Student Information
Student Application Deadline:
COB: Monday, May 6, 2024

Note: Applications submitted for review does not require signatures from Dr. Hill and mentors. Signatures are required of faculty mentor and Dr. Hill when accepted to participate in the program. Students applying to multiple projects should submit separate applications for each project.

Program Start date: Monday, June 3, 2024

2024 Application and Program Guidelines

 

APPLICATION PROCESS

 

EVALUATION CRITERIA:

This is a competitive program with a limited number of stipend funded projects. Students are required to complete an application, attach a copy current CV and include a brief statement indicating any prior research experience and state how it relates to the current project.  Completed applications should be emailed to Giovanna Comer: giovanna.comer@njms.rutgers.edu and copy Ms. Nathaline Elaine Anderson: andersna@njms.rutgers.edu.  The documents will be forwarded to the Faculty Mentor for review. If the student has met the qualifications for the project he/she will be contacted by the Faculty Mentor to schedule an interview. This process could take 2-3 weeks for completion. Students are encourage to call or email Faculty Mentor if they have any questions relating to current projects.

NOTE:   Stipend support is available for a limited number of research projects. Stipend support is also reserved for 1st, and 2nd year medical students.. Undergraduate students in the combined BS/MD program may participate as a volunteer or thru work-study while fulfilling their credit requirements.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS:

  • All students are required to submit an abstract summarizing their research and present their abstract/poster during the SSRP Closing Ceremony.  

  • Students must be in good academic standing to participate. 
  • Duration of projects are eight-week. Students who have any additional academic or research activities (part-time or full-time) outside of the SSRP are not eligible to participate.

 

NJMS OFFICE OF RESEARCH 2024 SSRP PROJECTS

Students approved to work on funded projects will receive a stipend in the amount of $3000
(no additional projects outside of current postings will be accepted)
 
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FACULTY MENTOR
DEPARTMENT
PROJECT TITLE
PROJECT TYPE
 
1
X
Nisha Narula, MD
Surgery
Surgical Ergonomics

Clinical

Funded

2
X
Nisha Narula, MD
Surgery
Symptomatic Cholelithiasis - An Intervention

Clinical

Funded

3  
Steven W. Levison, PhD
Pharmacology
Intranasal LIF Rx to Improve Neurological Recovery From Repeated Intermittent Hypoxic Episodes in Neonatal Mice

Laboratory / Behavioral

Funded

4
X
Keri E. Lunsford, MD, PhD, FACS
Surgery
Association of Pre-Transplant Immune Dysfunction with Early Mortalify After Liver Transplant

Clinical / Laboratory

Funded

5  
Ping-Hsin Chen, PhD
Family Medicine
Violence Outreach Intervention and Community Education (VOICE) Program

Behavioral

Funded

6  
Nina E. Glass, MD, FACS
Surgery
Clinical Research in Acute Care Surgery

Clinical

Funded

7
X
James K. Liu, MD
Neurological Surgery
Surgical Outcomes After Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery in the Pediatric Population

Clinical

Funded

8
X
James K. Liu, MD
Neurological Surgery
Microscopic Vs. Endoscopic Resection of Tuberculum Sellae Meningiomas

Clinical

Funded

9  
James K. Liu, MD
Neurological Surgery
Outcomes After Microsurgical Resection of Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas

Clinical

Funded

10
X
J. Patrick O'Connor, PhD
Orthopaedics
Control of Skeletal Maintenance and Regeneration by Inflammatory Lipid Mediators

Laboratory

Funded

11  
Katsunori Sugimoto, PhD
Microbiology
Structure and Functional Relationship of Protein Kinase ATM That Controls DNA Damage Response and Telomere Length

Laboratory

Funded

12
X
Francisco Alvarado, MD
Surgery
Quality Improvement Projects In Trauma Patients With Substance Use Disorder
Clinical
Funded
13  
Hee-Sook Kim, PhD
Microbiology
A Genome-Wide Overexpression Screen to Identify Proteins That Inhibit the Growth of Trypanosoma Brucei, the Causative Parasite of Human and Animal African Hypanosomiasis

Laboratory

Funded

14  
Jason H. Yang, PhD
Microbiology
Macrophage Immunometabolism in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Control

Laboratory

Funded

15  
Alex Wong, MD / Edward S. Lee, MD
Surgery
Effect of Retinoic Acid Therapy on Established Post-Surgical Lymphedema

Laboratory

Funded

16
X
Sylvia Christakos, PhD
Microbiology
Nutrigenomics of Intestinal Vitamin D Action

Laboratory

Funded

17  
Stanley H. Weiss, MD
Medicine
Long-Term Cohort Project Studying Drug Users and Related Groups

Clinical / Laboratory / Behavioral

Funded

18

 
Miriam Bocarsly, PhD
Pharmacology
Examining Behavioral and Neural Overlaps In Binge Eating and Alcohol Consumption

Laboratory

Funded

19  
Joanelle Bailey, MD, MPH
Surgery
Evaluating Awareness of Patient Civil Rights in Trauma Bay Interactions

Clinical

Funded

20
X
Alice Chu, MD
Orthopaedics
Factors Affecting Compliance With Scoliosis Bracing

Clinical / Behavioral / Other

Funded

21
X
Wei Wei Zhang, MD
Surgery
Intervention Bundle for Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention in Surgical Patients

Clinical

Funded

22
X
Sophie Astrof, PhD
Cell Biology
Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms of Congenital Heart Disease

Laboratory

Funded

23
X
Sheldon S. Lin, MD
Orthopaedics
Effect Of Topical Vanco Upon Diabetic Bone Healing
Laboratory
Funded

 

 

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