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Publications

Faculty and Student Program Publications

 

A Wu, S McWatt, R Utomo, QY Xiao, A Talis,  K Saraci, M Gill Sagoo, R Wingate, C Brassett, CLChien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, A Sigmund, T Sakurai,  M Zeroual, J Olsen, S El-Batti, S Viranta-Kovanen, Y Yamada,  K Keay,  S Kitahara, A Kellett, Y Mao,  A Lang, C Kunzel, P Bernd,  H Kielstein, G. P.J.C. Noël.  A thematic analysis of students’ discussions on death and body donation in international online focus groups". Anatomical Sciences Education Anat Sci Educ. 2023 Mar 7. doi:  http://doi.org/10.1002/ase.2265

A Wu, Xiao QY, McWatt S, Utomo R, Talis A, Saraci K, et al. The Anatomy Course During COVID-19: The Impact of Cadaver-Based Learning on the Initiation of Reflection on Death. Medical Science Educator. 2022. doi: 10.1007/s40670-022-01609-7.

 

A Wu, De Wit H. The 'Liberal Model' in Internationalization of Medical Education — an Opportunity to Reduce Healthcare Nationalism. Medical Science Educator. 2022. doi: 10.1007/s40670-022-01623-9.

A Wu, E Choi, M Diderich, A Shamim, Z Rahhal, M Mitchell, B Leask, H DeWit. Internationalization of Medical Education – Motivations and Formats of Current Practices. Medical Science Educator, 2022 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40670-022-01553-6

 

A Wu, A Shamim, Z Rahhal, M Kieff, E Lalla, L Torre, L Zubiaure Bitzer, C Kunzel. A Scoping Review of Internationalization of Dental Education – Identifying Formats and Motivations in Dental Education. Front. Dent. Med doi: 10.3389/fdmed.2022.847417

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdmed.2022.847417/abstract

 

A Wu, V Maddula, J Singh, CL Chien, H Kielstein, H Traxler, C Brassett, R Wingate, M Gill Sagoo, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, M Zeroual, T Sakurai, J Olsen, S El-Batti, S Viranta-Kovanen, S Kitahara, K Keay, C Kunzel, P Bernd, and GPJ. Noël. Alternatives to Student Outbound Mobility - Improving Students’ Cultural Competency Skills Online to Improve Global Health without Travel. Med.Sci.Educ. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01332-9

 

A Wu, B Leask, GPJC Noel, H DeWit. It is Time for the Internationalization of Medical Education to be at Home and Accessible for All.  Academic Medicine: September 2021 - Volume 96 - Issue 9 - p e22 doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004201- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8378433/

 

A Wu, CX Yu, C Soledad Chang, R Goel, M Gill Sagoo, T Sakurai, S Viranta-Kovanen, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, S Kitahara, K Keay, J Olsen, P Bernd, R Wingate, T Sakurai, H Kielstein, S Viranata-Kovanen, C Brassett, S El Batti, M Zeroual, A Sigmund, P Bernd, C Kunzel, R Wingate, H Kielstein, G Noel. Initiating Students’ Reflections on Life’s Passing in the Anatomy Course – An International Observation at 14 Universities. Annals of Anatomy 2021 Apr 21;237:151741.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aanat.2021.151741

 

A Wu, V Maddula, R Goel, H Shimizu, CL Chien,  H Kielstein, H Traxler,T Sakurai, R Wingate,  S Viranta-Kovanen,  Jens Waschke, F Vielmuth, M Gill Sagoo, S Kitahara, J Olsen, C Brassett, S El-Batti, M Zeroual, K Keay, C Kunzel, P Bernd, and GPJC Noël. An observation of health professions students’ perceptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical Science Educator 2021; https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01240-y

 

A Wu, V Maddula, M Kieff, C Kunzel. An online program to improve international collaboration, intercultural skills, and research knowledge. J Dent Educ. 2020;1-4. https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.12455

  

A Wu, GPJC Noel. How to internationalize medical education based on concepts used in internationalization of higher education. MedEdPublish 2020; https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000151.1

 

A Wu, GPJC Noel. Revisiting International Student Outbound Mobility in 2020 – Time for a Change to Internationalization at Home? Commentary. CAMJ 2020; https://www.cmaj.ca/content/revisiting-international-student-outbound-mobility-2020-–-time-change-internationalization

 

A Wu, B Leask, E Choi, L Unangst, H de Witt. Internationalization of Medical Education – a scoping review of the current status in the United States. Medical Science Educator 2020. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-020-01034-8http://links.springernature.com/f/a/b2h3Ey4c7P8m_alQ9LmrQQ~~/AABE5gA~/RgRhDTdnP0QwaHR0cDovL3d3dy5zcHJpbmdlci5jb20vLS8xL0FYUEQ3enBBNTh5YXNfWm11TWNmVwNzcGNCCgBI5wMsX4clUSFSF2F3MjM0MkBjYWEuY29sdW1iaWEuZWR1WAQAAAbn

 

A Wu, GPJC Noel, B Leask, L Unangst, E Choi, H DeWit. Needed More Than Ever: Internationalization of Medical Education (invited). International Higher Education. Issue 104, Fall 2020, Oct 9, pp.20-21 https://www.internationalhighereducation.net/api-v1/article/!/action/getPdfOfArticle/articleID/3025/productID/29/filename/article-id-3025.pdf

(also available in Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Portuguese, and Russian editions)

 

A Wu, GPJC Noel, B Leask, L Unangst, E Choi, H DeWit. Internationalisation of medical education is now vital. Commentary. University World News. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2020062007182132; June 20, 2020

 

