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Students that are accepted to the PRIME-LA CDU and PRIME-LA Westwood will take classes at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, so you'll have all of the benefits of being on campus, but you'll have events tailored to your program also. Look through the spotlights and current student projects to get a feel for the types of events you could put together and the different groups of people you would be interacting with.
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Clinical Dietitian Pursues Basic Science Research to Help Patients
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