School of Medicine Columbia

2019 News Archive

Hester awarded prestigious AMA award

The American Medical Association (AMA) has presented William H. Hester, M.D., with the Benjamin Rush Award for Citizenship and Community Service for a lifetime of service to his country and community.

Project to study impact of environmental contaminants on future generations

Mitzi Nagarkatti, M.D. recently received a grant to study whether the negative effects of dioxin can be passed down generationally.

Riley receives Cornerstone Award from AAHSL

Ruth Riley has been named the 2019 recipient of the Cornerstone Award from the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries.

Donors establish endowment to support Instrumentation Resource Facility

An endowment fund has been established to provide ongoing support for University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia's Instrumentation Resource Facility thanks to the generosity of anonymous donors.

Finding Your Future Program - June 2020

In June 2020, the University of South Carolina School of Medicine-Columbia in conjunction with Prisma Health Richland will once again offer the Finding Your Future shadowing program to prospective medical students in South Carolina.

Endowment Honors a Family Legacy

Timothy Fitzgibbon, a 1987 graduate of the UofSC School of Medicine, established the Rodney Fitzgibbon, M.D. and Rodney Fitzgibbon, II, M.D. Endowment Fund to help fund a student at who has expressed an interest in pursuing a career in family medicine or obstetrics and gynecology and who demonstrates a great sense of compassion.

Emerging Physician Scientist Faculty Fellows Named

Three University of South Carolina's School of Medicine (SOM) faculty members have been named 2019-2020 Emerging Physician Scientist (EPS) Faculty Fellows.

Kevin Hennessee named 2019 William C. Gillespie Staff Recognition Award recipient

Kevin L. Hennessee, building and grounds supervisor, has been named the recipient of the 2019 William C. Gillespie Staff Recognition Award.

2019 Alumni and Dean's Awards Recipients Named

Fifteen individuals will be recognized at the annual Alumni and Dean's Awards Dinner on Oct. 4 (Friday).

Researchers discover recent long-term and remote long-term memories can be uncoupled

A research team at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia has discovered that deleting an enzyme that is required for the formation of recent long-term memories does not prevent the creation of remote long-term memories.

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