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News from the School of Medicine
March 18, 2024
Every ACGME Residency/Fellowship Program at the SOM Accredited with Commendation
All eight residency and fellowship programs at the UCR School of Medicine that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) have received continued accreditation with commendation.
March 15, 2024
UCR SOM Celebrates Match Day 2024
On Friday, the UCR SOM class of 2024 learned where they will spend the next few years of their medical career during Match Day.
The annual event brings together fourth-year medical students and their families to celebrate their next steps toward becoming doctors. At 9 am exactly, students across the country opened envelopes containing the name of the hospital or school hosting their residency program. Emotions ran high as students shared the news with their cohort and guests.
March 06, 2024
Healthy Pregnancies for All
Recently, Brenda Ross, MD, a maternal fetal medicine specialist at UCR Health, suggested that a patient with underlying health conditions have her pregnancy managed at a larger hospital with more in-house specialists. When the patient refused, Ross agreed to work with her. Ross recalled the patient being consistent with her prenatal care until a work obligation resulted in her missing a dose of her medication, likely leading to a health issue that harmed the fetus.
March 04, 2024
UCR SOM PRIME Recruiting Community Members for Program to Increase Self-Advocacy Skills for African American Patients
The UC Riverside School of Medicine’s Program in Medical Education (PRIME) has received an Association of American Medical Colleges NEXT Grant of $40,000 over two years to support a project that will work to help African American patients grow their self-advocacy skills to achieve better symptom management, overall health, increased confidence, and satisfaction with healthcare services. UCR SOM is one of five institutions to receive the competitive grant.
February 29, 2024
NIH grant supports new research on neurodevelopmental disorders
Project will focus on understanding mechanisms of hyperexcitability and seizures
February 27, 2024
Novel protective antibody target identified against Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus
CCHFV poses a threat to U.S. military personnel and hospital staff as well as residents of a growing number of countries, says UC Riverside biomedical scientist
February 23, 2024
Setting Kids and Future Physicians Up for Success
As a child in Botswana, Esther Caroline McGowan, MD, still remembers the love that her mother, a nurse, had for her patients. “That was one of the reasons that I wanted to get into medicine,” recalled McGowan, who is now a pediatrician at UCR Health. “In my mind, everyone deserved to have care from someone like my mom who would treat each patient as if they were part of the family.”
February 12, 2024
SOM Students Receive $580,000 in Scholarships from Inland Empire Community Foundation
The Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF) has awarded $10,000 scholarships to 58 UCR School of Medicine students, for a total gift of $580,000.
The awards come from the S.L. Gimbel Foundation Scholarship Fund at Inland Empire Community Foundation, Where Giving Grows, with the goal of supporting low-income students at the UCR SOM.