NIH announced its sixth class of Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP) – 42 Students, 48% Females and 8 Minority Students
Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN
The National Institutes of Health has selected 42 talented and diverse students, representing 35 U.S.-accredited universities, for the sixth class of its Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP). The MRSP received a record number of applications during the 2017-2018 application cycle. The 42 selected participants consist of 39 medical, two dental, and one veterinary student; 48 percent are female and eight individuals are from underrepresented minority groups. There are five second year, 35 third, and two fourth year students in the class; six of the 42 have had previous NIH research experience. The accepted scholars begin their MRSP fellowship in July/August of this year.
“These 42 scholars represent some of this country’s most promising future biomedical researchers and academic leaders.”
The MRSP is co-sponsored by the NIH and other partners via contributions to the Foundation for the NIH.
The 42 participants for the 2017-2018 NIH MRSP include:
- Mairead Baker, Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
- Fatima Barragan, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, East Lansing
- Jennifer Bayly, Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey
- Jacqueline Boyle, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
- Rebecca Breese, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
- Sonny Caplash, the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington
- Katherine Chen, the University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine
- Sophie Claudel, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Shavonne Collins, Meharry Medical College, Nashville
- Shazia Dharssi, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
- Joshua Diamond, the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville
- Youssef Elnabawi, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston
- Joseph Featherall, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
- Kathleen Fenerty, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
- Samuel Gold, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine, Brooklyn
- Morgan Graves, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
- Jacob Groenendyk, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
- Russ Guidry, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans
- Graham Hale, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
- Christopher Hampton, the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington
- Belen Hernandez, Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Fort Collins
- Christopher Hogden, the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City
- Tommy Hu, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey
- Eileen Hu-Wang, Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago
- Sahar Khan, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
- Alyssa Kosturakis, the University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio
- Jason Lau, the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester
- Andrew Lum, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston
- Uchenna Okoro, the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor
- Kristen Pan, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Priya Patel, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
- Grant Randall, the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine
- Corinne Rauck, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Kareem Rayn, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine, Brooklyn
- Isabelle Sanchez, the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago
- Aakash Sathappan, the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
- Clayton Smith, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
- Dattanand Sudarshana, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
- Enock Teefe, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
- Alison Treichel, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
- Fernando Vazquez, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
- Jeannette Yu, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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