Department News

  • Professor Wins Prestigious Pain Medicine Award
    1/4/22

    Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD, professor of anesthesiology, has been selected to receive the 2021 John J. Bonica Award from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA Pain Medicine).

  • Record 163 Posters Presented at Celebration of Scholarship
    9/20/21

    Four medical residents, three medical students and one postdoctoral associate earned honors for outstanding poster presentations at the Office of Graduate Medical Education’s third annual Celebration of Scholarship.

  • A Lego Replica of Jacobs School is Gift for the Outgoing Dean
    8/18/21

    When Stacey A. Watt, MD, heard that Michael E. Cain, MD, was stepping down as dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, she tried to think of a way to honor the man who had done so much for her and for so many others associated with the school.

  • Medical School Faculty, Staff Recognized for Excellence
    6/11/21

    An expert on neuropsychology and mutliple sclerosis and others who have made significant contributions to their fields and to the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored with 2021 Faculty-Staff Recognition Awards.

  • Nanoparticle-Based Flu Vaccine Proves Effective
    6/8/21

    Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences researchers have developed an experimental flu vaccine — consisting of billions of tiny spherical sacs that carry infection-fighting proteins throughout the body — that has proven effective in preclinical studies.