A Wu, G Noel, R Wingate, H Kielstein, T Sakurai, S Viranta-Kovanen, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, M Gill, S Kitahara, Y Kato, K Keay, J Olson, P Bernd. An International Partnership of 12 Anatomy Departments – Improving Global Health through Internationalization of Medical Education. Annals of Global Health. 2020; 86(1): 27, 1–14. DOI: https://www.annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/10.5334/aogh.2665/

 

K Rudolph, C Galvez, J Chang, A Wu, C Goelkel, SH Suendermann, H Kielstein. Body donation as a grateful gift for a long and active life with a Björk-Shiley valve. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 2020. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jocs.14922 – participated as supervisor of project

 

A Wu*, Gölkel C*, Chiuzan C, Duong J, Bernd P, Kielstein H. Early internationalization of students in a German medical school in the former German Democratic Republic (*equal contribution, 1st author). Annals of Anatomy, 2019 Mar 28. pii: S0940-9602(19)30035-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aanat.2019.03.004

 

A Wu, H Kielstein, T Sakurai, G Noel, S Viranta-Kovanen, CL Chien, P Bernd. Internationalization of Medical Education - Building a Program to Prepare Future Leaders in Healthcare. Medical Science Educator, 2019 (29): 535-547, Febr 11: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-019-00695-4; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40670-019-00695

ICEP Summer Research Publications:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36481908/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37175765/

Abstracts

A Wu, QY Xiao, R Utomo, M Gill Sagoo, R Wingate, C Brassett, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, T Sakurai, M Zeroual,  J Olsen, S El-Batti, S Viranta-Kovanen, Y Yamada, S McWatt, S Kitahara, K Keay,  A Kellett,  M Skonieczny, Y Mao, Lang, Carol Kunzel, Paulette Bernd, H Kielstein and GPJC Noël. The anatomy course during the time of COVID-19 - students’ initiation of reflections on life’s passing in dissection and non-dissection anatomy courses. FASEB J (https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1096/fasebj.2021.35.S1.00132)

 

 

A Wu, CX Yu, C Soledad Chang, R Goel, M Gill Sagoo, H Kielstein, T Sakurai, S Viranta-Kovanen , CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, S Kitahara, K Keay, J Olsen, P Bernd, R Wingate, T Sakurai, H Kielstein, S Viranata-Kovanen, C Brassett, S El Batti, M Zeroual, A Sigmund, P Bernd, C Kunzel, R Wingate, G Noel. Students’ Reflections on the Topic of Life’s Passing in the Anatomy Course – an International Comparison at 14 Medical Schools. Clin Anatomy (in press)

 

 

A Wu, M Kieff, G Noel, R Wingate, H Kielstein, T Sakurai, S Viranta-Kovanen, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, M Gill Sagoo, S Kitahara, K Keay, J Olsen, P Bernd. International anatomy partnerships - Results of international student basic sciences internships initiated via the anatomy course. FASEB J 34(S1):1-1; April 2020. https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.00516

 

 

A Wu, G. Noel, R Wingate, M Hortsch, M Chimalgi, D Curcio, CL Chien.  International Anatomy “Connecting Anatomists and Global Health”. Symposium-Workshop, IFAA 2019, 8/9-8/11/19, J Anatomy 236 (S1): 1-364; April 2020 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/joa.13163

 

 

A Wu, G Noel, R Wingate, H Kielstein, T Sakurai, S Viranta-Kovanen, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, M Gill, S Kitahara, K Keay, J Olsen, P Bernd. An International Partnership of 12 Anatomy Departments leads to Successful Internationalization of Medical Student Education via the Clinical Anatomy Course. J Anatomy 236 (S1): 1-364; April 2020. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/joa.13163; https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13163

 

 

G. Noel, K. Giannios, R. Wingate, H Kielstein, M Gill Sagoo, T Sakurai, S Viranta-Kovanen, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, S Kitahara, K Keay, J Olsen, A Wu*.  An international comparison of medical and dental students’ reflections on the topic of body donation in the gross anatomy course. J Anatomy 236 (S1): 1-364; April 2020. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14697580/2020/236/S1

 

 

A Wu, G Noel, R Wingate, H Kielstein, T Sakurai, S Viranta-Kovanen, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, M Gill, S Kitahara, K Keay, P Bernd. Internationalization of Medical Education and the Anatomy Course – Outcomes of an International Partnership of 11 Anatomy Departments on 4 Continents. FASEB J 2019 10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.606.7

https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.606.7

 

 

A Wu, H Kielstein, T Sakurai, G Noel, S Viranta-Kovanen, TK Li, L Kuikka, K Roth, P Bernd. Internationalization of Medical Education: Collaborations Initiated through the American Association of Anatomists (AAA) and the Anatomical Society (AS) Meetings Lead to Successful International Educational Partnerships, FASEB J 32 (S1):631.9; April 2018 https://www.fasebj.org/doi/10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.631.9

 

 

A Wu, C Goelkel, T Sakurai, H Kielstein, P Bernd. Internationalisation of medical education: fostering early student collaborations during the anatomy course between medical students in the USA, Germany, and Japan. J Anatomy 2017; 232, 319 (S40). Anatomical Society Summer meeting In Galway. Anatomists on the Edge.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.12751

 

 

A Wu, C Goelkel, C Chiuzan, J Duong, H Kielstein, P Bernd: Internationalization of medical education – a pilot study using a shared digital dissector and early peer-to-peer student interaction in American and German Clinical Gross Anatomy courses FASEB J April 2017 31:732.17 https://www.fasebj.org/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.732.17

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Presentations and Conferences

Presentations about ICEP
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scientific Meetings

Regional US

 

J Vigoda, L Tudor, A Adeniyi, C Brassett, S McWatt, M Gill Sagoo, R Wingate, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, A Sigmund, T Sakurai, Y Yamada, M Zeroual, J Olsen, S El Batti, S Viranta-Kovanen, K Keay, S Kitahara13, N Martinez-Abadias, M E Esteban-Torne, J Helms, C Sforza, N Gagliano, M Norris, D Harmon, M Yasui, M Ichiko, S Lee, S Reid, A Lang, C Kunzel, M Joseph, L Buehler, M Hardy, S Patel, P Bernd, H Kielstein, A Wu, G Noel. Experiential factors affecting the empathy of students in their pre-clinical year(s) at 20 universities. Poster presentation. Birnberg Research Symposium, William Jarvis Research Society, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY. April 6, 2022. Co-senior author presenter.

