Research Opportunities—for Medical Students

SUNY Upstate Medical University
RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT

Also see Summer Programs for additional summer research opportunities

2010 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Medical Student Summer Fellowship Program Brochure  http://www.mskcc.org/summerfellowships  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 Dates faculty.
On-line application opens December 14, 2000.  Application submission deadline January 22, 2010.

Roswell Park Summer Oncology Research Program.  This program has been in continuous operation since 1953.  It is designed to provide medical and dental students with a research experience in the clinical and/or basic scientific areas.  The program is funded by the National Cancer Institute and competitive stipends are planned (projected at $350 per week).  In addition, out-of-town students may be provided some funding for room expenses.  This year's program will run from June 7 through July 30, 2010.  Alternate dates may be arranged to accommodate student schedules.  Applications due:  Feb. 16, 2010.  Applications available in the Office of Student Services, 202, CAB.   

Research Experience in Ethics and Health  Sponsored by
The Department of Family Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University & The Campbell Institute of Public Affairs, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

Program Description: Successful applicants will jointly represent the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and the Department of Family Medicine of SUNY Upstate Medical University at the Summer Internship Program of the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics (Summer Internship Program).  Following completion of the program, the Fellow will have an option to refine their summer research paper for conference presentation or publication under the supervision of faculty members at Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University. In some circumstances, independent study course credit may also be arranged. Two applicants will be selected for participation. Ideally, one participant will be from the School of Arts & Science or the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, and one participant will be a medical student from SUNY Upstate Medical University. Each participant will receive a $3000 stipend for participation. This stipend is intended to offset program tuition and living expenses. (Tuition for this program is expected to run $500, paid directly by the student to the Yale ICB.)
Applicants will propose an area of research that they wish to explore during the Bioethics Summer Seminar, and topics should fall within the intersection of ethics and health. Applications proposing to work in any of the following areas are of particular interest

• Defining and exploring the connection between citizenship and health
• The ethics of healthcare reform
• Distributive Justice and Healthcare
• "Patient-Centered" Care

Eligibility: Applicants should be late stage undergraduates (3rd or 4th year) or early stage (1st or 2nd year) graduate students, or medical students seeking research experience during the summer between 1st and 2nd year. Students from all disciplines and departments will receive equal consideration.
Application Requirements: Current transcript, relevant writing sample, letter of intent describing the applicant’s motivation for seeking to participate and proposed area of research to be pursued during the course of the program.
Deadlines: Applications must be received by December 1, 2009. Paper applications should be sent to:
Christopher P. Morley, Department of Family Medicine
 S.U.N.Y. Upstate Medical University 750 East Adams St, MIMC Suite 200 Syracuse, NY 13210
Please address all inquiries to Elizabeth F. Cohen or Christopher Morley. Applicants are encouraged to discuss topics and areas of interest in advance.

NIH/Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program

NIH/Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program.  The AAMC is seeking applicants for an international clinical research training fellowship for graduate-level health professions students. This one-year program provides students with mentored research training at top-ranked, NIH-funded research centers in a diverse group of countries. Applications are due Dec. 3, 2009. Information: Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars & Fellows, or go to Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars (FICRS) Program

Weill Cornell Medical College is pleased to announce a new Global Health Elective for Medical Students and Residents

Global Health: Clinical Skills for Resource-poor Environments (40 credit hours)
This elective teaches high-yield skills in preparation for common clinical encounters in resource-poor settings. Geared towards students who plan to serve abroad or who have interest in this area. Hands-on teaching workshops and lab, which span a wide range of disciplines ranging from Infectious Diseases to Mother-child Health to Emergency Medicine and more, will be given by  global health faculty and global health practitioners from multiple institutions including: Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Mt. Sinai Medical College, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ,Harvard Medical School, New York University School of Medicine, the World Health Organization and more.

Registration Deadline: December 1, 2009 Open to: third and fourth-year medical students and residents
Dates: 02/01/2010 - 02/12/2010 Questions, contact: Jay Lemery, MD or Liz Francis. More Information, visit Weill Cornell Medical College Global Health Curriculum or the Elective Course Catalog. To Register: please see the Visiting Medical Students at Weill Cornell.

American Association for the History of Medicine, Osler Medal Essay Contest

American Association for the History of Medicine, Osler Medal Essay Contest, 2010.  The William Osler Medal is awarded annually for the best unpublished essay on a medical historical topic written by a student enrolled in a school of medicine or osteopathy in the United States or Canada.  For additional information contact Douglas Bacon @  Bacon.douglas@mayo.edu  Postmark deadline:  January 15, 2010.

ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL NIH/NCI

ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL NIH/NCI funded Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) Program. A unique opportunity for students preparing careers in biomedical sciences, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry and veterinary medicine to gain biomedical and oncology research experience. Medical student trainees spend a minimum of 9 weeks at St. Jude. Application available at www.stjude.org/poe  A program description is available in the Student Support Services Office. Application deadline: February 1, 2010

AMA Foundation Scholarship & Research Opportunities

AMA Foundation Scholarship & Research Opportunities (two research programs)
First, Seed Grant Research Program.  The grant program provides $2,500 to medical students, residents and fellows will help them conduct small research projects.  Applications available at www.amafoundation.org   Deadline:  December 11, 2009

Second, National and Regional Student Research Forums offers medical and graduate students the opportunity to present their research, receive meaningful feedback and participate in scholarly discussions with peers and established scientist. To participate and check deadlines, students must submit an abstract directly to the forum of their choice by visiting www.amafoundation.org

HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE

HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE (HHMI) offers two outstanding research training programs for medical and dental students:

• The HHMI Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students Program (Medical Fellows Program) enables medical and dental student from the U.S. Schools to spend a year conducting basic, translational, or applied biomedical research at any school or nonprofit research institution in the United States.  For the 2010-2011 program year, fellows will receive a stipend of $27,000, a fellow’s allowance of $5,500 that may be used for health care and other expenses and a $5,500 research allowance.  The application deadline is January 11, 2010.  For further information, visit www.hhmi.org/medfellowships

• The HHMI-NIH Research Scholars Program (Cloister Program) enables medical and dental students to spend 9 to 12 months conducting basic, translational, or applied biomedical research in one of the many laboratories on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Novel aspects of this program include housing for all Scholars together on the NIH campus, and student selection of preceptor and research project after arrival in Bethesda.  For the 2010-2011 program year, Scholars will receive annual compensation of $27,000, health insurance and numerous other benefits.  Program information and an online application are available at www.hhmi.org/cloister   Deadline:  January 10, 2010.

