UC Merced

If You Build It, the Money Will Come Seems to Be Theory Behind UC-Merced Med School

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UC Merced, Davis to train students in valley’s clinics (excerpts) Modesto Bee By Ken Carlson and Jamie OppenheimSeptember 15, 2010, posted 9/16/10 UC Merced has entered a partnership with the University of California at Davis School of Medicine, which brings the university closer to establishing a medical school at the Merced campus. In fall of 2011, the school will enroll six medical students in the partnership program. For the first two years of the program, students will take classes in science and medicine at the University of California at Davis medical school campus. Their second two years will be spent…

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UC-Merced Med School: UC Budget Problems Not a Concern?

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Richard III might have trouble getting a horse at UC-Davis thanks to UC budget woes – see the previous post. But if he fell off one at UC-Merced, he could get his injuries cared for at the new med school if grand plans continue to go forward. From the Merced Sun-Star: Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 Lawmakers support UC Merced med school Assembly members recognize need for doctors in Central Valley. By JAMIE OPPENHEIM SACRAMENTO — Members of the Valley Coalition for UC Merced Medical School and other UC Merced officials made the case for the need for a medical school…

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UC Merced med school? Now?

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Support for UC Merced med school grows: Valley groups want program despite tough times. Posted at 12:52 AM on Friday, Jul. 09, 2010By Barbara Anderson / The Fresno Bee A proposed medical school at the UC Merced has overwhelming support in the San Joaquin Valley, with a growing coalition pushing to get money to build the school in tough economic times, a report released today shows. “The Valley has embraced this project, this initiative,” said Bryn Forhan, a Fresno businesswoman and chairwoman of the Valley Coalition for UC Merced Medical School. At community meetings held last year in nine counties…

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A Medical School at UC Merced “Loose Lips: How about a shorter name, please” by Merced Sun-Star, Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 The Merced Sun Star published a short article last Friday on the process that appears to be leading to the building of a medical school at UC Merced. Campus leaders said that with funds already received from the federal government, the next step is to establish an undergraduate program that “lays the groundwork for the medical school.” The name is the highly descriptive “Center of Excellence for the Study of Health Disparities in Rural and Ethnic Underserved Populations.” The…