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For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 22, 2016
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NIH WELCOMES 52 YOUNG SCIENTISTS TO YEAR-LONG MEDICAL RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM
The National Institutes of Health has selected 52 innovative, research-oriented students for the 2016-2017 Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP). A year-long residential program, the MRSP introduces medical, dental and veterinary students to cutting-edge research, and is part of NIH's goal of training the next generation of clinician-scientists and biomedical researchers. The program places students in NIH laboratories and patient care areas, including the NIH Clinical Center, to conduct basic, translational, or clinical research in areas that match their career interests and research goals.
The fifth class of MRSP participants include two dental students and 50 medical students. They represent 34 accredited universities in the United States.
"The program is an incredible opportunity for us to get involved with NIH at an early stage of our careers, and is an invaluable experience in preparing us to be the next generation of physicians who are able to advance innovative patient care through research," said Sonia Guar, a 2016-17 MRSP scholar from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. "I am so excited to work closely with mentors and future colleagues who are united by a strong passion for expanding and tackling medicine through the process of discovery."
"This year-long research enrichment program is very often the starting point for a successful research-oriented career. These 52 scholars clearly represent future academic leaders and biomedical researchers in this country," said Frederick P. Ognibene, M.D., NIH Clinical Center Deputy Director for Educational Affairs and Strategic Partnerships.
In addition to a rigorous research agenda, MRSP scholars participate in lecture series focusing on career development, journal club seminars, clinical teaching rounds, and other courses. They also highlight their research in formal presentations to the NIH community and at professional conferences. Each scholar is assigned an advisor, who provides guidance in defining a well-articulated career development plan and selecting a dedicated NIH research mentor. Mentors are fulltime NIH investigators with established and successful basic, translational, or clinical research programs.
The MRSP is co-sponsored by the NIH and other partners, including the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the American Association for Dental Research, the Colgate-Palmolive Company, Genentech and alumni of student research programs and other individual supporters via contributions to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. More than 180 students have completed the program since 2012. The 2016-2017 NIH MRSP participants are:
-- Marib Akanda
State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine, Brooklyn
-- Julie (Yajie) An
Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rootstown
-- Joseph Baiocco
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
-- Jason Berglund
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston
-- Thomas Bolig
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit
-- Alejandro Bugarini
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, Caguas, Puerto Rico
-- Steven Cai
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
-- Brian Calio
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
-- 'Angela' Wei Chen
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
-- Xenia Chepa-Lotrea
Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
-- Ashley Chorath
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
-- Jonathan Chung
State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
-- Hannah Conn
Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
--Sonia Gaur
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
--Vissagan Gopalakrishnan
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
--Daniel Gromer
The Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
--Alex Grubb
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University
--Kathryn Harris
Meharry Medical College School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
--Therese Korndorf
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
--
Ira Kraft
University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
--Daniel Kuhr
University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York
--Clare Landefeld
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University
--John Le
University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor
--Melissa Levoska
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit
--Jeffrey Lin
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
--Anna Louie
University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno
--Rachel Marchalik
Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
--Matthew McCord
University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville
--Megan Morisada
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University
--Sachin Nair
University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City
--Jannett Nguyen
University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine
--Ukpebo Omosigho
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Memphis
--John Ostrominski
University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio, San Antonio
--Oyetewa Oyerinde
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
--Varun Padmanaban
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia
--Chandana Papudesu
Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta
--Alexandra Pietraszkiewicz
University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington
--Jacqueline Pires
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester
--Stephen Raithel
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University
--Joshua Rivers
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit
--Hannah Robinson
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University
--Gregory Roloff
University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York
--Mohammad Siddiqui
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison
--Richard Smith
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia
--Katie Spielbauer
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing
--Dordaneh Sugano
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York
--Samiksha Tarun
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
--Kevin Terashima
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
--Ankita Tippur
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
--Giacomo Waller
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
--Suzanne Ward
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
--Roy Xiao
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University
About the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP): The IRP is the internal research program of the NIH, known for its synergistic approach to biomedical science. With approximately 1,100 principal investigators and more than 4,000 postdoctoral fellows conducting basic, translational, and clinical research, the IRP is the world's largest biomedical research institution. For more information about the IRP and its programs, visit www.irp.nih.gov.
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