Hooding speech on the Web

The transcript of cancer surgeon David Byrd's address to the 51st graduating class of the UW medical school is on the UW Academic Web Center Web site.

The University of Washington is coordinating a two-year study in 24 cities in the United States and Canada to test the life-saving potential and cost effectiveness of public access defibrillation (PAD). (Full story)

Anita Hendrickson, professor and chair of biological structure and adjunct professor of ophthalmology, has been named to the scientific advisory panel for Research to Prevent Blindness. (Full story)

Graduation ceremonies for the MEDEX Northwest physician assistant training program took place Aug. 21 at the Yakima program site and Aug. 23 at the program's Spokane site. Today the Seattle site students will graduate. (Full story)