listening and learning from a patient about that experience be as valuable for diagnostic purposes to a
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