 

R. Utomo S. McWatt,  Q. Y. Xiao, A. Talis, K. Saraci, M. G. Sagoo,  R. Wingate, C. Brassett, C.L. Chien, H. Traxler, J. Waschke, F. Vielmuth, T. Sakurai, M. Zeroual, J. Olsen, S. El-Batti, S. Viranta-Kovanen, Y. Yamada, A. Kellett M. Skonieczny, Y.H. Mao, A. Lang, C.Kunzel, P. Bernd, H. Kielstein, G. P.J.C. Noël,  A Wu.  Poster presentation. Birnberg Research Symposium, William Jarvis Research Society, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY. April 6, 2022. Senior author presenter. 

 

Z Rahhal, A Shamim, A Wu. Internationalization of Medical and Dental Education – Motivations and Formats of Current Practices. Poster presentation. Birnberg Research Symposium, William Jarvis Research Society, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY. April 6, 2022. Senior author presenter.

 

 

A. Adeniyi, J Vigoda, L Tudor, C Brassett, S McWatt, M Gill Sagoo, R Wingate, C-L Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, A Sigmund, T Sakurai, Y Yamada, M Zeroual, J Olsen, S El-Batti, S Viranta-Kovanen, K Keay, S Kitahara, N Martínez-Abadías, M Esther Esteban-Torné, J Helms, C Sforza, N Gagliano, M Norris, D Harmon, M Yasui, M Ichiko,  S Lee,  S Reid, A Lang, C Kunzel, M Joseph, L Buehler, M Hardy,  S Patel,  P Bernd,  H Kielstein, W Stewart, A Kellett, G Noel, A Wu. Experiential factors affecting the empathy of students in their pre-clinical year(s) – a study involving 21 universities around the world. Poster presentation. VP&S Research Day, Columbia University, New York, NY,  March, 2022. Senior author presenter.

 

 

V Maddula, J Singh, C Kunzel, A Wu. Internationalization of Medical Education at Home – Improving Cultural Competency via an International Peer Online Program. Poster presentation. Birnberg Research Symposium, William Jarvis Research Society, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY. April, 2021. Senior author presenter (poster award). 

 

A Wu, P Bernd, H Kielstein. International Collaboration in Medical Education: A Transatlantic Pilot Project with Germany using an iPad Dissector for the Clinical Anatomy Course. Poster presentation. Morris Symposium, Columbia University, New York, NY. June 25th, 2015.

 

National

M Yee, S McWatt, C Brassett, J Dutton, M Gill Sagoo, T Sakurai, D Stearns, G Noel, A Wu. Developing an online international elective course to improve medical student nutrition education. Poster presentation  Anatomy Connected 2024. American Association for Anatomy, March 22-26, 2024, Toronto, ON, Canada.

 

J Luong, CC Tzang, P Molina, CL Chien, M Gill Sagoo, C Brassett, S McEatt, D Stearns, T Sakurai, G Noel, A Wu. Exploring AI readiness in medical education: a global survey. Oral platform presentation. Anatomy Connected 2024. American Association for Anatomy, March 22-26, 2024, Toronto, ON, Canada.

 

J Luong, A Synowiec, A Matsuoka, M Ruiz, DStearns, C Brassett , S Kitahara , C Kunzel, G Noel, J Haruta, M Hyakutake, A Wu. A global study on the impact of gender and single-gender education in professional identity formation. Oral platform presentation. Anatomy Connected 2024. American Association for Anatomy, March 22-26, 2024, Toronto, ON, Canada.

 

J Luong, J Prasad, D Bhugra, D Stearns, C Brassett, A Molodynski, G Noel, A Wu

The state of mental health in health professions students in 2023 - a global survey via an anatomy course-based program. Posterpresentation. Anatomy Connected 2024. American Association for Anatomy, March 22-26, 2024, Toronto, ON, Canada. (*Finalist for Poster Award)

P.Y. Lam, T. Sharma, A. Wu. M.G. Sagoo, Using  IPAC (INDIVIDUAL PEER ASSESSMENT OF CONTRIBUTION) scores to investigate international student collaboration in group work Poster presentation. Anatomy Connected 2023. American Association for Anatomy, March 25-27, 2023, Washington, DC, USA.

 

LTudor, A Adenyi, C Brassett, S McWatts, T Sakurai, D Stearns, S Hildebrandt, G Noel, A.Wu. The role of a virtual program led by anatomists in cultivating empathy in junior healthcare students. Poster presentation. Anatomy Connected 2023. American Association for Anatomy, March 25-27, 2023, Washington, DC, USA.

 

S Kumar, R Pang,  T Belage, T Sakurai, D Stearns, C Kunzel,  S McWatts, G Noel, A Wu. Evaluating professional identity formation among healthprofession students globally. Poster presentation. Anatomy Connected 2023. American Association for Anatomy, March 25-27, 2023, Washington, DC, USA.

