Participants: Cole Krumbholz, Jason Leigh, Mary Rasmussen, Robert Kooima, Richard Fiscella, Zhuming Ai, Bei Jin, Scott Dixon, Kaitlyn Hwang, Elina Mer, Andrea Stevenson, Angela Brady, Ray Evenhouse, Sam Shlomo Spaeth, Robert Parshall

Chicago, IL

The Virtual Reality in Medicine Lab (VRMedLab) is very pleased to announce that the Virtual Reality application, “The Virtual Eye / Virtual House” has been awarded the Dr. Frank Netter Award for Special Contributions to Medical Education.

The project was led by Mary Rasmussem of the VRMedLab, consisting of a multi-disciplinary, collaborative team between the VRMedLab, Department of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences, College of Applied Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL), Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, College of Medicine, and Allergan Inc.

Congratulations to the amazing collaborative team including: Richard Fiscella, Zhuming Ai, Bei Jin, Cole Krumbholz, Scott Dixon, Kaitlyn Hwang, Elina Mer, Andrea Stevenson, Angela Brady, Robert Kooima, Ray Evenhouse, Sam Shlomo Spaeth and a special thanks to Robert Parshall.

Information about the Netter Award is available at:
www.vesaliustrust.org/2007-netter-award/

The award will be presented at the annual AMI meeting in July.

Email: mary.rasmussen@gmail.com

Date: July 18, 2007 - July 21, 2007

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