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Faculty and Support for Student Research Contact Information:

Linda G. Baum, M.D., Ph.D. - Associate Dean for Medical Student Research and Scholarship
Shamar Jones - Research Advisor

 


 

Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Summer Program

for students (medical, nursing and dental) between the first and second year of training. The program will provide each individual with early exposure to the practice of interdisciplinary, community-partnered translational or health services research in urban underserved communities. Each student in the program will attend a weekly seminar where they will hear about topics such as introduction to health disparities research, access to care, quality of care, community-partnered research methods, ethics of conducting community-oriented research, study design, measurement of outcomes in communities, introduction to comparative effectiveness and cost effectiveness analyses. Each student in this program will be paired with a faculty mentor who conducts either clinical or community-partnered or health services research and will be expected to work on a project with the mentor.

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Family Medicine Summer Fellowship

The Fellowship focuses on research in the field of family medicine, including access to care, quality of care, and treatment of chronic diseases. To qualify, the student must have successfully completed the first year of medical school. The student is expected to actively engage in all aspects of the proposed research project, including lab meetings, journal clubs, conferences, etc. The final product of the summer research is a first-author poster, prepared by the student and presented at the Josiah Brown Research Fair.

For more information please contact bzolkin@mednet.ucla.edu

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Global Health Research Fellowship 

Offers summer fellowships that partner with academic institutions in developing countries to advance prevention, policy, and clinical research for HIV/AIDS and other diseases in all regions of the world. This Fellowship works with developing-country partners to integrate treatment and prevention of HIV, implement innovative prevention programs, stimulate the implementation of beneficial policies and laws, address gender inequity, and train the next generation of U.S. and developing-country scientists and advocate.

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Internal Medicine Chief’s Fellowship

A unique clinical and research opportunity that takes place between the first and second year of medical school. Students will be matched with a mentor team comprised of faculty and resident mentors in the student’s identified area of interest. In conjunction with their faculty and resident mentors, students will design a summer project.  Projects may incorporate several or any one of the following: basic science research, translational research, clinical research, healthcare services or quality research, or clinical patient interactions whether in the clinic or the inpatient setting.  The fellowship also incorporates a longitudinal didactic curriculum comprised of a series of dinners with the resident and faculty mentors aimed at generating discussion and education about the variety of career options in the field of internal medicine. This opportunity is only open to David Geffen School of Medicine students

For more information please contact Mark Duncan at MDuncan@mednet.ucla.edu and Yiahan Chen at YChen@mednet.ucla.edu 

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Jim Slotnick Fellowship

Created to offer a deserving medical student from UCLA the opportunity to serve a paid fellowship at the Los Angeles Free Clinic. The Fellowship experience will include patient intake, general clinic assisting, first hand exposure to history, physical exam, assessment and treatment of a variety of clinic patients, opportunity to work with clinical academic faculty from UCLA and USC, and residents from Cedars-Sinai and Kaiser Permanente, clerical responsibilities as needed to assist the medical department team, patient education, and special projects as assigned.

For more information please contact SNJones@mednet.ucla.edu

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Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program

The MSTAR program provides medical students short-term research training in aging and geriatrics with successful mentors in the field, with the goal of encouraging medical students to consider careers in aging research. In this program students spend 8-12 weeks. Each student will have a structured research experience. Students will conduct research with a mentor who will assist them in completing a project that can be accomplished in an 8 to 12-week period. At the conclusion of the summer, students will present their research at UCLA and also write a research abstract. Students are strongly encouraged to present their work at national meetings including the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting.

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Psychiatry Summer Fellowship

Offers placement in research projects in the Semel Institute of Neuroscience.  Medical students work with faculty mentors interested in psychiatry, choosing child, adolescent, adult, or geriatric psychiatry as their main focus.  The final product of the summer research is a first-author poster, prepared by the student and presented at the Josiah Brown Research Fair.

For more information please contact MStuber@mednet.ucla.edu

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Short Term Training Program

STTP is a UCLA medical student research program that occurs during the summer between the first and second years in medical school. To participate in STTP, the student must identify a participating UCLA professor and obtain their agreement to serve as his/her STTP mentor. Only mentors holding Professorial faculty appointments may be considered; Clinical Instructors may not be primary mentors.

2018 STTP APPLICATION

EXAMPLE CV

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Summer Urban Fellowship

Teaches skills in community needs assessment and development of models in which to implement and evaluate innovative programs to empower communities.  Health policy advocacy is also covered.  To qualify, the student must have successfully completed the first year of medical school. The student is expected to actively engage in all aspects of the proposed research project, including lab meetings, journal clubs, conferences, etc. Final products of the summer research are first-author poster, prepared by the student and presented at the Josiah Brown Research Fair.

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The UCLA Blum Center Summer Scholars Program

The UCLA Blum Center Summer Scholars Program is a unique opportunity for outstanding graduate students to live in a region of Latin America and work with universities, international institutions or community organizations that are improving the health and social conditions faced by low-income and vulnerable populations in Latin America. UCLA Blum Summer Scholars support the development of specific community responses being implemented in Latin American communities faced with health threatening conditions of poverty and other social determinants of health. Both UCLA faculty members and representatives from host organizations in Latin America provide mentorships for participating students.

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External Summer Opportunities

Our office receives many notices about external opportunities for medical students, and we have created the following area of the website to post these opportunities. If you would like to discuss any of these, please feel free to contact Dr. Baum.

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