Oakland University, Beaumont add 20 years to medical school affiliation agreement
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ROCHESTER, Mich., March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Oakland University and William Beaumont Hospitals have extended their affiliation agreement through 2041.
This clears the way for Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine medical students to continue training at Michigan s largest health system and offers both organizations enhanced research capabilities.
Oakland University and Beaumont add 20 years to medical school affiliation agreement.
The amended and longer term agreement was recently approved by the Oakland University Board of Trustees on February 15, and by the Beaumont Health Board of Directors on February 17.
Suspected barricaded gunman who was shot by police dies at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak
Man was involved in several-hour standoff with law enforcement
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A barricaded situation in Royal Oak ended Feb. 27, 2021 after the suspected gunman was fatally shot by police. (WDIV)
ROYAL OAK, Mich. – The suspect in Saturday’s barricaded gunman incident in Royal Oak was pronounced dead Sunday morning by a physician at William Beaumont Hospital, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.
Authorities identified the man as Jason Raymond Sugg.
Sugg was shot by police Saturday night after a several-hour standoff in Royal Oak.
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According to authorities, police responded to a report of a domestic dispute between a father and his adult son at a home in the 2700 block of Oliver Road at about 2 p.m. Police said the son was intoxicated and assaulted his father, who called 911.
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Three University of Pennsylvania researchers have been honored by The Sanford and Sue Greenberg Prize to End Blindness by 2020 for their research, which led to the first Food and Drug Administration-approved gene therapy for a genetic disease. Gustavo D. Aguirre of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Jean Bennett and Albert M. Maguire of the Perelman School of Medicine, together with William Hauswirth of the University of Florida, are recipients of the Outstanding Achievement Prize, awarded in a virtual ceremony.
The four scientists share a $1 million prize, funds that will go to support further laboratory and clinical research that advances vision science. Together, their work going from an animal model of disease to human clinical trials led to an FDA-approved gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) caused by a mutation in the RPE65 gene, a retinal disease that causes visual impairments beginning in infancy. Now commercialized and used routinely, this treatme