 

K Ihara, K Kim, S Kumar,  C Brassett, Y Kanai, M Gill Sagoo, RWingate, CLChien, H Traxler, J Waschke, A Sigmund, T Sakurai, Y Yamada, M Zeroual, J Olsen, S El-Batti, S Viranta-Kovanen, K Keay, S Kitahara, N Martinez-Abadias, A Navarro Ponz, JM de Anta Vinyals,  J Helms, C Sforza, N Gagliano, M Norris,, A Lang, M Joseph, L Buehler, M Hardy, S Patel, P Bernd, H Kielstein, C Kunzel, A Green, S McWatt, G Noel,  A Wu. Learning alongside Global Classmates – an Online Anatomy Based Course Improves Intercultural Skills and Preparedness in Health Profession Students. Poster presentation. Anatomy Connected 2023. American Association for Anatomy, March 25-27, 2023, Washington, DC, USA. 

A Wu, CL Chien. Internationalization of Medical Education - Concepts, Formats and future Actions. Medical Education Conference. Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei Taiwan. July 9th, 2022.

 

A Wu, R Patel, C Brassett, S McWatt, M Gill Sagoo, R Wingate, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, A Sigmund, T Sakurai, Y Yamada, M Zeroual, J Olsen, S El Batti, S Viranta-Kovanen, K Keay, S Kitahara13, N Martinez-Abadias, M E Esteban-Torne, J Helms, C Sforza, N Gagliano, M Norris, D Harmon, M Yasui, M Ichiko, S Lee, S Reid, A Lang, C Kunzel1, M Joseph, L Buehler, M Hardy, S Patel, P Bernd, H Kielstein, G Noel, A Green. Cultural competency preparedness in medical and health professions students - a collaborative study involving anatomy departments at 20 international universities. Oral platform presentation. Experimental Biology 2022, American Association for Anatomy, Philadelphia, April 2-5, 2022. 

 

J Vigoda, L Tudor, A Adeniyi, C Brassett, S McWatt, M Gill Sagoo, R Wingate, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, A Sigmund, T Sakurai, Y Yamada, M Zeroual, J Olsen, S El Batti, S Viranta-Kovanen, K Keay, S Kitahara13, N Martinez-Abadias, M E Esteban-Torne, J Helms, C Sforza, N Gagliano, M Norris, D Harmon, M Yasui, M Ichiko, S Lee, S Reid, A Lang, C Kunzel1, M Joseph, L Buehler, M Hardy, S Patel, P Bernd, H Kielstein, A Wu, G Noel. Experiential factors affecting the empathy of students in their pre-clinical year(s) at 20 universities. Poster presentation. Experimental Biology 2022, American Association for Anatomy, Philadelphia, April 2-5, 2022. Poster Award

 

A Wu, QY Xiao, R Utomo, M Gill Sagoo, R Wingate, C Brassett, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, T Sakurai, M Zeroual,  J Olsen, S El-Batti, S Viranta-Kovanen, Y Yamada, S McWatt, S Kitahara, K Keay,  A Kellett,  M Skonieczny, Y Mao, Lang, Carol Kunzel, Paulette Bernd, H Kielstein and GPJC Noël. The anatomy course during the time of COVID-19 - students’ initiation of reflections on life’s passing in dissection and non-dissection anatomy courses. E-Poster presentation. Experimental Biology 2021,American Association for Anatomy, Indianapolis, April 27-30, 2021. Online E-Poster presentation as substitute for in person meeting, due to COVID-19 pandemic. 

 

A Wu, CX Yu, C Soledad Chang, R Goel, M Gill Sagoo, H Kielstein, T Sakurai, S Viranta-Kovanen, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, S Kitahara, K Keay, J Olsen, P Bernd, R Wingate, T Sakurai, H Kielstein, S Viranata-Kovanen, C Brassett, S El Batti, M Zeroual, A Sigmund, P Bernd, C Kunzel, R Wingate, G Noel. Reflections on the Topic of Life’s Passing in the Anatomy Course – an International 14 University Comparison. Oral Platform Presentation (1 of only 23 oral presentations). 37th Meeting of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists, New York, June 15-19, 2020 (e-meeting due to COVID-19 pandemic)

 

A Wu, M Kieff, G Noel, R Wingate, H Kielstein, T Sakurai, S Viranta-Kovanen, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, M Gill Sagoo, S Kitahara, K Keay, J Olsen, P Bernd. International anatomy partnerships - Results of international student basic sciences internships initiated via the anatomy course. E-Poster presentation. Experimental Biology 2020, American Association for Anatomy, San Diego, April 4-8, 2020. Online E-Poster presentation as substitute for in person meeting, due to COVID-19 pandemic. 

 

A Wu, G Noel, R Wingate, H Kielstein, T Sakurai, S Viranta-Kovanen, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, M Gill, S Kitahara, K Keay, P Bernd. Internationalization of Medical Education and the Anatomy Course – Outcomes of an International Partnership of 11 Anatomy Departments on 4 Continents. Poster presentation. Experimental Biology 2019, American Association of Anatomists, Orlando, FL, April 6-11, 2019

 

A. Wu, H Kielstein, T Sakurai, G Noel, S Viranta-Kovanen, TK Li, L Kuikka, P Bernd: A New Role for the Clinical Anatomy Course - Anchor for Internationalization of Medical Education. 35th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists, Atlanta, GA, July 8-12, 2018.

