RESEARCH IN MEDICINE

Research opportunities are available in many departments throughout the School of Medicine. Contact individual departments and/or department faculty for more information.

Number of Students: 1-2 per block per preceptor.

Prerequisites: Approval of faculty preceptor; and approval of ABS director to fulfill the advanced biomedical sciences graduation requirements.

Objectives: To acquaint students with medicine clinical research and other topical areas of interest in medicine.

Curriculum:
The curriculum will be unique to each student rotation and will be tailored to the students' research preceptor's needs. Interested students should review the list below, make arrangements with the faculty preceptor, then proceed with the sign up process for adding ABS electives to your schedule. The Add/Drop process is outlined elsewhere. Research electives may be taken for credit but will not count toward clinical categorical requirements for graduation. Listed below are the medicine research preceptors who have volunteered to participate in this elective, along with a listing of their research interests. Other medicine faculty may be contacted if a student has an interest to pursue a research project in their field. Students can contact the Program Director and/or the Department Student Program Coordinator for assistance in identifying faculty research interests.

To receive credit for graduation in the category of advanced biomedical sciences, the student must submit in outline format their proposed research project for approval to the School of Medicine Student Research Committee. The completed research must be presented to the ABS faculty at the conclusion of the course. In addition, the research must either be presented at a national meeting or be submitted as a comprehensive report or manuscript coauthored by the student and preceptor and reviewed by a member of the ABS faculty.

Students are required to meet with the research preceptor prior to choosing this option.

Medicine Research Preceptors

Robert Hoffman, D.O. - Immunology/Rheumatology
Office: VA B31
Phone: 814-6000, ext. 3389 VA

A wide variety of research projects are available in our laboratory, including those examining the molecular and genetic basis of immunopathogenesis in SLE, rheumatoid arthritis, and mixed connective tissue disease. There is the opportunity to be exposed to such methods as PCR, DNA sequencing, immunoblotting, cellular immunology, and recombinant fusion protein production.

Helen Mullen, Ph.D. - Immunology/Rheumatology
Office: M450
Phone: 882-7150

Several potential projects are available relating to ongoing studies in murine models of autoimmune thyroiditis. Contact Dr. Mullen regarding specific projects.

Will Roland - Infectious Diseases
Office: MA425
Phone: 882-3107

Tick borne infections.

William Salzer, M.D. - Infectious Diseases
Offfice: MA425
Phone: 882-3107

Student-initiated clinical research projects in infectious diseases or HIV.