AMA Foundation 2010 Seed Grant Program

The AMA Foundation sponsors a seed grant research program to encourage medical students, residents and physician fellows to enter the research field. The program provides grants to help them conduct small basic science, applied, or clinical research projects. These funds are intended to round out new project budgets rather than sustain current initiatives. In 2010, the foundation will award $2,500 grants.  The application deadline for the 2010 program is December 11, 2009. See the AMA Foundation web page for details. Application forms can be downloaded beginning in September.

Research Club Meets Monday, Aug. 24

The Research Club will hold its first meeting of the 2009-2010 academic year on Monday, August 24,  from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Room 120 White Hall on the WSU main campus. Lunch will be provided. This will be an opportunity to welcome medical students in the entering class of 2013.

Faculty speakers inclde:

• Robert Fyffe, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research Affairs;
• Mark Rich, M.D., Ph.D., Research Club faculty advisor;
• Alex Little, M.D., Professor and Chair of Surgery.

The agenda also features several second-year medical students who will talk about their summer research experiences. Please RSVP to Adam Deardorff (deardorff.2@wright.edu) if you plan to attend.

Vital Signs Looks Back at Student Symposium

Last May’s Medical Student Research Symposium was publicized in the latest issue of Vital Signs, a magazine published by Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. Sponsored by the Research Club and the Office of Research Affairs, the symposium was the first of its kind at the medical school. See the story (pdf). See the Vital Signs table of contents. See more photos from the student symposium.

Radio Rounds Hosts Live Show August 11

The second season of Radio Rounds premieres at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 9. Follow the link to listen to a live audio stream or download a podcast of the show. The show’s special guest is Dr. Brian Cole, head team physician for the NBA’s Chicago Bulls and Professor of Orthopedics at Rush University Medical Center. Dr. Cole was recently named the 2009 NBA Team Physician of the Year.

Radio Rounds is the nation’s first medical radio talk show produced entirely by medical students. It was launched last year by a group of students in the class of 2012 at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine.

On Tuesday, August 11, Radio Rounds producers Avash Kalra and Lakshman Swamy will host a full-audience, live show from 12:00-1:30 p.m. in the Gandhi Auditorium in White Hall (101 WH) on the Wright State main campus.

The show is sponsored by the American Medical Students Association (AMSA) chapter at Wright State. Lunch will be provided by AMSA. All BSOM students, faculty and staff are invited to attend.

Special guests for the live show include:

• Dr. Howard M. Part, Dean of the Boonshoft School of Medicine
• Dan Henderson, AMSA Health Justice Fellow (Mr. Henderson is flying in for this event)
• Casey McCluskey, MS2 (Casey will discuss her recent and ongoing “patient perspective”)
• There will also be a few surprises, as well as an opportunity to win gift card prizes!

Upcoming Radio Rounds programs will feature Dr. Gloria Wilder,  the CEO and founder of Core Health; several nationally-renowned physician-authors, NY Times columnists, and NPR contributors such as Stephen Bergman, Elissa Ely, and Sandeep Jauhar; the medical director for the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots; and Wright State faculty members such as Dr. Paula Termuhlen.

For more information, contact Radio Rounds executive producer Shamie Das. Follow Radio Rounds on Twitter.

We hope you are all doing well and had a wonderful summer! As many of you know, during the previous academic year, a group of students in the BSOM Class of 2012 created “Radio Rounds,” the nation’s first medical radio talk show produced entirely by medical students. Now, Radio Rounds is proud to announce that, on Tuesday August 11, second-year medical students Avash Kalra and Lakshman Swamy will host a full-audience live show from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Gandhi Auditorium in White Hall (101 WH). The show is sponsored by the American Medical Students Association (AMSA) chapter here at Wright State.

Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend! We sincerely hope you will be able to join us for this event.

Lunch will be provided by AMSA, and special guests for the program include:

– Dr. Howard M. Part, Dean of the Boonshoft School of Medicine

– Dan Henderson, AMSA Health Justice Fellow (Mr. Henderson is flying in for this event)

– Casey McCluskey, MS2 (Casey will discuss her recent and ongoing “patient perspective”)
– There will also be a few surprises, as well as an opportunity to win gift card prizes!

The second season of Radio Rounds officially premieres two days earlier, on August 9th, live at www.radiorounds.blogspot.com at 12pm. The special guest for that show is Dr. Brian Cole, Head Team Physician for the NBA’s Chicago Bulls and Professor of Orthopedics at Rush University Medical Center. Dr. Cole was recently named the 2009 NBA Team Physician of the Year. Future scheduled guests for this fall include the CEO and Founder of Core Health, Dr. Gloria Wilder, Wright State faculty members such as Dr. Paula Termuhlen, and several nationally-renowned physician-authors, NY Times columnists, and NPR contributors such as Stephen Bergman, Elissa Ely, and Sandeep Jauhar. We will also be joined on air this fall by the Medical Director for the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots.

Again, we welcome you to join us for our live Radio Rounds show this upcoming Tuesday, August 11th, in the Gandhi auditorium at White Hall. Please feel free to contact me for more information.

Warmly,

Shamie Das, MS2

Radio Rounds Executive Producer

Welcome to the Class of 2013!

The Research Club and the Office of Research Affairs are working together to promote research opportunities for medical students at Wright state University Boonshoft School of Medicine. The Research Club is planning a series of meetings this year that will introduce you to student researchers and potential faculty mentors. The meetings will help you plan a research experience during medical school  and develop a proposal for a student-initiated elective (SIE) if you want to do a research project for course credit next summer.

The Research Club will hold its first meeting of the 2009-2010 academic year on Monday, August 24,  from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Room 120 White Hall on the WSU main campus. Lunch will be provided. This will be an opportunity to welcome medical students in the entering class of 2013.  More details will follow. Please RSVP to Adam Deardorff (deardorff.2@wright.edu) if you plan to attend.

Watch Student Research Enterprise for announcements about upcoming Research Club meetings and other news for student researchers. And follow Research Enterprise on Twitter.