DIG Bake Sale

 Hi everyone! We will be holding the DIG bake sale on December 2nd in the HEC at 12PM! Please sign up below and list what you would like to contribute! 

We would like to have all items dropped off on December 1^st or the morning of December 2^nd . I will send out the details of what time and where to drop off the items the week of! 

 

Please contact Grace Obanigba or Claire Culbertson at goobanig@utmb.edu or caculber@utmb.edu if you have any questions!

 

You can sign up at this link here:

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19mH0m9s-l591OgDv-0XeZOOJq5aEm8QwWMia_gh1onE/edit?usp=sharing

 

November 2021 Hats for the Homeless

 Another successful meeting for Hats for the Homeless. Pictured from left to right: Benjamin Garcia (MS3) and Andrea Francis (MS3)

DIG Participates in St. Vincent's Health Fair

The Dermatology Interest Group hosted a booth at the annual St. Vincent's Health Fair on Saturday, November 13th. The health fair is a community-wide event focused on providing health screening opportunities, health resources, and health education to the underserved population of Galveston. The booth provided participants with free skincare items as well as educational materials on the skin of color in dermatology, sun protection, sunscreen usage, and spotting skin cancers. Thank you to our hardworking medical students who participated and presented the booth on Saturday. 

Pictured (from left to right): Kate Zipperer (MS3), Olivia Arriaza (MS2), Gregory Ugoh (MS3), Renat Ahatov (MS4), Bianca Uzoma (MS4), Jacqueline Ochoa (MS2), Brenda Carrillo (MS3), Grace Obanigba (MS2). 

DIG Bake Sale

Hi everyone! We will be holding the DIG bake sale on December 2nd in the HEC at 12PM! Please sign up below and list what you would like to contribute! 

We would like to have all items dropped off on December 1^st or the morning of December 2^nd . I will send out the details of what time and where to drop off the items the week of! 

 

Please contact Grace Obanigba or Claire Culbertson at goobanig@utmb.edu or caculber@utmb.edu if you have any questions!

 

You can sign up at this link here:

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19mH0m9s-l591OgDv-0XeZOOJq5aEm8QwWMia_gh1onE/edit?usp=sharing

 

UTMB Dermatology Research Project Awarded Graduation Honors

 UTMB MS2 Fareen Momin presented her Dermatology Research Honors Project Thesis on Friday, 11/12/21 (“Dermatological Findings in Children's Films”) and was awarded Magna Cum Laude dermatology research honors by her ad hoc Honors Committee. Her faculty advisor was Dr. Richard Wagner and her thesis committee members were Drs. Bret Howrey (Family Medicine) and dermatology faculty Richard Wagner (faculty mentor), Janice Wilson, and Brent Kelly. Congratulations! This presentation was the first dermatology honors research presented virtually. It was also the best attended with 16 participants

Congratulations Dr. Winsett

 

Winning DIG Posters for St. Vincent's Health Fair

Congratulations to MS1 Jane Onyemachi for her winning poster submission titled, “Skin of Color and Skin Cancer" and MS2s Nesiya Sheriff & Jacqueline Ochoa on their honorable mention collaboration poster titled "Sun Safety/Protección Contra el Sol" in English and Spanish. Their posters will be on display at the 2021 St. Vincent’s Health Fair this Saturday, November 13th. Please come out and join us as we teach patients about the importance of sun safety and cancer screening in all skin types.

DIGA & APD Interview Tips Webinar

Join the DIGA & the Association of Professors of Dermatology (APD) for a webinar on interview tips!

Zoom webinar

When: Nov 16, 2021 5pm PST/ 8pm EST (US and Canada)

Topic: APD X DIGA Webinar

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83635895515?pwd=OVg0SitYdlFlbWhKNEN3eDRkanlSUT09

Webinar ID: 836 3589 5515

Passcode: 308488

UTMB PGY3 Dermatology Resident Publishes In-Depth Review about Wound Dehiscence

  Congratulations to UTMB PGY3 dermatology resident Dr. Drew Armenta for his recent in-depth review, “Pathophysiology, risk factors, and prevention of wound dehiscence following dermatologic procedures that was published in the 2021 November issue of SKIN (Volume 5, Issue 6). His co-authors were UTMB dermatology faculty, Drs. Frank Winsett and Richard Wagner.

Stay Shady Presentation 10/26/2021

 Olivia Arriaza (MS2) presented to 3rd-6th graders at Crenshaw School last Tuesday, October 26th. She presented sun safety information as well as ways children can avoid lifelong sun exposure.