Milestones We Celebrated As we look to 2025, we’ve positioned Wake Forest University School of Medicine to become the core of our evolving academic learning health system—look back at what we've accomplished this year.

Explore our Research

Medical research is much more than discovery. It is hope. It is a cure. It is the advances that we make here that will benefit our lives and those of generations to come.

As the academic core of our recently expanded health system, Wake Forest University School of Medicine’s 2,000+ researchers are leading the way in accelerating vital research.

AI: The Future of Health Care

Metin Nafi Gurcan, PhD, leads the Center for Artificial Intelligence Research to serve as a trusted partner and advise on the role of AI in medicine.

Fifty Years of Recognized Expertise in Cancer Research

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center celebrates 50 years of NCI designation.

Measuring Impacts One Race at a Time

Medicine and the Military

Researchers TEAM Up to Better Manage Blood Pressure

LEAPs and Bounds: New Ways to Treat Obesity

Infants and Older Adults May Hold Key to More Effective Vaccines

Rewind on Our Top Education Stories

In our medical training programs, a patient-centered perspective is at the heart of the curriculum. Our students obtain in-depth and valuable clinical experience.

Justice and Belonging for All

The Office of Justice and Belonging is focused on building an inclusive academic culture that embodies diversity and employs an equity-focused strategy aligned for faculty, learners and staff.

Charlotte Campus Progress in The Pearl

Wake Forest University School of Medicine’s second campus in Charlotte combines health care education and technology.

Celebrating 50 Years of Northwest AHEC

Northwest AHEC serves as a primary resource for educational activities and services with a focus on primary care in rural communities and areas with less access to resources.

RxPurpose: Medical Students Providing Hope

Making an Impact: IDEA Grant

Medical Student Research Day

Medical Student Has Immersive Training with Carolina Panthers

Medical Student's Health Journey Comes Full Circle

The Kennedy-Hopkins Scholars Mentor Program

Mentorship and Collaboration in Research

Medical Students Enhancing Global Health

Ultrasound Course Prepares Students to Save Lives

Journey from Haiti to Medical School

Teaching Compassionate Care

Celebrate our Award-winning Faculty, Staff and Students

Learn about the national and international recognitions earned by our faculty, staff and students.

Bridging Biomechanics to Baseball

Kristen Nicholson, PhD, oversees data collection, research and biomechanics interpretation at the Wake Forest Pitching Lab – her goal is to understand pitching efficiency and the ability to reduce injury risk while maximizing performance.

West Coast to East Coast: Accelerating Neuroscience Research

Kenneth Kishida, PhD, is leading research on how the brain guides human behavior and decision-making.

Breast Cancer Research: From Bench to Bedside

Marissa Howard-McNatt, MD, is one of the few African-American female surgeons who have full professorships in the country; as a surgical breast oncologist she’s hoping to inspire the next generation of female surgeons.

Pursuing Health Equity in Cancer Research

Medicine Takes Flight

Strengthening the Health Equity Roadmap

Awards and Recognition

Find the latest information about awards and recognition earned by Wake Forest University School of Medicine faculty, staff and students.

Take a look back at the moments we celebrated in 2024.

Match Day 2024

Wake Forest University School of Medicine's fourth-year medical students, along with medical students from across the country, learn where they "matched" and will spend the next three to seven years of residency training.

MD Graduation 2024

Watch Wake Forest University School of Medicine's May 2024 graduation ceremony highlight for MD Class of 2024.

PA Program Graduation 2024

Watch Wake Forest University School of Medicine's May 2024 graduation ceremony highlight for PA Class of 2024.

Biomedical Graduate Programs (MS/PhD) Graduation 2024

Academic Nursing Graduation 2024

MD White Coat Ceremony 2024

PA Program White Coat Ceremony 2024

CRNA/DNP White Coat Ceremony 2024

Medical Student Research Day 2024

Annual event that fosters mentorship and provides medical students an opportunity to showcase their year-long research projects in front of faculty, staff and peers.

Graduate Student Research Day 2024

More than 80 graduate students from the Wake Forest Biomedical Graduate Programs at Wake Forest University School of Medicine recently presented their research at the annual research day event.

Alumni Relations and Philanthropy Highlights

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2024 Highlights