VCOM - Auburn 2017 Yearbook

Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP President and Provost W elcoming its inaugural class in 2015, the VCOM-Auburn campus has carried forth the VCOM mission “to educate globally minded, community focused physicians to provide care for rural and medically underserved populations and to advance research to improve human health” in Alabama and surrounding southern states. As you will see in this yearbook, the participation of the Auburn students and faculty in community outreach programs in Alabama, as well as in VCOM’s Global Health outreach programs have demonstrated their commitments to serve. The Auburn campus’ students and faculty have also shown their commitment to excellence in education, as was reaffirmed by the excellent board scores achieved by Auburn’s inaugural class. In addition, the Auburn faculty’s commitment to research and advancing scientific discovery was established with over 20 faculty funded grants in the first two years, supporting both biomedical and clinical research. We hope you will enjoy this publication that reflects the culture established by our VCOM-Auburn campus, a culture of service and excellence in medical care that will lead to better care for rural Alabama and the medically underserved populations across the state.

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