IRVINE : UCI Medical School Seeks Minorities
UC Irvine obstetrics and gynecology professor Dr. Ricardo Asch, known for his pioneering work on in-vitro fertilization, has been named to oversee recruitment of minority students to the university’s California College of Medicine.
Asch, who is also director of the Center for Reproductive Health in Garden Grove, will supervise fund-raising efforts for scholarships and other programs, a university spokeswoman said.
Retaining under-represented minority students in the medical college also will be a top priority for Asch in his new post as assistant dean of outreach.
“We hope to improve the quality of education for our medical students--particularly those from African-American, Chicano/Latino and native American backgrounds--by ensuring they have good role models and excellent opportunities for research here, and in future residency programs,” Asch said.
The 43-year-old Newport Beach resident gained international recognition for developing the infertility treatment known as gamete intra-Fallopian transfer in 1984.
The technique involves injecting egg and sperm directly into the Fallopian tubes, where fertilization normally takes place.
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