Medical schools around the country seeing increase in enrollment
For 2021 academic year, increase in 18%.
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Medical schools around the country are seeing a new, encouraging trend in the middle of the pandemic. The Association of American Medical Colleges reports the number of students applying to medical schools for the 2021 academic year is up 18% from last year.
âSome are calling it the Fauci effect,â says Dr. Lee Learman, Dean of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. âSo many good things come from Dr. Fauci, one of them may be to inspire careers for other folks that are interested in medicine.â
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Virginia Tech medical faculty, students will receive the COVID-10 vaccine
News Highlights: Virginia Tech medical faculty, students will receive the COVID-10 vaccine
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ / Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Release) – Members of the Virginia Tech The Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM) community has begun to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
In December, Carilion Clinic and other local health systems began administering vaccines to their healthcare providers. That includes their employees who also hold faculty degrees in medical school, who have received a vaccine “for their clinical role in seeing patients, a group prioritized by the Virginia Department of Health as part of Phase 1a”, said the school.
Virginia Tech medical school faculty, students getting COVID-10 vaccine Carilion Clinic COVID-19 Vaccine (Source: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine) By Pat Thomas | January 7, 2021 at 11:07 AM EST - Updated January 14 at 2:32 PM
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ/Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Release) - Members of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM) community have started receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
In December, Carilion Clinic and other local health systems began administering vaccines to their health care providers. That includes their employees who also hold faculty titles at the medical school, who received the vaccine âbecause of their clinical roles seeing patients, a group prioritized by the Virginia Department of Health as part of Phase 1a,â according to the school.
Renowned aerosol scientist Linsey Marr to speak at 10th annual Delta Dental lecture
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Linsey C. Marr will deliver the keynote address at the 10th annual Delta Dental of Virginia Endowed Oral Health Lecture on Jan. 6. Photo courtesy Virginia Tech.
Linsey C. Marr, the Charles P. Lunsford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, will give the 10th annual Delta Dental Oral Health Endowed Lecture virtually on Wednesday at 7 p.m.