BAU Medical Students at Yale School of Medicine

BAU School of Medicine students receiving English language education at the BAU Washington, D.C. Campus visited the Yale School of Medicine. During their two-and-a-half-week visit to Yale University, the students toured the Gunel Neurogenetics Laboratory directed by Prof. Dr. Murat Günel and the Yale Center for Genome Analysis, where Dr. Kaya Bilgüvar is part of the management.

Seeing one of the world's leading centers in its field and learning first-hand about the latest developments in genetics and neurogenetics, the BAU medical students gained insight into the future of science. Traveling not only to the future but also to the past of science, the students visited the Cushing Center , where the brain and tumor collection and personal belongings of Harvey Cushing, one of the pioneers of modern brain surgery, are exhibited. In a talk titled "What Makes Us Human?" , the students also had the opportunity to listen to MIT Media LabComputer Science expert Rosalind Picard and Yale University Philosophy and Cognitive Science scholar Joshua Knobe.

At Yale University, one of the most renowned universities in the US and the world and rich not only in science but also in the arts, the BAU medical students also visited the Yale Center for British Art, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Peabody Museum of Natural History and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. At a concert where experimental jazz musicians from New York played their own pieces, Salih Ersöz, one of the BAU medical students, gave a short piano recital after the concert.

Enjoying the autumn beauty of New Haven, home to Yale University, the BAU medical students received advice on their medical careers from some of the most successful scientists in their fields and made a stop that will inspire them on the road to their own goals. After the trip, the BAU medical students returned to the capital to complete their English language education at the BAU Washington, D.C. Campus.