High schoolers performing cutting edge research…
WHAT?!?
It might sound crazy, but that’s just what rising seniors Peter Hundley, Jackson Petroll, Connor Thomas, and Nicholas Wilson did over the summer. UT Southwestern’s STARS program brought over 50 metroplex high schoolers together for an eight week paid research program.
“Rising Seniors apply to the program during their Junior year,” began Mrs. Boyle. “The...
At the start of this year, the Jesuit Medical Society added a patient simulation lab for the junior and senior class. This lab will provide students with an excellent opportunity right on campus without going on hospital rotations. So, I interviewed Mr. Von to learn more about the new SIM lab.
INTERVIEW
Can you explain the basic components and functions of...
The large group of Jesuit students crowd around the large brown podium, as the group eagerly awaits the arrival of their speaker of the month. They jump into their seats once they notice that the door creaked open. As the students would soon learn, this was not the Medical Society's usual speaker of the month; instead, this meeting more...
The Jesuit Medical Society kicked off this school year with a bang! It not only decided to stay true to its traditional club activities and goals, but also decided to incorporate many surprisingly new prescriptions and goals for its students. In addition, the Medical Society intends to continue helping students develop their profile of the graduate and represent the...
One of the many benefits of joining the Jesuit Medical Society is access to the speaker meetings on Mondays. Jesuit Medical Society organizes and brings in doctors to speak to students about their profession. This allows students to learn about different specialties and fields of medicine.
On Monday, November 18, David Godat, MD, came to speak to the Medical Society...
On Wednesday, November 5th, members of Jesuit's Medical Society embarked on a field trip to the UT Southwestern Medical School. According to Mr. Max von Schlehenried, one of the directors for the Medical Society, this trip to UT Southwestern was a part of a larger program, known as the STARS Program, which stands for Student Teacher Access to Resources...
The students eagerly waited in their seats, surrounding a large brown podium. The room chattered with anticipation as the young men stared at the door, waiting for the man of the hour to walk through. Suddenly, the room goes quiet as the speaker enters the room, climbing the steps up to the podium, receiving a warm applause from the...
When one envisions a traditional summer job, activities such as observing genetic mutations in mice, identifying how certain pathogens use virulence effectors to infect eukaryotic cells, and quantifying the functional activation of the dysplastic cortex of the brain don’t often come to mind. But for three Jesuit seniors, Erik Sanchez- Perez, Noah Sherer, and Joe Carver, these activities are...
