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Intense changes roiled the world in March 1917, including Mayo Clinic. For several years, the Mayo brothers had seen the need to create formal programs in advanced education for physicians. They created an entity called the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.

Robert Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D., Consultant in the Division of Laboratory Genetics and Genomics at Mayo Clinic, and other Mayo researchers were highlighted in a recently published video to discuss how the molecular makeup of brain tumors can be used to identify five categories of gliomas, each with different clinical features and outcomes.

Leadership from the Mayo Clinic Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (DLMP) Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency Program are pleased to announce the selection of Justin Juskewitch, M.D., Ph.D., and Kabeer Shah, D.O., as Chief Residents for the Anatomic/Clinical Pathology Residency Program for the academic year 2017–18.

Robin Patel, M.D., Chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology and a Consultant in the Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Mayo Clinic, has been elected to serve a two-year term on the American Society for Microbiology Board of Directors.

Ever since Mayo Clinic was established, the institution's goal has been to provide outstanding care to its patients and offer superior education programs that ensure the success of the next generation of medical professionals. Read more about the history of Mayo's School of Graduate Medical Education.

Jeff Meeusen, Ph.D., a clinical chemist and Co-Director of Cardiovascular Laboratory Medicine at Mayo Clinic, discussed Mayo Clinic's new blood test that helps combat the leading cause of death in the U.S. on Voice of America.

Nancy Wengenack, Ph.D., Director of the Mycology and Mycobacteriology Laboratories and Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology in the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, has been elected to a Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology.

In December 2015, the bronze statue, "Mayo Ancestors,” featuring William Worrall Mayo, M.D., and sons William Mayo, M.D., and Charles Mayo, M.D., was unveiled in a dedication ceremony in the Heritage Plaza on the Phoenix campus.

Benjamin Tetlie, a Financial Representative for Mayo Clinic Global Business Solutions, used to have a strong aversion to the idea of donating blood. However, when his coworkers organized a Blood Donor Unit Challenge, he wanted to participate.

In 1986, Mayo Clinic's year-old liver transplant program was growing to be one of the largest in the world. Take a step back to 1986 by reading this article from the February issue of Mayovox.

Linnea Baudhuin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and Co-Director of the Personalized Genomics Laboratory, the Clinical Genomics Sequencing Laboratory, and the Cardiovascular Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, recently authored an article in "The Pathologist" on the cost of next-generation sequencing.

During summer activities, it's bound to happen. But how dangerous is it to accidentally swallow a bug? Bobbi Pritt, M.D., a microbiologist, pathologist, and Director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, discusses when swallowing an insect is harmless and which ones can be dangerous in The Wall Street Journal column entitled, "Burning Question."