Biochem alum admitted to medical school

Zachary Il’Giovine (Biochemistry ’11) has been accepted to the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (Dayton, OH) as part of the class of 2015. Wright State offers excellent training in virtually every field of medicine, but is especially well known for its primary care training. The school takes a unique approach to the curriculum in that there is a strong focus on team based learning and developing community. Zach joins fellow AU alum Nick Bellanco (Biochemistry ’10) who entered the Wright State medical program last fall.

AU alum talks about graduate and medical school

Becky Richards graduated from Ashland University in 2004 with a major in Biology.  She is currently in a combined MD/PhD program at Oregon Health Sciences University where she has completed her first two years of medical school and is about to finish her doctoral research.  Becky recently co-authored a paper in the prestigious research journal Science on a difficult to treat family of viruses.

During a recent visit to campus Becky presented some of her doctoral research, and then gave advice for students interested in getting research experience, or with interest in graduate and medical school.  In the 12-minute video below Becky also explains the difference between graduate school, medical school and combined MD/PhD programs, and suggests good courses to take as preparation for medical school.



You can see the research presentation that Becky gave here.  And our AU Wiki has helpful advice on both graduate and medical school, as well as other professional schools.