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Agenda
• Welcome – Dr. Dent
• Summer Opportunities Overview – Dr. Dent
• Albert Schweitzer Fellows Program – Laura Cone
• Rural Scholars – Dr. Bashford
• Medical Student Training in Aging Research:
Kristen Ruck
• Office of Medical Student Research – Dr. Nicholas Shaheen, Dr. Susan Henning and Tiffany Durham
• Primary Care / Population Health Scholars – Dr. Viera
• Research Opportunities – Robert Corty and Erin Steinbach
What should you do next summer?
• Be true to yourself!• Do something you are really interested
in• If you are considering a competitive
specialty consider doing research• What you do is unlikely to make or
break your chances of matching• Please discuss all of this with your
advisor!
Summer Opportunities
• Research• UNC• Extramural
• Community Service• International
• UNC: Honduran Health Alliance; Proyecto Puentes de Salud (Mexico); Malawi; others
• Extramural: Himalayan Health Exchange, Child Family Health International, many others
• Specialty electives
https://www.aamc.org/cim/specialty/skillsandexperiences/clinicalandresearchopportunities/338060/summerprograms.html
Research resources
• Office of Medical Student Research• http://
www.med.unc.edu/oor/omsr/resources-for-students• Office phone - 966-3997 • Programs at UNC• http://www.med.unc.edu/oor/omsr/resources-for-stud
ents/research-programs• Short-term opportunities outside UNC
• http://www.med.unc.edu/oor/omsr/resources-for-students/research-opportunities-1/short-term-research-opportunities
• Research Funding• http://www.med.unc.edu/oor/omsr/resources-for-men
tors/supplemental-funding-grants-and-award-opportunities
• John B. Graham Student Research Society• http://www.med.unc.edu/jbg
Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program
http://www.afar.org/research/funding/mstar/
• Administered by: The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
• What is the MSTAR Program?• Aging-related research and geriatrics experience• 8- to 12-week structured research, clinical, and didactic program in
geriatrics• Work with top experts in the field.• The National Training Centers are:
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Ellen Roberts or Jan Busby-Whitehead
• David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles - 18 positions (includes positions at the University of California, San Francisco and University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center)
• Harvard Medical School - 7 positions • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - 16 positions • University of California, San Diego School of Medicine - 18 positions • University of Hawaii School of Medicine - 5 positions • University of Michigan School of Medicine - 18 positions (includes positions
at Wayne State University School of Medicine) • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - 18 positions (includes position
s at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)
• Application Deadline: January 31, 2015
2015 Summer Research Scholar Program in Charlotte, NC
May 26th to July31st, 2015
Work closely with mentors and their team performing original
research in a clinical or laboratory setting
$5000 Stipend for full-time 10 week internship Highly Competitive
Undergraduate Rising Juniors, Seniors, Graduate, Post-Graduate, Medical (MD or DO), and Dental Students are eligible
Application deadline - February 25th, 2015
More Details: http://www.carolinashealthcare.org/summer-research-scholars
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Medical Student Summer Fellowship Program Brochure
www.mskcc.org/summerfellowships
• OVERVIEW• This eight-week research program is offered to medical students who have a career
interest as a physician-scientist in the field of oncology and/or related biomedical sciences. Supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), MSKCC Office of Diversity Programs in Clinical Care, Research, and Training, and MSKCC Brain Tumor Center, the summer fellowship program offers students who have completed their first or second year of medical school the opportunity to conduct basic laboratory or clinical research mentored by MSKCC faculty. Students in the program will:
• Gain clinical or laboratory research experience mentored by MSKCC faculty • Interact with MSKCC physicians, PhD investigators, post-doctoral fellows and
graduate students • Attend a weekly education lecture series presented by world-renowned MSKCC
faculty • Attend additional institutional lectures, departmental conferences and lab meetings • Present their summer research to fellowship peers and MSKCC faculty during the
final week of the program
HHMI Summer Medical Fellows Programfor 1st year students
HHMI Summer Medical Fellows Program will support up to 20 students working in
HHMI laboratories for 8-10 weeks. Students must be in good standing at a medical, dental, or veterinary school located in the U.S. Those who are enrolled in a combined professional degree/Ph.D. program or who have already received a one-year award from any year-out research training program are not eligible to apply. The program is primarily aimed at those students who wish to explore the summer research experience with the intent of applying for the year-long program. For the 2015 summer program, students will receive a stipend of $5,000 for 10 weeks ($500/week for less than 10 weeks) and up to $1,000 for roundtrip relocation costs. The Competition System opens on November 3, 2014 and the application deadline is February 16, 2015.