2010 Eastern-Atlantic Student Research Forum (ESRF).
The ESRF is a student-run and presented scientific conference in which medical, graduate, MD/PHD students and residents present oral and poster presentations of their original basic science and clinical research. Presenters are provided extensive feedback from both peer and faculty reviewers and outstanding presentations in multiple categories are recognized with both monetary and travel awards. If interested access the website at http://esrf.mededu.miami,edu to download applications.

PEDIATRIC RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY offered by The American Pediatric Society & Society for Pediatric Research.  Over 200 laboratories and research experiences available throughout the US and Canada.  Application information available at www.aps-spr.org  Deadline:  January 22, 2010.

Turkish American Doctors Association of Midwest Scholarship

Turkish American Doctors Association of Midwest Scholarship is a voluntary medical organization which is trying to establish enhanced academic interaction amount Turkish-American Physicians in the Midwest States and the United States. TADAM is to award two scholarships of $1000 a year to medical and/or dental students with a Turkish-American heritage or ancestry. The 2010 application form can be downloaded www.tadam.org Application and supporting materials must be sent by mail Deadline December 30, 2009.

Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship

The Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship www.ddcf.org/ and the University of Pittsburgh's program in particular http://www.icre.pitt.edu/ddcrf/index.html. The University of Pittsburgh will recruit two students from outside the University of Pittsburgh to spend one year (July '09 - June '10) at the University of Pittsburgh. Students will conduct mentored clinical research and complete a formal Certificate in clinical research and are supported by a $27,000 stipend and $5,000 in additional research support. CSTP website http://www.icre.pitt.edu/cstp-m.

National institutes of Health (NIH)

Clinical Elective in Medical Informatics offered by the National Library of Medicine. Research and training opportunities in medical informatics for fourth year medical and dental students and medical residents. Located at Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, a research division of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Research participation at the center can range from a few months to one or more years. www.lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov email: cheh@nlm.nih.gov.

Resident and Medical Student Electives Clinical Electives Program (CEP) Structured clinical electives and customized research electives for third and four year medical students (1-3 months duration). Applications available on a continuous basis and must be received three months before the anticipated start date: www.training.nih.gov.

Summer Research Fellowship Program (SRFP). This program is open to first-, second-, and third-year medical and dental students who are interested in pursuing careers in biomedical research. The goal of this program is to match the research interests of the student with a laboratory where those interests might be pursued. The program is designed to provide training in research procedures and principles of independent investigation. Participants will work with senior research scientists located at the Clinical Center, NIH's 240-bed research hospital located in Bethesda, MD; other laboratory facilities on or near the campus; the Addiction Research Center and the Gerontology Research Center in Baltimore, or the Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana. In addition to the laboratory experience, students may attend grand rounds, lectures, and seminars to enhance their educational experience. Students are also encouraged to participate in the annual Poster Day for summer interns. The program runs for a minimum of eight weeks, usually from late May to the end of August; some flexibility exists to accommodate individual student needs. The application is online now, and students are encouraged to apply as early as possible, as selections are made on an individual basis: www.training.nih.gov/student/sip/ Questions regarding this program should be directed to us by email (schacher@mail.nih.gov) or by phone at 888 695-5343.

Reproductive Research Center

The Reproductive Research Center at Cleveland Clinic has an exciting summer internship opportunity for highly motivated, academically oriented medical or undergrad students interested in a career in medicine. The Reproductive Research Center is a joint research program of Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The Reproductive Research Center summer internship offers students interested in research in human fertility and reproductive biology an opportunity to work with world-renowned scientists and researchers in the field. The program's goal is to encourage students to consider a career in medicine, whether in the reproductive sciences or another specialty of their choosing. To this end, we have designed the summer internship to offer students a wide range of high quality experiences during an eight- to 12-week program. Information and details about the program and available opportunities can be found on our website: www.ClevelandClinic.org/ReproductiveResearchCenter (posted 09/24/09).

Infectious Disease Society of America

http://www.idsociety.org/researchfundingopportunities.htm

American Heart Association

The American Heart Association supports research activities broadly related to cardiovascular function and diseases, stroke or to related basic science, clinical, bioengineering/biotechnology and public health problems. Electronic submission of applications is required.

• Scientist Development Grant
• Established Investigator Grant
• Grant-in-Aid
• AHA-Bugher Foundation Award for the Investigation of Stroke
• AHA-Pharmaceutical Roundtable Outcomes Research Award
• Fellow-to-Fellow Transition Award

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Student Research: opportunities to participate in research on infectious diseases, environmental health, epidemiology, or occupational safety and health. Location: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Duration: one month to one year; full-time or part-time appointments. Contact(s): Group Manager, Linda McCamant, 865 576-1089 mccamanl@orau.gov or Program Specialist, Mona Carrasco 865 576-3383, carrascr@orau.gov. www.cdc.gov

GrantsNet

http://www.grantsnet.org database of funding opportunities for graduate students, medical students, postdoctoral associates and junior faculty.