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Tyson Amundsen

Tyson Amundsen is the only member of the class of 2019 who hails from Utah and is extremely proud of it. He spent two years living in Los Angeles, California, serving as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints before graduating from the University of Utah with a degree in Latin American studies. His passions include skiing and soccer, but he'll settle for just about any outdoor activity. His professional interests include bioethics and religious liberties in medicine.

Science March 12, 2019

Advances in Diabetes Treatment: From Gila Monsters to Cone Snails

Tyson Amundsen

Medical advances can come from the most unlikely places. Nowhere is this more apparent than trends in diabetes management. Since 2005 the FDA has approved exenatide, a synthetic form of a natural peptide occurring in the saliva of...

Op-Ed September 11, 2018

Ode to the Oath: The Relevance of Hippocrates

Tyson Amundsen

I recently revisited the Class of 2019 Oath for the first time since my White Coat Ceremony in 2015. At the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix, we don’t recite the traditional Hippocratic Oath, or even a modified...