For further information, visit: www.hhmi.org/medfellowships or e-mail [email protected].
Student Research Day
Student Presentations •11a – 3p Oral and Poster Presentations
Lecture•4:00 pm / Dr. Peter Agre -
Community Service
• North Carolina Farmworker Health Program• Student Health Action Coalition
• http://www.med.unc.edu/shac/
• Program on Aging• http://www.med.unc.edu/aging/
• SERV-NC• http://servnc.unc.edu/
• Eugene Mayer Community Service Honor Society• http://www.med.unc.edu/mayersoc/
• Albert Schweitzer Fellowship• http://www.schweitzerfellowship.org/chapters/northcarolina/
Community Service Day
• Presented by the Eugene Mayer Honor Society• http://www.med.unc.edu/mayersoc/
• February 19 - 20, 2015• Posters • Oral Presentations• Zollicoffer Lecture
Make the Most Out of Your Summer International
Opportunity
• Date: TBD • Location: TBD• Lunch• Dr. Martha Carlough
Office of International Activities (http://www.med.unc.edu/oia)
Electives Open to MS1 & MS2 Students
ANES 403 – Anesthesiology Research
DERM 402 – Research in Dermatology
FMME 425 – International Fieldwork in Family Medicine
FMME 433 – Honduran Health Alliance
FMME 435 – Aging and Public Policy
FMME 480 – Aging and Health
GLBE 401 / 201 – Foundations in Global Health
MEDI 271 – Puentos de Saluud
MEDI 286 – Current Topics in Geriatrics
MEDI 297 – Intermediate Spanish
MEDI 298 – Advanced Spanish
MEDI 435 – Aging and Public Policy
MEDI 455 – Research and Endocrinology
MEDI 480 – Aging and Health
MEDI 483 – AIDS: Principles, Practice and Politics
MEDI 496 – Rural Health Coalition Seminar Series
MEDI 608i – Managing Diabetes
MEDI 620 – Beginners Medical SpanishMEDI 622 – Advanced Beginners Medical SpanishMEDI 623 – Intermediate Medical SpanishOBGN 411 – The Burns-Waugh Research Fellowship in Gynecologic OncologyOPHT 402 – Research in OphthalmologyORTS 444 – Precepteeship in Orthopaedic ResearchOTOL 452 – Research Experience in Physiologic AcousticsPEDS 607i – IPT Interpersonal Professional TeamworkPMED 250 – Alternative and Complementary MedicineRADY 411 – Fundamentals of Investigative RadiologySOCM 403 – Readings and Projects in Social MedicineSOCM 404 – Global / International Projects in Social Medicine SOCM 405 – Clinical Epidemiology or Population Health Research SOCM 407 – Global Health ElectiveSURY 421 – Research Elective in Cardiothoracic SurgerySURY 474 – Research in Urology
Please see Leanne Shook, [email protected] in 1001 Bondurant Hall for more information
Administrative
• Elective Credit• See Leanne Shook in 1001 Bondurant Hall,
• Letter of recommendation• See Ashley Olsson in 1001 Bondurant Hall,
• Letter of good standing/transcripts• See Ann Farabee in 1001 Bondurant Hall,
• Financial Aid (if you are receiving credit)• See Sheila Graham McDonald in 1001 Bondurant Hall