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About the cover: Branden Vondrak is a graduate of Kent State University, a NEOMED partner school.
DEPARTMENTS
FEATURES
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FORGING FUTURES
MAKING A BIGGER IMPACT
Mary Massie-Story, M.D., has determination to spare — and share.
A medical student found his way into working on an app for emergency departments to coordinate treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
26 CLASS NOTES 30 DONOR SPOTLIGHT
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) selected “The LMSA Effect: How a Student Organization Is Raising Awareness of Latino Health Needs,” written by Elaine Guregian, editor of Ignite, to receive a Bronze Award for Excellence in The Robert G. Fenley Writing Awards/General Staff Writing category of the national 2021 AAMC Group on Institutional Advancement (GIA) Awards for Excellence competition. The article appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of Ignite. Ignite magazine won second place in the category of Best of Show/Trade Publications in Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest, sponsored by the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) chapters statewide. Recognition was for work done in 2019 — namely, the Spring 2019 and Fall 2019 issues of Ignite.
Current and past issues of Ignite can be accessed free from issuu.com
08 WHEN THE VIRUS MET THE ADDICT
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The collision of a viral pandemic and drug epidemic has had an exponential impact — again.
A CRASH COURSE IN RESEARCH
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A gap year spent in the Medical Research Scholars Program at the NIH will be time well spent “even if I never hit the bench again.”
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SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PSYCHIATRISTS
LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT
Christina Girgis, M.D. (’05) tapped into the power of Facebook to connect her colleagues.
Princess Ogbogu, M.D., and Costas Kefalas, M.D., are each bringing about change.
14 GET USED TO IT Bringing to light one reason that female physicians burn out.
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