Program Overview

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University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine

The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine offers a range of programs and initiatives aimed at improving healthcare outcomes and addressing health disparities.

Education

The School of Medicine provides various educational programs, including:

• Medical Education
• Physician Assistant Studies
• Speech Pathology and Audiology
• Residency and Fellowship Programs

Medical Education

The Medical Education program offers:

• Dual Degree Programs
• Curriculum
• Scholarly Concentrations, including:
  • Rural and Tribal
  • Global Health
  • Clinical Ethics
  • Culinary and Medical Nutrition
  • Family Medicine
  • Health Policy and Advocacy
  • Interprofessional Education
  • Population Health
  • Wilderness Medicine
• MD Admissions Process
• Tuition Fees
• Post-Baccalaureate Pathway Program

Physician Assistant Studies

The Physician Assistant Studies program offers:

• About the profession
• Curriculum
• Physician Assistant Studies Admissions
• Tuition and Fees

Speech Pathology and Audiology

The Speech Pathology and Audiology program offers:

• Speech Pathology and Audiology programs
• Speech Pathology and Audiology admissions
• Tuition and Fees

Residency and Fellowship Programs

The Residency and Fellowship Programs offer:

• Resident salary schedule and benefits
• Application Information
• Internal Medicine Residency Program
• Family Medicine Residency Program
• Pediatrics Residency Program
• Psychiatry Residency Program
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
• Geriatric Medicine Fellowship
• Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
• Sports Medicine Fellowship
• Wilderness Medicine Fellowship

Community Programs

The School of Medicine is involved in various community programs, including:

• Office of Statewide Initiatives
• Nevada Area Health Education Center
• Nevada Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment Program
• Nevada Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
• Nevada Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program
• Nevada State Office of Rural Health
• Nevada Health Workforce Research
• Pacific AIDS Education
• Nevada Organ Donor Program
• Project ECHO Nevada
• Nevada Center for Patient Safety and Simulation
• Anatomical Donation Program
• Nevada State Public Health Laboratory
• Speech Pathology and Audiology Clinics
• SOAR Program
• Student Outreach Clinic
• Sanford Center

Research

The School of Medicine conducts research in various areas, including:

• Research Areas and Initiatives
• Core Facilities and Centers
• Research Training
• Clinical Research

Research Areas and Initiatives

The School of Medicine conducts research in various areas, including:

• Cardiovascular Research
• HSTI Core
• Transgenic Genotyping
• Cell Analysis

Core Facilities and Centers

The School of Medicine has various core facilities and centers, including:

• HSTI Core
• Transgenic Genotyping
• Cell Analysis

Research Training

The School of Medicine offers research training programs, including:

• Graduate Research
• Undergraduate Research
• Medical Student Research Opportunities

Clinical Research

The School of Medicine conducts clinical research in various areas, including:

• Clinical Data Science

Faculty

The School of Medicine has a faculty affairs office that handles:

• Promotion and Tenure
• Faculty Council
• Faculty Development
• Why teach at UNR Med?

Population Health

The Scholarly Concentration in Population Health is designed for students committed to addressing and eliminating healthcare disparities through action-oriented research, policy reform, and community engagement.

What will students learn about in this program?

Students will learn about:

• Conducting action research to discover solutions to healthcare disparities
• Disseminating results of research in scholarship, policy change, legislation, or community action
• Developing and practicing organizational skills in investigation and policy change
• Producing a scholarly work describing actions and outcomes of their effort
• Completing a 4th-year elective course in Public Health or in Spanish for Medical Encounters

Topics

The program covers various topics, including:

• Medical outcome disparity
• Medical access disparity
• Medical treatment disparity
• Medical policy disparity
• Geographical marginalization
• Structural disparity

Successful students will lead others to investigate and solve healthcare inequities through direct organization and management, as well as through typical scholarship. Scholarship may consist of published research, case reports, book chapters, policy briefs, white papers, MedEDPortal publications, or enacted policy changes.