Medical student Jennifer Gibson-Chambers selected for Geriatric Summer Institute Award

UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine student Jennifer Gibson-Chambers, MS III, was selected for the Boston University Medical School (BUMS) and American Geriatrics Society (AGS) – Geriatric Summer Institute Award. 

This nationally competitive selection process awards 16 medical students chosen from 160 medical schools nationwide to participate in the Geriatric Summer Institute session in May 2012. Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Ph.D., UNECOM director of geriatric education and research, is her UNECOM sponsor 2012.

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