 

A. Wu, H Kielstein, T Sakurai, G Noel, S Viranta-Kovanen, TK Li, L Kuikka, K Roth, P Bernd: Internationalization of Medical Education: Collaborations Initiated through the American Association of Anatomists (AAA) and the Anatomical Society (AS) Meetings Lead to Successful International Educational Partnerships, Poster presentation. Experimental Biology 2018, American Association of Anatomists, San Diego, April 21-24, 2018

 

A Wu, C Goelkel, C Chiuzan, J Duong, H Kielstein, P Bernd: Internationalization of medical education – A pilot study using a shared digital dissector and early peer-to-peer student interaction in American and German Clinical Gross Anatomy Courses. Poster presentation. Experimental Biology 2017, American Association of Anatomists, Chicago, IL, April 22-25, 2017

 

A Wu, C Goelkel, C Chiuzan, J Duong, H Kielstein, P Bernd: Internationalization of medical education – A pilot study for building international collaboration by using a common digital dissector and international peer-to-peer student interaction in the Clinical Gross Anatomy course. Poster presentation. American Association of Anatomists, New York, NY, November 4, 2016

 

International

A Wu, Matthew Yee. Internationalization of Medical Education - a global virtual

nutrition course to promote nutrition education worldwide. International Virtual Exchange Conference IVEC 2024, October 21-24, 2024

 

CC Tzang , J Luong, CL Chien, G Noel, A Wu. Global Perspectives of Health Profession Students on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: A Qualitative Analysis. Oral presentation Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe (AMEE), August 24-28,2024, Basel, Switzerland, 2024

 

R Pang, T Belage, J Hui, E Choi, G Noel, A Wu. Understanding Professional Identity in Healthcare: a Global Study of Student Perceptions of a ‘Good Doctor’. Oral presentation Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe (AMEE), August 24-28,2024, Basel, Switzerland, 2024

 

A Kim, R Pang, C Kunzel, G Noel, A Wu. Medical and health sciences students’ professional identity formation: a global comparative analysis. Oral presentation. Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe (AMEE), August 24-28,2024, Basel, Switzerland, 2024

 

M Yee, R Andover Gonzalez, M Onyango, D Stearns, G Noel, A Wu. Applying a “students as stakeholders” framework for nutrition education curricular recommendations. Oral presentation. Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe (AMEE), August 24-28,2024, Basel, Switzerland, 2024

 

J Luong, J Hui, C Kunzel, D Stearns, G Noel, A Wu. Global Perspectives on Professional Identity Formation: The Impact of an International Exchange Program on Healthcare Students. Oral presentation Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe (AMEE), August 24-28,2024, Basel, Switzerland, 2024

 

J Prasad, J Luong, J Huetter, A Molodynski, G Noel, A Wu Analysis of coping and stress reduction strategies employed by health professions students in 21 countries: a global mental health survey. Poster Presentation.  Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe (AMEE), August 24-28,2024, Basel, Switzerland, 2024

 

A Naim, C Gong, A Green, D Stearns, G Noel, A Wu. Examining the Impact of Virtual and In-person Components of an International Exchange Program at Enhancing Cultural Competency in Healthcare Students. Oral Presentation. Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe (AMEE), August 24-28,2024, Basel, Switzerland, 2024

 

M Yee, S McWatt, C Brassett, J Dutton, M Gill Sagoo, T Sakurai, DStearns, G Noel, A Wu. Developing an Online International Elective Course to Improve Medical Student Nutrition Education. Oral Presentation. 2024 International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), Minneapolis, MN USA on June 15-18, 2024. Best student oral presenation 

PY M Lam, T Sharma, A Arora, M Gill Sagoo, A Wu. Using Individual Peer Assessment of Contribution Scores in Global Student Collaboration. Short Communication (15 min oral presentation). Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe (AMEE), Glasgow, UK, August 26-30,2023

 

M Yee, R Adrover González, N Norwitz,  S McWatt, D Stearns, G Noel, A Wu. Student Perspectives on Nutrition Education in Health Professions Programs -a Global Snapshot from 20 Universities. Short Communication (15 min oral presentation). Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe (AMEE), Glasgow, UK, August 26-30,2023

 

K. Kim, K Ihara, S Kumar, A Wu,

Cultural diversity and multilingualism foster cultural competency in health professions students.

Short Communication (15 min oral presentation). Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe (AMEE), Glasgow, UK, August 26-30,2023

 

T Belage, R Pang S Kumar, D Stearns, T Sakurai, C Kunzel, S McWatt, G Noel, A Wu. Evaluating professional identity formation amongst health professional students globally.

Short Communication. Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe (AMEE), Glasgow, UK, August 26-30,2023

 

K Ihara, K Kim, S Kumar,  C Brassett, Y Kanai, M Gill Sagoo, RWingate, CLChien6, H Traxler, J Waschke, A Sigmund, T Sakurai, Y Yamada, M Zeroual, J Olsen, S El-Batti, S Viranta-Kovanen, K Keay, S Kitahara, N Martinez-Abadias, A Navarro Ponz, JM de Anta Vinyals,  J Helms, C Sforza, N Gagliano, M Norris,, A Lang, M Joseph, L Buehler, M Hardy, S Patel, P Bernd, H Kielstein, C Kunzel, A Green, S McWatt, G Noel,  A Wu. Learning alongside Global Classmates – an Online Anatomy Based Course Improves Intercultural Skills and Preparedness in Health Profession Students. e-Poster presentation. Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe (AMEE), Glasgow, UK, August 28-31,2023

 

K Ihara, K Kim, S Kumar,  C Brassett, Y Kanai, M Gill Sagoo, RWingate, CLChien6, H Traxler, J Waschke, A Sigmund, T Sakurai, Y Yamada, M Zeroual, J Olsen, S El-Batti, S Viranta-Kovanen, K Keay, S Kitahara, N Martinez-Abadias, A Navarro Ponz, JM de Anta Vinyals,  J Helms, C Sforza, N Gagliano, M Norris,, A Lang, M Joseph, L Buehler, M Hardy, S Patel, P Bernd, H Kielstein, C Kunzel, A Green, S McWatt, G Noel,  A Wu. Learning alongside Global Classmates – an Online Anatomy Based Course Improves Intercultural Skills and Preparedness in Health Profession Students. Poster presentation. 55th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Medical Education, Nagasaki, Japan, between Jul 28-29, 2023. 

