Research Opportunities in Pediatrics

The American Pediatrics Society and Society for Pediatric Research offer a medical student research training program to encourage gifted medical students to consider careers in research related to pediatrics. This program is specifically designed for students seeking a research opportunity at an institution other than their own medical school. Students selected to the program are able to choose or are assigned to leading research laboratories. Currently, the APS-SPR directory lists research opportunities at more than 300 laboratories in the United States and Canada. Each research experience allows the student to spend eight to ten weeks at 40 hours per week in a research environment. The program provides students with a stipend of up to $4,300. The application deadline is January 22, 2010. See the APS-SPR web site for application details. Further information can be obtained from the student research program coordinator at student-research@aps-spr.org.

Student Fellowship Supports Research in Medical History and Humanities

The American Osler Society requests applications for the 2010 William B. Bean Student Research Award, which supports research in the broad areas of medical history and medical humanities. Candidates must be currently matriculated students in approved medical schools in the United States or Canada. The successful applicant may be eligible to present a paper based on his or her findings at the annual meeting of the American Osler Society. The fellowship stipend for the coming year will be $1,500, and up to $750 additional may be available to support travel to the annual meeting contingent on submission of a paper acceptable to the Committee at the conclusion of the fellowship.

A letter of support from a faculty sponsor who will assume responsibility for planning and guidance of the fellowship must accompany the application form, which may be obtained along with further information from Paul S. Mueller, M.D., Secretary-Treasurer of the American Osler Society (mueller.pauls@mayo.edu).

Completed applications must be received by mail (not by fax or e-mail) by March 1, 2010. Notice of award will be made by May 15, 2010. See the Bean Research Award web page for more details and links to application forms.

Translational Research Lecture Probes Role of Human Gut Microflora in Pediatric Disorders

Translational research by Sonia Michail, M.D. (above left), and Oleg Paliy, Ph.D., examines clinical problems in pediatric gastroenterology using gene-array technology. [Photos by Will Jones/WSU Center for Teaching and Learning]

The Research Club will present the second lecture in its series, “Translational Research: From Bench to Bedside,” on Tuesday, November 3, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in Room 101 White Hall (Gandhi Auditorium) on the WSU main campus.

The faculty speakers will be Sonia Michail, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, and Oleg Paliy, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology. They will be joined by Matthew Durbin, a medical student on their research team. An introduction to the speakers will be provided by Arthur Pickoff, M.D., chair of WSU’s Departments of Pediatrics and Community Health.

Drs. Michail and Paliy are collaborating on a series of projects that explore the role of microflora in gastrointestinal disorders of children. Their translational research is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read more in Vital Signs (PDF).

Dinner will be provided on Nov. 3. Please RSVP to Adam Deardorff (deardorff.2@wright.edu) if you plan to attend.