Please have a fun and safe winter break! Classes start back on Monday, January 5.

The School of Medicine will be closed Wednesday, December 24 through Thursday, January 1. Please reach out now for anything you need, such as a January course change, before we close!

For students expecting to graduate in 2027, you will receive a survey on Monday, January 5 to indicate your top 10 AI course and month preferences. The deadline to complete the survey is 11:59pm Sunday, January 18. After the deadline, you will be placed in your AI based on a lottery. You will know your placement by Friday, January 30. If you are taking a year out, you will still complete the survey to indicate whether you want to take your AI before or after your year out. If you missed the AI Info Session or need a refresher on what is offered, please refer to the video and slides from the session posted here under Elective Counseling Presentations for Class of 2027. You can browse the AI course descriptions in YES.

Omolola Olajide, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine (Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism), is one of the Diabetes Mellitus ISC course directors. Dr. Olajide loves being a part of students’ journeys, imparting the powerful tool of knowledge, as they prepare for their career as physicians.

Omolola Olajide, MD, FACE FACP CCD DABOM

Dr. Olajide was inspired to study medicine by her father, who was a physician. She became particularly interested in Endocrinology during medical school, when she learned about hormonal feedback mechanisms in Physiology classes.

Dr. Olajide hopes to see you in the Diabetes Mellitus ISC where you’ll learn how to care for patients with diabetes mellitus. Regardless of your specialty of choice, you’ll understand the basic science, the social effects, and the public and human impact of the disease. The course will include components of clinical training as well as an academic project exploring the limits of current scientific knowledge about diabetes care and treatment.

Rev. Dr. Charles Robert Hager, an 1894 VUSM alum, is famously known as the baptizer of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the first president and founding father of the Republic of China.

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