This Week @ MUSM is the official student newsletter of Mercer University School of Medicine designed to keep students up-to-date on key information and events.
CONGRATULATIONS, CLASS OF 2021!
Hats off to our newest group of alumni who graduated from the School of Medicine this past Saturday. We are so proud! Special congratulations to the following award winners recognized during our Commencement ceremony:
Student Awards
Bailey Kernea, James T. McAfee, Jr. Endowed Vision and Leadership Scholarship Fund Award
Lara Khoury, Arnold P. Gold Foundation Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award - Student
Faculty Awards
Gretchen Bentz, PhD and Joyce Gulle, MD, Dr. Anna Walker Award for Teaching Excellence
John Henderson, MD, Arnold P. Gold Foundation Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award - Faculty
Couldn’t attend in person? Watch a recording of our ceremony here. The photos of each graduate with Dr. Sumner are in a special gallery, where you may download your photo and order prints.
Congratulations, 2021 Outstanding MFT Students! 
The Kay Wilson Shurden Outstanding Student in Marriage and Family Therapy Award recognizes students who are committed to making a difference in the lives of others.

For this annual award, the MFT program faculty selects one student on each campus who best exemplifies commitment to academics, clinical practice, and professional identity as a family therapist. Congratulations to Chloe Harper on the Atlanta campus and Conner Burk in Macon on being recognized for their dedication and commitment in the MFT program over the last year and a half!
MUSM professor selected as Governor's Teaching Fellow

MACON - Peter Huwe, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry in Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM), was recently selected as a 2021 Governor's Teaching Fellow. Dr. Huwe will represent Mercer among a select group of faculty from...

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Pediatric Medical Student Research Forum
The 7th Annual Pediatric Research Forum for Medical Students is taking place on September 4, 2021 in Orlando, FL, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The forum is a great opportunity for all medical students to share their research with peers.

Update on Hospital Medicine Conference
Wake Forest Baptist is hosting a conference in Hilton Head, SC on October 1-2, 2021. Using evidence-based medicine, this conference provides efficient updates on hospital medicine that can be implemented into daily practice. Registration is free for individuals whose abstracts are accepted.

COVID Weighing You Down?: Strategies for Staying Well in a Pandemic
May 11 | 12 - 1 pm
Rachel Woodson, Director of Employee Wellness at Mercer University, will present bite-sized strategies you can use to make healthy choices easy – pandemic or not! Lunch is available for faculty and staff only. Register
Joint Research Conference
May 13 | 9 am - 5 pm
Mercer's annual School of Medicine and College of Pharmacy Joint Research Conference will take place virtually this year. 
On the morning of the conference, the organizers will send out a link to the Joint Research Conference page in Microsoft Teams, where posters and oral presentations from both schools will be available for viewing.
Dr. Robert Visalli, Professor of Virology and NIH-funded investigator, will deliver the keynote speech live at 1pm.
AAMC Webinar: Managing Student Loans in Residency
May 14 | 2 pm EST
Join this webinar, hosted by student loan repayment experts, for answers to your most pressing questions. Learn about loan management options during residency, the timeline for actions to enter into a repayment plan, when postponing payments is a better choice, and whether refinancing or consolidating is right for you. Also reviewed will be information on Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), and the CARES Act.
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