High School students involved in research projects at Wake Forest
University School of Medicine for 6 week mini-fellowship in Research
funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute Fund.
Students are paired with a faculty mentor
at the medical school and become an active member of the faculty
member's research team
for 6 weeks each summer, 40 hours per week. Students learn the
research process, the specifics of the mentor's on-going research
project, affiliated laboratory procedures, and produce their own
interpretation of the research through the development of an oral
presentation and web page. This intensive experience exposes young
adults to the range of careers in science, medicine, and biomedical
engineering. It further gives them the opportunity to participate
in hands-on activities which builds the confidence for success
needed to pursue such a career interest. The mentoring relationship
provides them with guidance, encouragement, and acknowledgement
of their skills and capabilities -- all critical elements for supporting
young people as they make life long career decisions.
Students prepare an oral presentation that represents the on-going
research in their assigned laboratory and their part in the research
project. The presentation includes the relevance of the research
and its implications for society at large. Student presentations
are delivered in a meeting format similar to a scientific conference.
Student Researcher |
School/Year |
Mentor |
Department |
Presentation |
Arcury-Quandt,
Alice |
11th Reynolds
High School |
Dr.
Greg Kucera |
Hematology/Oncology |
Phospholipids
for the treatment of cancer |
Arimilli,
Seshank |
10th Northwest
High School |
Dr.
Jeff Williamson |
GCRC – Geriatrics |
Correlation
between diabetes and dementia |
Boone,
Nicole |
9th Reagan
High School |
Dr.
Alison Snow Jones |
Public
Health Sciences |
Religion
as a protector against teen drinking |
Duncan,
Briana |
10th East
Forsyth High School |
Dr.
Maggie Dailey |
Women’s
Health Center of Excellence |
Vitality
and career satisfaction for senior women faculty |
Freedman,
Richard |
10th Mt.
Tabor High School |
Dr.
Edward Ip |
Public
Health Sciences –
Biostatistics |
Using
visualization to display relationships in biomedical data |
Green,
Carmen |
10th East
Forsyth High School |
Dr.
Tim Kute |
Pathology |
Natural
and chemical treatment on BT474 breast cancer cells |
Hourn,
Sokun |
11th East
Forsyth High School |
Dr.
William Hundley |
Cardiology |
Magnetic
resonance imaging to determine cardiac events |
Joubert,
Philna |
11th Reynolds
High School |
Dr.
Scott Cramer |
Cancer
Biology |
Does
interleukin1-alpha mediate the effects of vitamin D on
prostate progenitor cells |
Kanipe,
Katherine |
10th West
Forsyth High School |
Dr.
Julia Cruz |
Hematology/Oncology |
Music
to reduce anxiety for patients undergoing bone marrow biopsy |
Lewis,
Charlotte |
12th Carver
High School |
Dr.
Shari Barkin |
Pediatrics |
Tipping
the energy balance in Latino children: increasing health
stabilizing BMI |
Li,
Kimberly |
9th East
Forsyth High School |
Dr.
Karin Scarpinato |
Cancer
Biology |
Hypoxia
and its effects on mismatch repair proteins |
Lowery,
Carmesia |
12th Carver
High School |
Dr.
Cynthia King |
Nursing
Research |
An
evaluation of the associate degree nurse internship program |
Morgan,
Carleigh |
10th Reynolds
High School |
Dr.
Greg Kucera |
Hematology/Oncology |
BCNU
treatment of glioblastoma cells |
Mousavi,
Seyed-Hassan |
11th Reynolds
High School |
Dr.
Jiang-Ming Zhu |
Radiation
Oncology |
Magnetic
resonance imaging detecting aortic plaque |
Nelson,
Roman |
10th East
Forsyth High School |
Dr.
Cynthia King |
Nursing
Research |
Symptom
experiences in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)
patients |
Nix,
Hanna |
10th West
Forsyth High School |
Dr.
Jill Harp; Dr. Johanna Porter Kelley |
Phys/Pharm
(WSSU); Life Sciences (WSSU) |
The
cloning of the AP3 complex in leishmania major |
Pierce,
Logan |
11th Mt.
Tabor High School |
Dr.
Thomas Walsh |
Cardiology |
Magnetic
resonance imaging to determine cardiac events |
Wardlow,
David |
11th Glenn
High School |
Dr.
Jill Harp; Dr. Johanna Porter Kelley |
Phys/Pharm
(WSSU); Life Sciences (WSSU) |
The
synthesis, analysis, and biological testing of diphenylmethoxypiperidinol |
Woodruff,
Millicent |
11th Mt.
Tabor High School |
Dr.
Jill Harp; Dr. Johanna Porter Kelley |
Phys/Pharm
(WSSU); Life Sciences (WSSU) |
The
cloning of the AP3 complex in leishmania major |
Xu,
Eric |
9th Mt.
Tabor High School |
Dr.
Steve Kridel |
Cancer
Biology |
The
antitumor effects of fatty acid synthase inhibitors |
Zhu,
Darren |
9th Reagan
High School |
Dr.
Jill Harp; Dr. Johanna Porter Kelley |
Phys/Pharm
(WSSU); Life Sciences (WSSU) |
The
synthesis, analysis, and biological testing of diphenylmethoxypiperidinol |
