Laura Shin, a second-year podiatric medical student received the third-place award for her paper "Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Wound Healing" in the American Medical Association Midwest Research Symposium in Omaha, Nebraska this past weekend.

Laura was the only podiatric medical student at this regional symposium.

"We are very proud of the impact that our students are having at research symposia both in the USA and throughout the world", noted Dr. Terence Albright, Dean of the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.

He continued that this student interest in high-powered research is a relatively recent phenomenon.

"Three years ago, we only had a handful of students interested in research at Scholl,” Dr. Albright said. “Now the applicants into the Center for Lower Extremity Ambulatory Research (CLEAR) program amounts to over 40 students of our first-year class."

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About Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Formed in 1912 as the Chicago Hospital-College of Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science is a national leader in interprofessional medical and healthcare education, offering a doctor of medicine program through the Chicago Medical School and doctor of podiatric medicine program through the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine.

RFUMS also offers a range of degrees through its College of Health Professions, including nurse anesthesia, nutrition, physical therapy and physician assistant, and advanced biomedical degrees through the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

There are more than 15,000 RFUMS graduates in the United States and worldwide.