A Wu, H. Kielstein. International webinar at the German Research and Innovation House (https://www.dwih-newyork.org/en/) on “Building Bridges via Internationalization of Medical Education”. German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH), New York, is supporting internationalization of German research, technology and startups), April 4, 2023

P.Y. Lam, T. Sharma, M.G. Sagoo, A. Wu. Using IPAC (Individual peer assessment of contribution) scores to investigate student collaboration in group work  e-Poster at ASM 2023 (Association for the Study of Medical Education) July 13, 2023, Birmingham, UK.

 

P.Y. Lam, T. Sharma, M.G. Sagoo, A. Wu. Using  IPAC (INDIVIDUAL PEER ASSESSMENT OF CONTRIBUTION) scores to investigate international student collaboration in group work. Oral presentation. 17th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2023) Valencia (Spain) March 6-8, 2023

 

A.Shamim, C.Kunzel, A. Wu. Ethical Concerns of Global Surgical Outreach in Orofacial Cleft Missions. Poster presentation. Annual meeting CUGH (Consortium of Universities for Global Health) Conference 2023, April 13-14, Washington, DC, USA

R. Patel, R. Goel, C Brassett, S McWatt, M Gill Sagoo, R Wingate, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, A Sigmund, T Sakurai, Y Yamada, M Zeroual, J Olsen, S El Batti, S Viranta-Kovanen, K Keay, S Kitahara, N Martinez-Abadias, A Navarro, JM de Anta, J Helms, C Sforza, N Gagliano, M Norris, D Harmon, M Yasui, M Ichiko, S Lee, S Reid, A Lang, C Kunzel, M Joseph, L Buehler, M Hardy, S Patel, P Bernd, H Kielstein, A Green,G Noel, A Wu. The importance of culture amongst medical and health professions students - a collaborative study from 20 universities. Short Communication. Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe (AMEE), Lyon, France, August 27-31,2021

  

L Tudor, J Vigoda, A Adeniyi, C Brassett, S McWatt, M Gill Sagoo, R Wingate, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, A Sigmund, T Sakurai, Y Yamada, M Zeroual, J Olsen, S El Batti, S Viranta-Kovanen, K Keay, S Kitahara, N Martinez-Abadias, A Navarro, JM de Anta,J Helms, C Sforza, N Gagliano, M Norris, D Harmon, M Yasui, M Ichiko, S Lee, S Reid, A Lang, C Kunzel, M Joseph, L Buehler, M Hardy, S Patel, P Bernd, H Kielstein, A Wu, G Noel. Experiential factors affecting the empathy of pre-clinical healthcare students across 21 international universities. Short Communication. Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe (AMEE), Lyon, France, August 27-31,2021

 

A Wu, R Utomo, S McWatt, QY Xiao, A Talis, K Saraci, M Gill Sagoo, R Wingate, C Brassett, CL Chien, H Traxler, Jens Waschke, F Vielmuth, T Sakurai, M Zeroual, J Olsen, S El-Batti, S Viranta-Kovanen, Y Yamada, K Keay, S Kitahara, A Kellett, M Skonieczny, Y Mao, A Lang, C Kunzel, P Bernd, H Kielstein, GPJC Noël. Internationalization of Medical Education during the COVID-19 pandemic - what students learned from each other in an interprofessional, international virtual program. E-poster. Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe (AMEE), August 27-30,2021 (virtual conference due to COVID-19 pandemic)

 

J Singh, V Maddula, G. P.J.C. Noël, C Kunzel, R Wingate, A Wu. Internationalization of Medical Education at Home – Improving Cultural Competency Skills via International Peer Contact Online. Oral Presentation. Annual meeting of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), Global Perspectives in Health Sciences Education. June 12-17, 2021

 

A Wu, V Maddula, CL Chien, C Brassett, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, H Traxler,  H Kielstein, R Wingate, M Gill Sagoo, M Zeroual, J Olsen, S El-Batti, T Sakurai, S Kitahara, K Keay,  S Viranta-Kovanen, C Kunzel, P Bernd and G. P.J.C. Noël. 

Internationalization of medical education “at home”– an international peer online program to raise awareness of cultural differences, foster international collaboration, and improve research competencies to improve Global Health. E-Poster presentation. Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 12th Annual Meeting, March 12-14, 2021

 

A. Wu, H Kielstein, T Sakurai, G Noel, S Viranta-Kovanen, CL Chien. Internationalization of medical education – an international partnership of 12 universities on 4 continents to promote cultural awareness and early networking. Oral presentation with poster. Annual Conference of the International Association for Medical Education (AMEE), August 18th-24th, 2019, Vienna, Austria.

 

A Wu, G. Noel, R Wingate, M Hortsch, M Chimalgi, D Curcio, CL Chien.  International Anatomy “Connecting Anatomists and Global Health”. Symposium-Workshop. Meeting of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA), August 9-11, 2019, London, UK

 

A Wu, G Noel, R Wingate, H Kielstein, T Sakurai, S Viranta-Kovanen, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, M Gill, S Kitahara, K Keay, J Olsen, P Bernd. An International Partnership of 12 Anatomy Departments leads to Successful Internationalization of Medical Student Education via the Clinical Anatomy Course. Poster presentation. Meeting of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA), August 9-11, 2019, London, UK

 

G. Noel, K. Giannios, R. Wingate, H Kielstein, M Gill Sagoo, T Sakurai, S Viranta-Kovanen, CL Chien, H Traxler, J Waschke, F Vielmuth, S Kitahara, K Keay J Olsen, A Wu.  An international comparison of medical and dental students’ reflections on the topic of body donation in the gross anatomy course. Poster presentation. Meeting of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA), August 9-11, 2019, London, UK

 

A. Wu, C Goelkel, T. Sakurai, H Kielstein, P Bernd: Internationalization of Medical Education: Fostering Early Student Collaborations during the Anatomy Course between Medical Students in the USA, Germany, and Japan. Oral presentation. Anatomists on the Edge Conference

2017, Anatomical Society, Galway, Ireland. June 27 – 29, 2017

International Collaboration and Exchange Program in the News!

