Mizzou MedPrep

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MedPrep Helps Students Pursue Dreams of Becoming Doctors Applying to medical school can be a daunting task. Luckily, there’s a program that’s designed to make the process a little easier, regardless of a student’s ...

Dr. David Beversdorf and his team discovered that a beta-blocker called propranolol could provide cognitive and social benefits for those living with autism spectrum disorder.

“One of the interesting things we found in the autism group was the excessive connectivity in the frontal parietal control network — which affects how your brain allocates resources to other regions — became more similar to the levels of the non-autism group once propranolol was introduced,” Beversdorf said.

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This week, 43 undergraduate minority students are shadowing current medical students as part of Minorities in Medicine Outreach Week. The MU undergraduates get direct exposure to our curriculum, as well opportunities to connect with our faculty and students.

The week is an annual collaboration between our chapter of the Student National Medical Association and its undergraduate auxiliary, the Minority Association for Pre-Medical Students.

Pre-Premed: Pipeline Efforts Steer Elementary School Students Into Medicine Children as young as six are being encouraged to consider medical school. Learn why getting kids interested early could help medically underserved communities in the future.

I had an amazing time with the 2017 MedPrep 2 group. Our largest group to date 41 registered!