The Medical Student Research Program

Over the years, surgery has made tremendous progress while changing human perspective; viewed as “no more science than butchery” a couple of centuries ago to now considered to be a solution for many health care problems, such as cancer, heart disease and kidney failure. Nevertheless, surgery has not been perfected to a level that provides great results every time it is performed on patients. For example, surgery done on cancer patients to remove tumors has a forty-five percent success rate (Cancer Research UK, 2013). However, in order to be successful, the surgical procedure has to be performed very precisely. And incomplete removal of tumors can decrease the patient’s survival rate and potential of future build up.

Looking through research focused on health and aging done by faculty and students, I could deeply understand the recent situations in the aging population. To strengthen my organization and analytical skills, I will look for internship on campus, such as an Undergraduate Research Assistant to assist in health science related research. This further prepares me to provide the most appropriate care for older persons according to their

It consists of undergraduates that focus on research and is funded by the National Institutes of Health.

It was not until the development of safe blood transfusions and antibiotics such as penicillin in the early 1940s that surgery became relatively safe.” (R Cooter, 1993, L Davis, 1955, J Duffin, H Ellis, 2001, J Le Fanu, 1999, S H Greenblatt, 1997, R Holmes, 2002, L Klenerman, 2002, C Lawrence, 1992, T Treasure, 2003, R Porter, 1997, F G Slaughter,

I am interested in the Summer Intensive Health Scholar Program because I want to get expose to the hospital’s environment while helping patients. I want to be able to see how to learn and cope with patients with different background and culture than my own. I know that different patients deal with their daily life problems differently, especially at the hospital. This is because the patients’ live can be at the most difficult time period since they are dealing with their illnesses and are trying to recover from them. I want to learn from the patients and use the knowledge and experience that I am going to learn to help preparing for my future career in the healthcare field. Also, I want to see how doctors, nurses, and other health care professions

During my college career, I sought opportunities that allowed me to expand my thinking to encompass ideas outside of the core sciences. As an Anthropology Minor and an active member of cultural organizations on campus, I developed a perspective that sees the world as interconnected rather than as separate entities. I enjoyed being in a learning environment that allowed me to work with individuals of similar interests as me, but with diverse perspectives and experiences. The Scholarly Concentration program will allow me to continue pursuing my interest in cultural anthropology, while incorporating that into an intense science curriculum. The concentrations that I am most interested in are Health Disparities, International Medicine, and Public

I had the honor of shadowing Jenn Dagger, a registered Oncology nurse who works at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine. She works in the Oncology unit located on the third floor west pavilion, which contains both the Rena Rowan Breast Cancer Center and the Jordan Center for Gynecologic Cancers. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor’s degree of Science in Nursing and decided to stay in Philadelphia to pursue a career. She originally worked in the Cardiac unit, but she came to the realization that this unit did not fit what she wanted in a career. After acknowledging her dissatisfaction, she decided to switch to the Oncology unit. This change proved to be successful, as she now loves her job and feels fulfilled in her role as a nurse. During my visit she demonstrated leadership and teamwork among the other nurses in the unit. In recognition of her work caring for patients and their families, she received the DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Award.

I’ll learn how to properly navigate in terms of networking with program directors at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) in terms of sharing my ideas on proposed proposals and becoming a grant reviewer. This will strengthen my networking skills and also provide a mechanism of effective feedback and criticism to ensure I’m a competitive applicant in building my research portfolio. While building my undergraduate research program, I envision building my STEM outreach program for K-12 students. My goal is for my undergraduate students and I to develop STEM outreach curricula that is related to our research for a science club afterschool

Ge Li, MD, PhD; Lucy Y. Wang, MD; Jane B. Shofer, MS; Mary Lou Thompson, PhD; Elaine R. Peskind, MD; Wayne McCormick, MD, MPH; James D. Bowen, MD; Paul K. Crane, MD, MPH; Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH

Tufts University Medical School has been my top choice for medical school, since meeting several Tufts fourth-year medical students who were interning at Baystate Medical Center Emergency Department. While working as a paramedic field-training officer in Springfield Massachusetts, these students completed an ambulance ride-along with me. Unlike many students in the past, the Tufts University Medical School students impressed me with their compassion, respect and eagerness to learn; paralleling my own core values. These students exemplified the values of Tufts University Medical School, further emphasizing the school's commitment to these tenets.

From my first year at Xavier University, my adviser gave me the opportunity to begin researching the effects of diabetic retinopathy in mice. Being from Illinois and now going to school in New Orleans, I never knew just how big of an issue diabetes was in the South. My research in my adviser’s lab helped relate what I had learned from my BCPM courses with what I had observed in my clinical experiences and what I was exposed to socially. I was able to see that medicine was about finding new avenues to deliver treatment and improve quality of life. This allowed me to solidify what I had learned in lecture and see its immediate effects by integrating it into my lab practices. By presenting at

Although I am still just an undergraduate, I have had the great fortune to already participate in the academic community through research. Specifically, I have been worked for my P.I., Tim P. Szczykutowicz, within the medical physics department of the Wisconsin Institute

Center for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 4Center for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, and Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. “Result Filters.” National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 26 Mar. 2014. Web. 01 Aug. 2016.

This past fall semester, I was accepted into the Freshman Research Initiative (FRI), a program that gives undergraduate students the opportunity to gain experience in scientific research. In the spring, FRI students are placed into labs where they conduct research alongside mentors and a research educator. Although the type of research that is conducted in FRI differs greatly from the research carried out in IRG, the process by which research is conducted is largely the same: questions are asked, preexisting knowledge on the topic is searched for, and further research is carried out. Additionally, reading and writing skills are essential components of being a researcher in the sciences. Ensuring that I can understand the material, as well as

Tamer Youssef (MD), Assistant professor of General and Endocrine Surgery, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt.