June 2020

Brown Alpert Medical School

Alumni Newsletter

June 29, 2020

Hello Medical Alumni!

Even with the challenges presented by the ongoing pandemic, we hope you are finding time to relax, spend time with family and rejuvenate underneath the warmth of the summer sun.

Inside Insight

  • MD’21: The Brown Medical Alumni Association is working with Medical School administrators to develop a virtual residency interview/mentor program to help students navigate the residency application process within constraints that may be imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. More information to come.
  • MD’22: Students are in the midst of their third-year clerkships.
  • MD’23: More than half of the second-year students are conducting research this summer.
  • MD’24: The Medical School is preparing to welcome its new cohort of first-year students in August.

In Case You Missed It

  • Tomorrow, June 30, is the deadline to self-nominate or nominate someone else for the vacant positions on the BMAA Board of Directors. So, complete and submit the nomination form by 5 p.m. tomorrow.
  • The Medical School became the first regional testing site for the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam to address the need after COVID-19 closed existing testing centers. Read more here.
  • The latest issue of the BioMed Campaign newsletter explores the role of Brown’s physicians and scientists on the front line and behind the scenes of Rhode Island's pandemic response. Watch and read here.
  • Click here to watch the first performance of the National Virtual Medical Orchestra, a coordinated effort of musicians from medical orchestras from around the country, including the Providence Medical Orchestra

Save the Date! 

  • July 21 (8 p.m. EDT): “Making lemons into lemonade: How to work with stress and anxiety during uncertain times,” a webinar for health care professionals presented by Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, Director of Research and Innovation, Mindfulness Center at Brown (Invitation to follow.)

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