Summer Opportunities Workshop

Part 1October 8, 2014

2204 MBRB1pm - 2pm

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 medfellows@hhmi.org.

 

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, Leanne_Shook@med.unc.edu in 1001 Bondurant Hall for more information

Administrative

• Elective Credit• See Leanne Shook in 1001 Bondurant Hall,

leanne_shook@med.unc.edu

• Letter of recommendation• See Ashley Olsson in 1001 Bondurant Hall,

Ashley_Olsson@med.unc.edu

• Letter of good standing/transcripts• See Ann Farabee in 1001 Bondurant Hall,

Ann_farabee@med.unc.edu

• Financial Aid (if you are receiving credit)• See Sheila Graham McDonald in 1001 Bondurant Hall

somfinaid@listserv.med.unc.edu

Summer Opportunities Workshop – part 2 –

Date: Tuesday January 6, 2015Time: 12:15pm to 1:00pmLocation: TBD

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