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Honors Students Inventing for the Future

Honors Students Inventing for the Future

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A safe and sterile needle seems to be a basic idea when preventing infections. But how that needle is sterilized, especially in places where reuse is a common practice, spurred a good idea for a pair of Washington State University student entrepreneurs.

Emily Willard (left) and Katherine Brandenstein with their winning SafeShot sterilizer, at the University of Washington Health Innovation Challenge (Photo Matt Hagen)

Emily Willard and Katherine Brandenstein came up with the idea of SafeShot, a lid that sterilizes a needle each time it enters the vial of medicine, as part of an entrepreneurship class. The two students started a company, won a health business contest last spring, and headed to Tanzania early this year to research how their product could be used in a real setting. » More …

Honors College Announces New Medical Education Endowed Scholarship Fund in Honors

Honors College Announces New Medical Education Endowed Scholarship Fund in Honors

A collaborative fund established to support WSU Honors students enrolled in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

The Medical Education Endowed Scholarship Fund in Honors was created out of the vision of a WSU Honors alumnus to support Honors students (alumni or undergraduates) who are enrolled or planning to enroll in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. Scholarship funding will be awarded to alumni from the WSU Honors College enrolled in the College of Medicine, with secondary preference given to current WSU Honors College undergraduate students engaged in medical research and intending to enroll in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. Should an Honors student not be identified, the award will be given to a WSU student enrolled in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.

This fund demonstrates the support of our alumni and friends who stand behind these students in their pursuits of becoming doctors. Make your investment today! Visit Medical Education Endowed Fund in Honors.
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