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May 2022

Alumni

Megan J. Gray, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and
Courtesy Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
Dell Medical School

Megan J. Gray is a Class of 2011 graduate and is currently an assistant professor in Pediatrics at Dell Medical School, who enjoys precepting and teaching medical students and residents. Her interests include primary care, community health, and health policy, specifically the intersection of immigrant health and prevention of childhood obesity and Type II diabetes. She is also interested in adolescent and reproductive medicine, and health education policy in the U.S. and globally and is currently active in a working group on unique health issues for refugee children from Latin America.

Student

Daniel Nyancho, Class of 2025

Daniel Nyancho graduated from Northern Illinois University before coming to Long SOM. He is currently the President of SNMA and the Class of 2025 SGA representative and will also be one of the three mentors for the incoming MD/MPH Class of 2026. When asked to reflect on the importance of diversity in medicine and public health, Daniel said “Less than 5% of physicians are black. As one of the few in training, we have the responsibility and pressure to demonstrate excellence, following the paths of predecessors and creating new ones. I am fortunate to be in an environment that supports my needs and concerns and enables me to be authentically me.”

MD/MPH LSOM Office Program Evaluation

This anonymous questionnaire will ask questions about the activities of the Long School of Medicine Undergraduate Medical Education Office’s MD/MPH Program Office (Dr. Barbara Taylor, Stephanie Gutierrez). We will also ask some questions about events cohosted by the UTHealth School of Public Health San Antonio campus and Long School of Medicine.

This questionnaire should take about 15 minutes and once submitted, you will be entered into a lottery to win a gift card! The names will remain separate from the responses so they stay anonymous.

Attention MS1 students!

Class of 2025, please schedule the second part of your annual professional formation meeting with Dr. Taylor and Stephanie for April or May.

Attention MS3 students!

Class of 2023, please schedule your annual professional formation meeting with Dr. Taylor and Stephanie for June or July.

Class of 2022 Graduation Celebration

At the end of April, we held a virtual graduation celebration for the Class of 2022, along with their families. The MD/MPH Program is proud of all 14 graduates and can’t wait to see what is coming next on your journeys.

Class of 2026 Welcome Weekend meet & greet

This past weekend we welcomed the incoming Class of 2026 MD/MPH cohort during the Long School of Medicine Welcome Weekend. The incoming class has 17 incoming students who were are excited to have join our MD/MPH program.

JSA Virtual Seminar

Unrequited Pain: Tort Law and Disorders of Consciousness

Please join the Jewish Student Association on May 4, 2022 from 5-6:00PM CT for a virtual seminar, “Unrequited Pain: Tort Law and Disorders of Consciousness” in honor of the recent International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Professor Zachary E. Shapiro, JD, MSc is a Research Fellow with the Solomon Center’s Brain Injury Project at Yale Law School, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics Research in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, and Co-Chair of the Hospital Ethics Committee at the Rockefeller University Hospital in New York City. He will be speaking about medical ethics, particularly regarding the rights of patients experiencing neurological disorders that affect consciousness. Additionally, he will discuss his experience with the Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/97182182232?pwd=b251SGdvZVpxMS9TeU9GWVBHUnhIUT09

Meeting ID: 971 8218 2232

Passcode: JSA

VERITAS Research Guide

The VERITAS program’s MiMs have put together a guide for performing research as a medical student. This guide is not meant to be read from beginning to end, but was developed into different sections so that you can sift through whatever stage in research is most applicable to you at the time. There are also tips and tricks that the students who created it have learned through the process so that you work smart and efficiently.

Practicum Opportunity

Health Confianza is seeking a Research Assistant for its new Organizational Health Literacy Pledge Program for San Antonio health and social service organizations, beginning this spring.

This practicum opportunity will allow the student to assist in data collection, curriculum development, program management, and other duties.

Interested students should contact the Pledge Program Implementation PI, Melanie Stone, at stonem@uthscsa.edu.

University Health Art Donation

Are you the artistic type? Consider submitting pieces to the University Health art donation show. If you choose to donate your artwork, it will be displayed on the 3rd floor, Rio Tower, University Hospital.

You can drop off photography and paintings for donation to the Salud-Arte: Art of Healing program, at Corporate Communications, which is located on the 1st floor, Rio Tower, University Hospital, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

How to participate

• Call for submissions is open until June 1.

• Include the required submission and entry form

• Donated work will be framed and hung with a “class of 2022” label.

• Pick up a free canvas starting Friday, April 22 at Corporate Communications, 1st floor Rio Tower, University Hospital, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

LSOM Content Tutor Applications Now Open

The UME Student Affairs team would like to invite the Class of 2023 to apply as LSOM content tutors.

To be eligible to serve as a tutor, you must have mastery of the subject matter in the following courses, and you must maintain a High Pass average in all subjects in the medical education program to date when you apply to be a tutor.

Courses to be tutored include:

First Year Courses

• Medicine, Behavior, and Society Longitudinal Module

• Language of Medicine Longitudinal Module

• Clinical Skills Longitudinal Module

• Fundamentals: Molecules to Medicine

• Attack and Defense

• Circulation

• Hematology

• Respiratory Health

• Renal and Male Reproductive

Second Year Courses

• Mind, Brain, and Behavior

• Endocrine/Female Reproductive

• Digestive Health and Nutrition

• Form and Function: Skin, Muscles, and Bones

STEP Preparation

• Organizing study materials/ building a schedule

• Organizing/ understanding content

• How to review questions

Third Year

• Shelf Exams

If you are interested in applying for a content tutor position, please complete the application below by Sunday, May 15th at 11:59pm. The UME Student Affairs team will send more information regarding virtual training once tutors have been selected.