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A group of University of Washington medical students had an eye-opening experience with the health care system this summer, The New York Times reports. A record number of students from the university this year participated in a summer program that sends rising second-year medical students “across the Northwest to provide primary care in rural or underserved areas. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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With Summer Jobs, Med Students Experience Health System Challenges First Hand

A group of University of Washington medical students had an eye-opening experience with the health care system this summer, The New York Times reports. A record number of students from the university this year participated in a summer program that sends rising second-year medical students “across the Northwest to provide primary care in rural or underserved areas.

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Source: Buffalo Prehealth

The Georgetown Summer Medical Institute (GSMI), a program of the Georgetown School of Medicine, will be offering medical school courses, seminars and workshops for premedical (rising juniors and seniors), post-bacc, graduate and medical students this summer. For undergraduate and post-bacc premedical students, this is a unique opportunity to experience the medical school environment, get to know medical school faculty, and get an in depth education in an actual medical school course. Our courses include:

- Gross Anatomy (with cadaveric dissection)
- Medical Biochemistry
- Medical Histology
- Human Physiology

Students may enroll for one of the above courses only. In addition, students who want to learn more about the medical profession and the application process are encouraged to enroll for two seminar series:

- Physician and Society Seminars
- Medical Admissions Workshops

This is the fifth year of this program. If you have questions, you may address them to me (myersa@georgetown.edu) or click on the link above.

Adam Myers, Ph.D.
Director, GSMI, GUSOM
Associate Dean for Graduate Education, GUMC

Global Health Corps (GHC)

GHC connects outstanding young leaders with organizations working on the front lines to promote global health equity. GHC works with partner organizations to identify an area of their operations that stands to benefit from a fellowship team. We then match those projects with young people who have relevant skills, providing tremendous value to the organizations and field experience for that GHC fellow.
Fellowships focus on everything from digitizing health records to community health work, supply chain logistics to data analysis.

I’m writing to let you know that we’ve made an official call for applications. If you know anyone who is interested in public health and may want to apply to our fellowship program, please let them know about us!
I’m including a flier and our application below. Since fellowships vary, we welcome applicants from diverse academic and professional backgrounds. If potential applicants have any questions, they can reach out to me at charlie@ghcorps.org or info@ghcorps.org.

Unfortunately the deadline of April 6th is fast approaching, so we wanted to send out last minute emails to our friends and family to make sure we get as many applicants as possible.
We’d appreciate your help!
Thanks,
-Charlie

Interested in joining the movement for Global Health equity?

Apply NOW to
Global Health Corps

Application deadline for American Fellows is April 6th, and for Rwandan/Malawian/Burundian/Tanzanian fellows is May 1st
-Work with Clinton HIV/AIDS
Initiative, Partners In Health,
the Nuclear Threat Initiative,
and other leading health
organizations

-Participate in a paid
yearlong fellowship in
Tanzania, Burundi, Malawi,
Rwanda, or the United
States

-Use YOUR skills — fellows
with a background in
engineering, finance,
technology, education, and
other fields are NEEDED

http://ghcorps.org

Source: Buffalo Prehealth

Research Associates (RAs) are college students and post-bacs recruited by the Department of Emergency Medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, CT as part of our clinical research team.  This summer, RAs will enroll subjects in a study on compliance with colon-rectal cancer screening recommendations among patients and visitors in the emergency department.

Based on the results of prior studies by RAs, RAs will also be asking questions about primary care practitioner visits, Pap tests, mammograms, Prostate Specific Antigen tests, digital rectal exams and tobacco cessation.

With both the research and service protocols, we estimate that each RA will have direct interactions with well over 100 patients and visitors during the summer semester.

Numerous additional clinical and research opportunities are available to summer RAs.

Housing options can be made at local college campuses.

Applications for the two sessions of the summer semester of the RA Program are now open.

• Session One – Saturday, 30 May through Sunday, 16 August
• Session Two – Saturday, 20 June through Sunday,  6 September

Eighty-four (84) RA positions are available for the summer sessions.

