While students in Engineering Medicine’s (EnMed) class of 2024 started their medical school journey amidst a pandemic that often prevented them from gathering together, that did not stop social chairs Madeline Franke and Kevin Birdsall from facilitating connections with their other classmates while maintaining a distance that kept everyone safe. As restrictions begin to […]
EnMed students help administer COVID-19 vaccines at Houston Methodist
Engineering Medicine’s (EnMed) inaugural class was just a few months into their training to become physicianeers when the COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed their ability to volunteer and interact with patients. Now in their second year of training, EnMed students like Priya Arunachalam recently had the opportunity to help administer vaccines at Houston Methodist Hospital. She […]
EnMed’s emergency medicine interest group organizes ultrasound workshop
More than 20 first-and-second-year students recently participated in an ultrasound workshop coordinated by members of Engineering Medicine’s (EnMed) emergency medicine student interest group. Ultrasound imaging is frequently used in emergency medicine to help detect changes in the appearance of organs, tissues and vessels. The workshop was organized to give students interested in emergency medicine more […]
Pettigrew co-edits novel biomechanics book
Engineering Medicine’s (EnMed) executive dean Dr. Roderic Pettigrew has co-edited a new book titled “Biomechanics of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque: From Model to Patient.” According to the Centers for Disease Control, one out of every four deaths in the United States is caused by heart disease. The most common type of heart disease is coronary artery […]
Meet 5 students from EnMed’s newest class of physicianeers
There are 34 students in Engineering Medicine’s (EnMed) second class of future physicianeers. They represent 13 states and come with undergraduate degrees ranging from biomedical and mechanical engineering to neuroscience and computer science. They have interests outside of school that include programming, hiking and restoring classic cars, but all were attracted to the new opportunity […]