Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson today announced that five medical students from The State University of New York’s academic medical centers were chosen to participate in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP).
The group is the largest one to represent SUNY since the NIH launched the program in the 2012-13 academic school year. SUNY has the second largest number of participating students this year, second only to the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University, which will have six students in the program. In all, the NIH chose 50 medical students from around the country for the MRSP.
“The selection of these five SUNY students demonstrates our system’s growing strength as a research institution and a leading force for innovation and discovery,” SUNY Chancellor Johnson said. “I am enormously proud of these students, who will represent SUNY at the NIH. The experiences they receive will prepare them for careers in medical research that may one day lead to life-changing discoveries. Congratulations to all five as they embark on an exciting year as NIH research scholars.”
“SUNY’s commitment to research in medicine and public health is greatly strengthened by the participation of our students in this elite NIH program,” said Grace Wang, PhD, Senior Vice Chancellor of Research and Economic Development. “I’d like to congratulate all five students on being chosen for this highly selective opportunity, which will certainly enhance their skills as physicians and researchers.”
The five students come from three SUNY academic medical centers and are:
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
- Esha Chebolu, of Watertown, NY, a third-year medical student SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY
- Daniel Lichtenstein of Highland, NY, a fourth-year medical student
- Christina Marcelus, of Spring Valley, NY, a fourth-year medical student
SUNY Downstate Medical, Brooklyn, NY
- George Mo, of Manhasset, NY, a fourth-year medical student
- Alex Wang, of Holbrook, NY, a fourth-year medical student
The year-long research training program, which begins in July, is an opportunity for medical, dental, and veterinary students to take time away from their university studies to conduct basic, clinical, or translational research on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD. Scholars choose their mentors from 350 full-time NIH investigators, who then help the students determine their research projects.
Since the program’s inception, SUNY has had 18 participants in the MSRP. The scholars take classes, participate in seminars and lectures, and do clinical teaching rounds at the NIH Clinical Center. They also present their research to the NIH community and at national and international professional conferences.
The MRSP is supported by the NIH and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. More than 310 students have completed the MRSP program since it began in 2012.
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