Students interested in joining the RA Program for the summer semester, 2009 have two good reasons to submit their application materials ASAP.

1. Applicants are accepted according to the date their application materials are received – applications received after the first 84 acceptances will be placed on a wait list
2. New RAs choose the weekly four-hour shift they serve over the eleven weeks of the semester according to the date application materials are received.

Early birds get the pick of the best shifts!

Our new website has complete information about the RA Program, the summer sessions and the application materials.

Please note the change in our website domain from .com to .org  reflecting our pending designation as a non-profit, educational research organization as a 501c3.
Keith Bradley, MD
Mentoring for Medicine
Director, Research Associates Program

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is offering ten-week medical school summer fellowship opportunities.  Applications are due March 20, 2009.

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is now welcoming applications for the 2009 Student Summer Fellowship program! Please forward the following information on to your student body or to the appropriate contact at your institution for dissemination.

As in the past, the Student Summer Fellowship grant award includes a $3,000 stipend for a 10-week period during which fellowship recipients undertake a research or service project focused on community health and cultural competency issues. By offering support for these projects, the Foundation aims to provide an opportunity for medical students to work directly with patients to become more compassionate, relationship-centered physicians.

This is a nine-week program from Delaware State University.  Students receive a stipend of $3819 for the nine-week duration of the program. Additionally, housing and meals are also provided.  More information is available here.  Applications are due February 28, 2009

Delaware State University (DSU) will host a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in Molecular Genetics & Genomics in Summer 2009. Students will work with research mentors in a 9-week multidisciplinary summer research program. Students will be provided stipends, meals, housing, and funds for travel to and from DSU. Using an established network of faculty from DSU, Delaware Technical and Community College (DTCC), Wesley College and the Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI), ten students will be trained each summer in state-of-the-art techniques in molecular biology and genomics.

Activities will include workshops in lab techniques and bioinformatics, ethics, and scientific communications skills. Interaction between students as well as with various levels of researchers in academia, government, and industry will be fostered. Students will get the opportunity to work on specific research problems by interaction with the research mentors, while developing capabilities to work both individually and as part of a team with fellow students. The REU program will conclude with a Student Research Symposium where REU students will present posters, and showcase their summer research to other students, faculty, family, friends, high school students and teachers.

Case Western Reserve University has a 10 week summer program in pediatric research open to undergraduates who have completed their first year.  Applications are due March 1, 2009.

The Department of Pediatrics at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital and Case Western Reserve University provides a program for undergraduates to obtain experience in biomedical and psychosocial research relating to pediatric disorders. It should be noted that this program is not designed for clinical experience, but rather basic research is the focus.  Undergraduates who have completed their first year of study from any US college or university are eligible to apply. Students’ responsibilities will include full time work on the research project for 10 weeks, as well as weekly attendance at a meeting in which students will describe their projects to the other students in the program. A stipend is provided.

Application: Applicants are selected on a competitive basis.  Letters of recommendation, GPA and candidates’ personal statements are evaluated. Please visit their web site to complete the application.

Program Dates: 10 weeks summer

Application Deadline: March 1, 2009

Contact information:

Ms. Connie May, Program Manager  Connie.May@case.edu 216-368-6896
Mitchell Drumm, Ph.D., Program Director mitchell.drumm@case.edu 216-368-6893

Vanderbilt Diabetes Center is offering a medical student research in diabetes and endocrinology for summer 2009.  Applications are due February 15, 2009.

The Vanderbilt Student Research Training Program allows medical students to conduct independent research under the direction of an established scientist during the summer between the first and second year or second and third year of medical school. The possible areas of diabetes-related investigation are quite broad and range from basic laboratory studies on gene regulation to clinical studies in humans. Program staff will assist students in selecting an appropriate research project and preceptor. Prior research experience is not required. In addition to working on his/her own research project, each student attends a series of seminars addressing various clinical and research aspects of diabetes mellitus and its complications.

Each student receives a stipend. Students spend 8-12 weeks at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, but commencement, conclusion, and vacation dates during the program are reasonably flexible.