Tag: #COVID-19

2025-26, Health and Medicine

Shaping Future Physicians Through Service Learning

By: Judy Zhao, Class of 2029 Figure 1. A representation of the COVID-19 virus Just like education everywhere else, the COVID-19 pandemic shook the typical medical student’s experiences in the classroom. For millions of medical students worldwide, they suddenly lost access to the in-person and hands-on learning experiences that they were originally promised. A recent study by Dr. Lu from Stony Brook University and her … Continue reading Shaping Future Physicians Through Service Learning

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2025-26, General Neuroscience

The Pandemic on the Brain: How COVID-19 may be affecting the nervous system

By Katie Au, Class of 2029 COVID-19, a disease that notably affects the respiratory system, has also been shown to affect the nervous system. While some have initial experiences of insomnia and even stroke, others continue to have long-term neurocognitive changes like memory loss after the initial acute symptoms, which researchers have labeled as neurological post-acute sequelae (N-PASC). Xiaohua Yang and colleagues from the Renaissance … Continue reading The Pandemic on the Brain: How COVID-19 may be affecting the nervous system

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