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MedQuest brings inside view of health-care field to rural students
From practising clinical skills to learning from real health‑care professionals, Templeton Academy student Madison Brake says she explored medicine in an interactive and meaningful way during Memorial’s recent MedQuest program.
For more than 35 years, the Faculty of Medicine has been bringing Newfoundland and Labrador high school students to the capital city for MedQuest, a hands-on summer outreach program.
For the first time, this year MedQuest went to them. The program took place in Corner Brook on May 2.
Spring MD graduate uses pivotal experiences to become a better doctor
When Hannah Kenny crosses the stage at convocation this spring, the moment will mark the end of a journey marked by both joy and loss.
The experience of caring for her mother at home in her final days had a profound impact on her personally and professionally, she says, helping her develop a better understanding of patients navigating illness and grief.
Neuroscience PhD graduate working to unlock the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer's
Inspired by the mysteries of the brain, Zia Hasan turned his curious mind towards exploring neurodegenerative disease.
Originally from Bangladesh, Mr. Hasan completed his honours and master’s degrees in genetic engineering and biotechnology with a focus on plant science.
However, a thought-provoking lecture by a professor led him to consider a completely new research area for his doctoral degree.
Investigating the role of inflammation in heart failure, laying the foundation for future discoveries
Understanding how the heart produces energy, and what happens when that process doesn’t work as it should, is at the centre of new research underway at Memorial University.
Dr. Qutuba Karwi is an assistant professor of cardiovascular sciences in the Discipline of BioMedicine at the Faculty of Medicine.