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Primary Care Accelerated Track Scholars Announced
Congratulations to these rising second year medical students who were selected to join the PC-ACT program starting in July. We are proud of their decision to return to rural Georgia as primary care physicians! Read more on The Den
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Taylor County Strawberry Festival
April 26 | Reynolds, GA
Mercer Medicine Taylor County will have a booth at the Strawberry Festival in Reynolds, GA and are looking for medical students to volunteer a few hours to assist with blood pressure checks. Contact Katherine Lybarger if you are interested.
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Washington County Travel Ball Spring Fever Slug Fest
April 26 | Sandersville, GA
MUSM will have a booth at the upcoming Slug Fest in Sandersville to promote our Autism diagnosis and treatment project, as well as the Autism Toolkit developed by MUSM professor Dr. Sarah Rotschafer. Contact Katherine Lybarger if you are interested in volunteering.
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2025 Spring Alpha Omega Alpha Inductees
Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) is the oldest American honor medical society. The society embodies many of the high ideals that draw students into medicine: scholarship, service, professionalism, ethics, leadership, altruism, and community. Please join us in welcoming the newest inductees into Alpha Omega Alpha’s Georgia Delta Chapter! View all the student, resident and faculty inductees
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School of Medicine awarded $2 million in funding from United Health Foundation to expand South Georgia Healthy Start | Jennifer Barkin, Ph.D., professor at Mercer University School of Medicine, will serve as the Principal Investigator on a $2 million grant partnership from United Health Foundation (UHF) as part of... | | | | | | |
Emory IHI Award
Second-year medical students Taylor Johnson, Ansley Connelly and Claire Robinson won the recent Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School Case Competition hosted by Emory University. Their project, which looked at how climate change has affected the growing tick population in rural Georgia, won first prize and the participants' choice award. Congratulations! Learn more
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American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) Meeting
Second-year medical student, Carson Chambers, who has been conducting research with Dr. Yudan Wei, presented their study titled “Urinary paraben concentrations by demographics and cancer diagnosis among US adults” at the 2025 ACMT Annual Scientific Meeting in Vancouver.
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Get featured in our newsletter, social media, and more!
Do you have an event to promote or achievement to share? Let us know what you're up to for a chance to be featured in the newsletter, on campus lobby screens, on our social media channels, or even an article in The Den. Send activity details with photos to Katherine Lybarger at lybarger_km@mercer.edu.
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Bear Cub-Board Food Drive Competition
April 6 - 17 | Macon campus
Macon’s Bear Cub-Board is hosting a food drive competition! Students and employees on the Macon campus will be split into four teams: M1s, M2s, Master’s/PhD students, and faculty/staff. Earn points for your team by donating food items to the designated boxes in the library. A point system, along with example items for each tier, will be posted on flyers. The team with the highest score will win an exciting prize—to be announced soon. Join in the friendly competition and help support MUSM's food pantry! If you have any questions, please contact TJ Weehunt or Abbie Earnest.
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Lunch and Learn: Post-surgery nutrition and supplementation
April 28 | 12 pm
Macon’s MUSM Bear Cub-board is hosting a Lunch & Learn event featuring Lauren Zidek, a licensed dietitian specializing in pre- and post-surgical patient nutrition. Join us for an engaging session to learn what medical students should know about nutritional support—essential knowledge that will help prepare you for your surgical rotations.
Zoom link
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2025 spring events
Make sure to mark your calendar with these important dates celebrating the graduating class of 2025. For details on locations, click here.
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AΩA/GHHS Induction
Virtual
Monday, April 28
Master of Family Therapy Hooding (Atlanta)
Atlanta Campus
Tuesday, April 29 | 2 pm
Masters of Science Hooding
Macon Campus Auditorium
Wednesday, April 30 | 10 am
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Rural Health Sciences PhD Hooding
Macon Campus Auditorium
Wednesday, April 30 | 12 pm
Master of Family Therapy Hooding (Macon)
Macon Campus Auditorium
Wednesday, April 30 | 2 pm
Doctor of Medicine Hooding
All Campuses
Thursday, May 1 | 2 pm
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Commencement Ceremony
Hawkins Arena University Center (Macon)
Saturday, May 3
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Current merch sales open for all students, friends and family
Support your fellow students with the following fundraisers happening now!
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The Savannah Class of 2028's merch sale will raise funds for their class. Order here
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The Columbus Class of 2028's fundraiser will be open through April 30. Choose between shipping or Columbus campus pickup. Order here
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