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For Immediate Release: 15 April 2010

OUM secures Pacific Science Association (PSA) membership

Oceania University of Medicine (OUM) has become a member of the Pacific Science Association (PSA). Benefits to OUM include access to research opportunities, as well as invitations for staff and students to attend conferences, according to Igor Bondarenko, PhD, OUM’s Deputy Director of Research and Senior Lecturer, who was instrumental in seeking membership of this well-respected organization.

“Since achieving this membership status, our staff and students have been invited to take part in the 22nd Pacific Science Congress to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June, 2011. We are also able to submit articles for publication in PSA’s official journal, Pacific Science,” says Dr. Bondarenko.

PSA facilitates research initiatives on critical emerging issues for the region, such as biodiversity loss, climate change, infectious diseases, and the social implications of globalization, in which science can provide crucial information in a way that is required by both society and policymakers to make sound and informed decisions. PSA is a Scientific Associate of the International Council for Science (ICSU).

Located on the grounds of the National Hospital Complex in Apia, Samoa, Oceania University of Medicine offers a graduate entry, four-year medical education program to an international student body of approximately 100 healthcare professionals from five countries. Graduates are receiving their post-graduate specialty/residency training at teaching hospitals in Australia, Samoa, and the United States. Listed in the World Health Organization's World Directory of Medical Schools and recognized by the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, the school is amid its formal accreditation process expected to be successfully completed in 2010. For more information about OUM, visit www.oceaniamed.org.

Located on the grounds of the National Hospital Complex in Apia, Samoa, Oceania University of Medicine offers a graduate entry, four-year medical education program to an international student body of approximately 100 healthcare professionals from five countries. Graduates are receiving their post-graduate specialty/residency training at teaching hospitals in Australia, Samoa, and the United States. Listed in the World Health Organization's World Directory of Medical Schools and recognized by the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, the school is amid its formal accreditation process expected to be successfully completed in 2010. For more information about OUM, visit www.oceaniamed.org.