Student News

The Huddle, a news site that shares information about UW Medicine people and places, profiled the student group QMED in a post titled, “QMED Builds Community for Queer Medical Students.” The article begins, “Community and mentorship are crucial for medical students to help them feel supported and build their careers — even more so for students whose identities are often marginalized or underrepresented. For LGBTQ+...

Meet your new dedicated medical school librarian. You can find a list of the services that she can provide here on the Health Sciences Library website. Name: Rachel Blume    Role: Medicine and Research Services Librarian, Health Sciences Library in Seattle.   How will students find you? I will be working a hybrid schedule available online at rblume@uw.edu as well as in my office...

The UW Health Sciences Immunization Program (HSIP), which has jurisdiction over UWSOM medical students., says the deadline has been extended to Jan. 5, 2024, for the 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine, primarily due to the unknown nature of the vaccine supply chain.   Here are more updates: Available Updated 2023-2024 Monovalent XBB Containing Vaccines:  The following FDA approved vaccines meet the HSIP updated COVID-19 vaccine requirement: Pfizer (Comirnaty) and Moderna...

Here is a message that Erik Malmberg, Ph.D, J.D., sent to students on Sept. 26, 2023. Dear Students: I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and say how excited I am to have started on Sept. 1 as the Assistant Dean for Equity and Medical Student Engagement at the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM). I am also humbled to be joining the...

Name: Erica Crittendon Status: MS3, Seattle Title: Internalized HIV stigma compromises retention in care amongst people living with HIV in Umlazi, South Africa. Erica Crittendon’s presentation of her research took a fascinating turn when she was interviewed by an hiv.gov representative after her poster session at the International AIDS Society’s (AIS) conference in Brisbane, Australia. The study found that people who had demonstrated internalized stigma had a...

The UWSOM chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) elected senior AOA members on Monday. Students were selected using a process that incorporates clerkship grades, feedback from peers, college mentors and clerkship directors in addition to lived experience statements and information about service and scholarly efforts. The students’ names were de-identified during the election process. The top 25 percent of the class is eligible to be...

The following announcement is for the Medical Scholars Research Fellowship UW nomination. In order to apply for this program, you must be nominated by the dean of the medical school. To be considered as the UW nominee, please follow the guidelines below: Sponsor:  Physician and Scientist Support Foundation (PSSF) Program: Medical Scholars Research Fellowship (MSRF) UW Internal Application Deadline: Wednesday, November 15 – end of business day PSSF Application Deadline:...

A BIPOC Orientation Event that aims to foster community and collaboration between BIPOC affinity groups will be held at noon Monday, Sept. 18, at South Campus Center Room 224 on the UW Seattle campus. Meanwhile, the group is planning to host Zoom sessions that everyone in WWAMI can attend; those are planned for Oct. 16 and Nov. 17, 2023, starting at 6 p.m. AK, 7...

 All medical students: documentation of your annual 2023-2024 flu vaccine is due in your CastleBranch account by Oct. 1, 2023, according to UW’s Health Sciences Immunization Program (HSIP). It is recommended that you upload your document at least 3 days prior to the 10/1/22 deadline to ensure the submission is reviewed and approved in your account by 10/1/22. There are many places to find flu vaccine: -...

FAMED 561 Introduction to LGBTQ Health Issues & Disparities (1 cr.) Faculty Director: Dr. Kevin Wang Mondays – Fall Quarter 2023 / 5:30–6:50 p.m. PST (Oct 2nd – Dec 4th, 2023) This course will have a Hybrid format; students from Seattle & WWAMI may opt to attend via Zoom or in person. FAMED 561 will help students gain the necessary background to provide our gender and sexual minority populations...