 

 

 

2023 ICEP Director Anette Wu was invited by the Education Outreach Section from the UN Department of Global Communications and the German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) for a luncheon session in the UN building in New York to brainstorm and discuss the efforts of the UN to support the integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into university curricula and research. On the website YouTube video she is speaking after minute 17 as representative of ICEP:

https://www.dwih-newyork.org/en/event/un-sdg-luncheon-hie/

2023 ICEP Director is interviewed at the Mailman School of Public Health : https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/info/alumni/news-events/newsletter/dr-anette-wu-alumni-profile?utm_source=44037576_473804897&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1633056099_

2023 ICEP participant Bree Zhang is interviewed in the New York Times : https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/31/science/donor-bodies-medical-school-appreciation.html

2023 ICEP Director wins Columbia Medal: https://commencement.columbia.edu/content/2023-alumni-medalist-awards

2023  Announcement of ICEP professor talk via German Embassy in New York, USA 

2023 NJ News Update

https://localtoday.news/nj/columbia-dental-students-participate-in-the-global-leadership-program-183372.html

2023 Columbia News 

https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/columbia-dental-students-visit-paris-through-global-program

2021 Columbia Medicine Magazine, VP&S; VP&S Education Highlights 2020-2021 (p.28)

      

2020 Letter to the Editor. Medical Sciences Education

Yousefi, S., Rampes, S., Dokal, K. et al. A Reply to: Internationalization of Medical Education—Building a Program to Prepare Future Leaders in Healthcare. Med.Sci.Educ. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-020-01001-3

2020  Columbia Medicine Magazine, VP&S; 

  VP&S Annual Report 2019-2020– Education highlight (p.49) 

2020   Pathology Newsletter, Columbia University

         https://www.pathology.columbia.edu/news/pathology-faculty-members-support-international-collaboration-and-exchange-program

2020  Columbia Medicine Magazine, Columbia University

Columbia Students Exchange Pandemic Experiences with International Peers https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/columbia-students-exchange-pandemic-experiences-international-peers

2020 CUIMC News (on successes of ICE students)

https://www.dental.columbia.edu/news/mask-march?fbclid=IwAR2t4DfyZbtMy5fOAGq1j--Nl2v36RfJtMkITx45EiE9ImBnzyEu7E9RgNE

2019 Newsletter of the American Association for Anatomy

https://www.anatomy.org/AAA/News-Journals/Newsletter-Articles/IFAA-Round-up.aspx

2019 Pathology Newsletter and Pathology website news, Columbia University

https://www.pathology.columbia.edu/news/connecting-anatomists-and-global-health

2019 Columbia Medicine Magazine, Columbia University

Internationalization of Medical Education: Columbia hosts global videoconferences. Spring/Summer issue 2019 (page 4) http://columbiamedicinemagazine.org/ps-news/spring-2019/internationalization-medical-education-columbia-hosts-global-video-conferences

2019 Pathology Newsletter, Columbia University (page 10)

https://www.pathology.columbia.edu/file/14261/download?token=BqnQZFEr

2019  Sueddeutsche Zeitung (major German newspaper), on Anatomy courses

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/gesundheit/anatomiekurs-medizinstudium-1.4393150

2018  University of Helsinki news blog (Finland)

         https://blogs.helsinki.fi/med-viikonjuttu/2019/05/20/anatomian-sali-ja-skype-yhdistaa-opiskelijat/#comment-74

2018  Pathology Newsletter, Columbia University

         https://www.pathology.columbia.edu/second-annual-international-skype-project-conference

2017  Halle University news blog on ICE program (report in German university news blog)

http://web.uk-halle.de/blog/2017/06/29/von-der-digitalen-in-die-reale-welt-new-yorker-studenten-lernen-hallesches-anatomie-institut-kennen/

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Faculty Speaker Series

Our faculty speaker series Includes renowned speakers from academia, professional and public life. Lectures are given by deans, professors, scientists, clinicians, journalists, politicians, leaders of large NGO's such as CUGH and the WHO. Discussions with our students will enhance their learning about healthcare issues that affects health around the world. 

Alexander Green, MD, Professor

Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Cultural Competency Preparedness

Alexander Preker, MD PhD, Professor

Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA

International Health Systems

Bernd Fischer, MD PhD, Professor and Heike Kielstein MD PhD, Dean

Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

History of Medicine

 

Brittany Seymour, DDS, MPH

Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Boston, USA

Oral Global Health
 

Carlos Farron de Guzman, MD

Harvard School of Public Health

InterAmerican Center for Global Health (CISG)

Planetary Health

Chien-Jen Chen, PhD, Vice President and Prime Minister

Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

COVID-19 in Taiwan

Christopher Ricupero, PhD

College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, New York, USA

Tissue Engineering

Dana Stearns, MD, Professor

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Anatomy teaching - Phones Gage case study

Daniele M. Gibelli, PhD, Professor

University of Milan, Milan, Italy

History of Medicine in the Renaissance

David Rosner, Professor

Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

History of Public Health in the United States

Dinesh Bhugra, MD, Professor

King’s College London, UK

Mental Health and Cultural Diversity

Donna Farber, PhD, Professor

Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, USA

COVID-19 and Immunology

Emmanuel Zorn, PhD, Professor

Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, USA

Transplantation Immunology

Gunnar Hargus, MD PhD, Professor

Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York USA

Neuroscience

Inga Koerte, MD, Professor

Ludwig Maxilmilians University, Munich, Germany and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and 

