Baylor accepts ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Dr. Paul Klotman, president, CEO and executive dean of Baylor, took part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, along with more than 200 other members of the Baylor community including students, faculty and staff.
Dr. Paul Klotman, president, CEO and executive dean of Baylor, took part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, along with more than 200 other members of the Baylor community including students, faculty and staff.
In 1988, Houstonians Rusty Hardin and Dr. Tom Caskey – famed experts in their respective fields of law and genetics – did not know one another. Soon their worlds would collide in a moment that not only made history in Texas, but established an effective way to use DNA as evidence in criminal court proceedings.
The annual Compassion and the Art of Medicine lecture series is under way. It is sponsored by the department of family and community medicine with additional support from the Alan Lambert Family Medicine Endowment.
Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, one of the world’s leading experts on economic development and the fight against poverty, told Baylor College of Medicine’s 2014 graduates to “become doctors of the planet” in addition to being medical doctors and scientists.
Students in BCM’s School of Allied Health Sciences are celebrating not just the new year but also the launch of their professional careers after participating in commencement last month.