News & Events
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
• Nevada NewsMakers
Nevada NewsMakers host Sam Shad discusses the new UNR Med Physician Assistant Studies Program with Brian Lauf, PA-C, Founding Director, UNR Med Physician Assistant Studies Program
• KTVN
Today the Nevada Donor Network dedicated a memorial garden in honor of local eye, organ and tissue donors on the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine campus. The garden is filled with plants known for their healing properties.
• KUNR
Every year a group of women gets together to begin the journey of taking back their physical and mental health, after battling breast cancer.
• Las Vegas Review Journal
This is a pivotal moment for Nevada when it comes to health care.
• KOLO
Brother and sister, John-Henry and Rachael Lambin have just completed taking a final in their first year of medical school at UNR.
• KTVN
$2 million in funding has been granted to University of Nevada's School of Medicine after a promising discovery.
• KOH Newstalk 780 AM
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Associate Professor Seungil Ro, Ph.D has made a major break through in diabetes research, and was just funded with a $2 million dollar contract from a South Korean company for a more in depth study.
• KRNV News 4
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Associate Professor Seungil Ro, Ph.D. was awarded $2 million to continue research on a cure for type 2 diabetes.
• American Medical Association
Thomas L. Schwenk, M.D., UNR Med Dean published in JAMA Network
• KRXI
First year medical students at the University of Nevada, Reno are planning a trip to Nicaragua this summer to help provide medical relief to those in need.
• Nevada NewsMakers
Guests: Thomas Schwenk, Dean of the University of Nevada School of Medicine, UNR
• Northern Nevada Business Weekly
Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology — recently announced Kirk Bronander, M.D., professor and medical director of simulation at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med), as the 2018 Educator of the Year.
• The Nevada Independent
In a gallery in the heart of downtown Elko, artist Glen Finley gingerly lifts a frame from the wall, cradling it in her arms as she inspects the back.
• KTVN
Sanford Center for Aging created this program after hearing from some of their patients that getting around was one of their biggest challenges.
• Nevada Business
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) has granted the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine a renewed accreditation through the year 2026.
• Nevada Business Magazine
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) has granted the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine a renewed accreditation through the year 2026. The school spent a year preparing for the accreditation visit last October.
• Northern Nevada Business Weekly
Tessa Bowen and Brin Reynolds have joined the staff at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine's Advancement and Engagement department.
• KOH-AM
The next UNR Student Outreach Clinic is Tuesday, 6pm to 9pm. The Comprehensive Clinic provides general medical care, including complete physical exams and nutrition counseling.
• KNPR
While UNLV’s new medical school seeks to find the money to build the new school, the University of Nevada, Reno’s medical school recently earned full accreditation.
• KTVN
Fourth-year medical students received residency assignments during a Match Day ceremony on campus.
• KUNR
Where you live impacts your health. That’s according to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that ranks the overall health of counties across the nation. The Washoe County Health District unveiled the findings for the region this week.
• Northern Nevada Business Weekly
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) was recently granted full accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) through 2026.
• KTVN
Rachael and John-Henry Lambin spend a lot of their time together studying. They are both first year medical students at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
• Nevada Appeal
"On a percentage basis, Nevada's elder population is the second fastest growing in the country," said Dr. Kelley Macmillan, director of community and social services of the Sanford Center for Aging at the University of Nevada, Reno.
• Male Contraception Initiative
Male Contraception Initiative (MCI), a private non-profit foundation, announces the award of four grants totalling $600,000 to academic recipients for the development of a new reversible non-hormonal birth control pill for men. The awardees include Dr. Patricia Cuasnicủ of the Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine-National Research Council, Argentina; Dr. Gunda Georg of the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development; Dr. Wei Yan of the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine; and Dr. Sabatino Ventura of the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Parkville, Australia.