Adolescents 

Jan Luedert, PhD, Director

German Center for Research and Innovation, New York, USA

Science Diplomacy

Jeannette Wing, PhD, Professor

Columbia University, New York, USA

Big Data Science

 

John Rowe, MD, Professor

Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA

Population Aging and Health

John Eu-Li Wong, MD, Professor and Dean

Professor National University of Singapore

Longevity and Aging

Kyprios Nicolaides, MD, Professor

King’s College London, London, UK

Fetal Surgery

Lee Goldman, MD MPH, Dean Emeritus

Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA

Leadership in Healthcare

Linda Fried, MD, Dean and Professor

Columbia Mailman School of Public Health

Aging

Marc Dickstein, MD, Professor

Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA

New York Presbyterian Hospital 

Physiology Teaching Online

Mark Bittman, Professor and Journalist

Columbia University/New York Times, USA

Food Access and Health

Mark Mercurio, MD, Professor

Yale University, New Haven, USA

Medical Ethics

Mandeep Gill Sagoo, EdD, Senior Lecturer

King’s College London, London, UK

Cultural Competency, Microaggression

Mark Hardy, MD, Professor

Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York USA

Global Surgery

Matthew Yousefzadeh, PhD

Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA

Science of Aging

Mahesh Mansukhani, MD, Professor

Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York USA

Personalized Genomic Medicine

Naoki Ikegami, MD PhD MA, Professor

Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Population Aging and Health Policy

Richard Deckelbaum, MD PhD, Professor

Columbia University, New York, USA

Global Nutrition and Disease

Sabine Hildebrandt, MD, Associate Professor

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Ethics and Body Donation

Sten Vermund, MD PhD, Professor and Dean

Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, USA

Climate Change and Health

Stephen Morse, PhD, Professor

Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York,  USA

Coronavirus Epidemiology

Stephen Spitalnik, MD PHD, Professor

Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, USA

Global Rh Disease

Walter Willet, MD DrPH, Professor

Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA

Food and Health

W. Ian Lipkin, MD, Professor

Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA

COVID-19 Virus 

Wahida Karmally, MS RD, CDE, Scientist

Columbia University, New York, USA

Nutrition

Zoe Fritz, MD, Professor

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Medical Ethics and Law

 

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Art work and reflection by Bree Zhang, ICEP student 2022, Columbia College of Dental Medicine, USA.

11/3/22

“A Thank You to Our Donors”

 

 

 

My name is Bree, and I am a dental student at Columbia participating in the ICEP program!  I wanted to share with you an ICEP inspired artworkI made after having a conversation with members of my cohort about the differences amongst us regarding dissections for our anatomy courses. Wanted to thank you all for creating a program such as this that allows me to really reflect on my own experience in medical/dental school.

My reflection

What does it mean to cut into human skin?


On our 1st day of anatomy during orientation week, we went to lab and skinned our cadavers. I assumed that all medical schools started dissections early like Columbia. But recently, after conversing with medical students in ICEP (International Collaboration and Exchange Program), I learned that we all treat anatomy so differently.

Some schools don’t do cadaver dissections at all. Others wait until year 2 to begin. Other schools, like Yale, do dissections in year 1, but before starting anatomy, they first spend their time on a humanism block. They learn of their donor’s occupations and have opportunities to reflect and honor their donors' humanity through art and writing. Perhaps this makes the 1st cut harder. Slicing into skin is much more difficult when you’ve thought about the origins and hardships of that skin. But perhaps it improves the intentionality of each moment in the lab. Makes them appreciate the knowledge more.

After my conversation, I started thinking about my donor. Who was she before? A mother? A daughter? A friend? A coworker? How is her family doing now? Do they know how much she’s given us? Do they know that the whole dissection process renders the original body unrecognizable?

And so, I return to my medical illustrations of Block 2. Previously, I drew the heart and lungs to help me study anatomical structures. Now, I reimagine my “study drawings” to honor our donors not just as cadavers but humans who once had beating hearts. Sometimes it takes “zooming out” to see the full picture. To understand the comorbidities and the weathering that explain cardiac valve replacements, blackened lungs, calcified arteries, cirrhotic liver. That’s why dissections are so beautiful because they allow me to hold so many feelings at the same time: excitement, intrigue, gratefulness, but also sadness and mourning.

This artwork is a dedication to our donors. A thank you. A promise to learn the most as possible—because that’s how I repay them. 💙

 

Best

Bree

Poem by Sebastian Cells, DDS, ICEP student 2018

 

Body to Mind

Sebastian Celis, Columbia CDM 2022, 1/31/2018

 

For months

I never held your hand

ungloved. Instead, 

I stretched your brittle fingers,

sliced scalpel through skin,

probed nerves, arteries,

those organs which never lose color.

 

Yet I held your pink thoughts,

the systems that made you

joyous and nervous.

 

As I rest on your open abdomen,

I think, guiltily,

of my own hunger.

I wonder, faintly,

who misses you at night.

 

For I held your deepest red love,

roller coaster of success and failure –

I will break it one last time. 

 

Another day, I wonder

who remembers the smell of your warm breath,

the touch of your skin on theirs,

the sound of your whispers. 

 

For I held your gray gasps:

the blowing of candles, the riot of screams.

And in that instant I remember 

you are human.

"My world before and after ICEP" by Akari Matsuoka, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan, summer,  2023
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By Jovan Rogozarski, Medical University of Vienna, fall 2023 - "Inspired by our first ICEP Global Meet and Greet Session 2023/24"

By Jovan Rogozarski, Medical University of Vienna, fall 2023 -
Appreciation to our body donors in Anatomy
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By 

Bowei Li, Columbia University, New York

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