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 (http://www.yale.edu/bioethics/summerinternship.shtml). 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 (efcohen@maxwell.syr.edu) or Christopher Morley (morleycp@upstate.edu) . Applicants are encouraged to discuss topics and areas of interest in advance.