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• Free flu shots available Saturday to those in need
  Oct 18, 2019 -- The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy-Wichita and the United Way of the Plains are partnering again for the 10th annual Operation Immunization.
• BizTalk with Bill Roy Episode 124: Rick Kellerman, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
  Oct 11, 2019 -- Rick Kellerman is a physician who loves to teach. He made the decision to stop seeing patients to focus full-time on teaching at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita.
• Dangers of vaping: Facts and statistics on health risks of e-cigarettes as lung illness causes teen deaths across U.S.
  Oct 01, 2019 -- Dr. Paul Ndunda, assistant professor at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, chimed that young people, pregnant women and those who don't already vape shouldn't start.
• Emporia couple offers $1 million pledge to KU School of Medicine-Wichita
  Sep 26, 2019 -- The Smileys’ gift will establish three funds in their names, with one benefiting the Internal Medicine Department as a whole, one supporting residents in the program and one for scholarships with a funding preference for internal medicine students.
• Couple gives $1 million to support KU school of medicine
  Sep 26, 2019 -- “I appreciated that the community worked together to educate students, particularly the volunteer faculty,” Scott Smiley, M.D., said of KU School of Medicine-Wichita. “They understand the investment that it takes to educate doctors.”
• Couple gives $1 million to KU School of Medicine in Wichita
  Sep 26, 2019 -- An Emporia couple has committed $1 million to the internal medicine program at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita.
• Wichita's KU Med School receives significant donation
  Sep 25, 2019 -- An Emporia couple has committed $1 million to the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita for student scholarships and the school's internal medicine program.
• KU offers student doctors real life training on almost life-like patients
  Sep 18, 2019 -- Shortly before noon Wednesday, Victoria was going through her fifth delivery of a baby within two hours, as registered nurse Jane Diaz encouraged her to “push, push, push.” Victoria and the newborn aren’t real people but are among several manikins — as simulated patients in the health care industry are known — that are part of the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita Simulation Center.
• Wichita’s KU School of Medicine shows off performance manikins
  Sep 18, 2019 -- The simulation center at KU School of Medicine-Wichita features a line of manikins that can do everything from have a heart attack to give birth.
• Sedgwick County suicide rates hit all-time high in 2018
  Sep 10, 2019 -- Nicole Klaus, Ph.D., ABPP, associate professor at KU School of Medicine-Wichita, says the data in Sedgwick County helps the community know what the needs are specifically.