2015-2016 University of Washington Application Thread
Space reserved for prompt. Please PM the essays or lack thereof to me when the secondary is available and I will update this. Good luck to everyone applying! (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 8, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ismet Source Type: forums

Year abroad at Berkeley or University of Washington??
Forum: Advice on everyday issues Posted By: walia123 Post Time: 29-10-2015 at 00:43 (Source: The Student Room)
Source: The Student Room - October 29, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: forums

Question-- cheaper to go to out of state or private school?
Unfortunately there are no in-state PT programs in my state-- only private. I haven't looked at tuition costs too much, but it seems like out of state tuition (at a place like university of Washington) will be about equal to going to most private schools. Is this the case? I've noticed several people say "oh, don't go to private schools-- they are so expensive!" Well, out of state schools are expensive too!!! Thanks for any insight (Source: Student Doctor Network Forums)
Source: Student Doctor Network Forums - July 23, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: JoshuaDannon Tags: Pre-Physical Therapy Source Type: forums

MD 37S, 3.96 cumulative, is there anything I can do to salvage my app right now?
I'm actually applying MD/PhD, but we have to get through the MD committee too, so hopefully this post is still welcome in this forum. I was recently told by a few friends that I don't have a good chance at any of the top-level schools, primarily because I'm too one-dimensional. - GPA = 3.96; haven't been verified by amcas yet, so not sure about the official numbers. Engineering double major, if that gives me any leeway, from a top-15 university. - Clinical volunteering: it was only like 12 hours total, so I didn't put it on my application. I volunteered on three 'events' with a group that works with children and at ano...
Source: Student Doctor Network Forums - July 13, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Thimble Tags: What Are My Chances? Source Type: forums

A 10m $ Paper Based Device to Detect Infectious Diseases
University of Washington got funds about 10m dollar to develop paper-based device which can test and detect infectious diseases. In the initial stage they started testing influenza virus & other sexual transferred diseases. Here are more details about this news. (Source: Cystic Fibrosis Alternative Medicine Forum)
Source: Cystic Fibrosis Alternative Medicine Forum - June 28, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: emilymainzer Tags: Alternative Medicine Source Type: forums

Possible new way to fight lung infections
Check out this article. http://www.spiritindia.com/health-ca...cles-7534.html A study done in collaboration with the University of Washington found that using a metallic "Trojan Horse" - tricking the bacteria by replacing the iron they need from their environment with the metallic element gallium - can ki ll bacteria. The study will appear in the April 2 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The UC team headed by Bradley Britigan, MD, chairman of the internal medicine department at UC and staff physician at the Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, found substituting galliu...
Source: Cystic Fibrosis Alternative Medicine Forum - September 4, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: rmotion Tags: Alternative Medicine Source Type: forums