Brothers Ryan and Matthew Tufts have excelled
since graduating from Auburn
Ryan Tufts, a 2007 graduate in biomedical sciences, is in his first
year of an orthopedic residency at University of Louisville. Ryan
completed medical school at the University of Miami Miller School
of Medicine. While in medical school, he had many accomplishments
including a poster presentation at the 17th International Meeting
on Advanced Spine Techniques in Toronto, Canada. Other
accomplishments include: director of the Academic Societies program –
Roentgen Society; anatomy teaching assistant for the Human Structure
Peer Tutoring program; participant on a Nicaraguan Medical Mission
trip in 2008; member of Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society;
and a University of Miami John K. Robinson Awardee for Student
Initiatives. Ryan says that the COSAM biomedical sciences curriculum
provided him with excellent preparation for medical school and that the
classes he took during his first year of medical school included classes he
had already taken at Auburn.
Matthew Tufts, a 2009 graduate in biomedical sciences, is in his
third year of medical school at the University of South Florida College
of Medicine. During
his first and second
years of medical
school, he was a
parliamentarian
on the Florida
Medical Association
Medical Student
Section Governing
Council, and he
received the Business
Concentration
Leadership scholarship. He also helped to develop and participate in
the Business of Medicine Boot Camp pilot program. This intensive
eight-week program is offered to medical students in the summer
between their first and second years. Taught by faculty from the College
of Business and USF Health, students get a comprehensive look at the
business skills needed to be successful physician leaders and innovators
who can develop new ways of diagnosing and treating diseases, ensure
healthier communities, and shape the system in which they are central
players. They are introduced to organizational management, health care
economics, finance, marketing, health care information technology and
systems engineering, negotiation, and innovation and entrepreneurship
– topics not typically covered in medical school. This summer marked
the second year of the Boot Camp, and students and faculty members
from USF were invited to give a presentation on the concepts learned
in the program in Stockholm, Sweden, at the annual meeting of the
International Council on Small Businesses.
Matthew has remained active with the Florida Medical Association
and Medical Students Division. He also served as vice-chair for
recruitment during his second year of medical school and in July 2011
was elected president.
COSAM alumnus produces award-winning album
COSAM alumnus Jeffrey Warren received his master’s degree in
geology from Auburn University in 1997. He went on to get his doctorate
in geology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He
currently serves as the senior advisor to the president pro tempore of the
North Carolina Senate and handles energy, environmental and regulatory
affairs policy. But on the side, Warren writes and produces award winning
kid’s music. He has received the 2011 Best Album-Kid’s Music Award,
the 2011 Parents’ Choice award and the 2011 Preferred Choice award
from Creative Child magazine. Most recently, he released an album,
Synonym Toast, that features music that falls into a category commonly
referred to as “Kindie Rock.”
“The music has two levels of humor,” explained Warren, “one for
parents and one for kids.”
“I have played piano and keyboard since the first grade, but took a
hiatus from music when I got to Auburn and pursued my master’s degree.
I put music on hiatus even further when I was working on my PhD at
Carolina,” said Warren. “When my first child was born, I started looking
for music that I liked for him that wouldn’t make me rip my ears off. I
started writing my own songs and the album eventually developed.”
Warren has two children, a son age 5 and a daughter age 3. For
information about his CD, including instructions on how to order, visit
www.jeffwarrenmusic.com/.
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