Wake Forest MD/PhD Program Student Association

Happy hour for March will be Friday, March 19th 5:30 PM at First Street Bar. We can celebrate Lan, Rebecca, Jen, and Me matching.

We will have our meeting on Feb 25th at noon in the Neuroscience conference room. Hanes building 1st floor, room 1002. Dr. John Stewart IV M.D.

Our retreat for 2010 has been scheduled for June 11-13th in Gatlingburg, TN, where we will be renting a cabin for the weekend.

Speaker: Richard Loeser, MD, The Dorothy Rhyne Kimbrell and Willard Duke Kimbrell Professor; Chief, Section of Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine; Co-Director, Molecular Medicine & Translational Science PhD program.
Time: Wednesday, December 2^nd, Noon-1pm
Location: Nutrition Conference Room 3

Please join us for this year's retreat where we will be touring lake norman with dinner and drinks. Van transportation will be provided, leaving from the Eden Terrace van pick-up at 4:30pm. RSVP to Sherrie Brazier.
http://www.queenslanding.com

Our MD/PhD retreat will be held at Graylyn this year (www.graylyn.com). I hope you can join us. Please RSVP to me by Monday, June 23.

Topic: Retreat options, socializing with other NC MD/PhD programs
Time: Wednesday May 21, 2008 from Noon - 1 pm
Place: Molecular Medicine Conference Room - 3rd floor, North Tower
RSVP: Mandy Stafford astaffor@wfubmc.edu by Wednesday, May 14th

Speaker: Paul Laurienti, M.D., Ph.D.
Topic: Program updates - Applicant Update, May Retreat, etc.
Time: Monday March 31, 2008 from Noon - 1 pm
Place: Molecular Medicine Conference Room - 3rd floor, North Tower
RSVP: Mandy Stafford astaffor@wfubmc.edu by Wednesday, March 26th

All,

If you have not heard, the National Board of Examiners is considering a change to the USMLE tests. These changes involve integrating step 1 and 2 together into one test. This survey is to give feedback to the APSA representatives who are involved in the discussions. They want to see what the overall consensus. If you go to the following link:

Speaker: Michael T. Fitch, M.D., Ph.D.
Time: December 3, 2007 from Noon - 1 pm
Place: Molecular Medicine Conference Room on the 3rd floor of North Tower
RSVP: Mandy Stafford astaffor@wfubmc.edu by Thursday November 29th.