University of Maryland School of Medicine

Office of Student Research

UM ScholarsPresentation to UMCP Students CRD Pre-Med Society

10-8-2020 Virtual

Gregory B. Carey, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine

And, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases (CVID)

Executive Director of Student Research and Community Outreach

Director, PRISM Program

Director UM Scholars Program

Isaac Betaharon

Mary Carbonell

Nelson Chen

Brendon Garagusi

Jessica Jackson

Zachery Keepers

Kyeisha Laurence

Diego Laboy-Morales

Nicholas Leahy

Sophia Liu

Melika Marani

Bruck Negash

Maya Silver-Isenstadt

Keerthana Srinivasan

Yardena Sultan-Reister

Alyssa Talercio

2019 UM Scholars at UM SOM

What is the UM Scholars Summer Program?• Collaborative Scholarship Program supported by : MPower Maryland, UMCP and UMB (UM SOM)

• Broad Goal: Foster collaboration and interaction between UMCP and UMB

• Eligible Students: STEM Track UMCP Undergraduates

• UMCP to UM SOM Scholars: 16 STEM undergraduate students

• Intense 10 week Summer research experience on UM SOM campus mentored by UM SOM faculty (and UMCP faculty at UMCP)

• Program Goals: Inspire and Excite Students:

• Exposure to medicine and biomedical research and careers

• encourage matriculation in health professions and biomedical research programs

• $4,500* Stipend to do clinical or basic or translational or epidemiological research at UM SOM

Fast Facts on UM SOM Scholars• 16 students/Summer

• Top 10-14% acceptance rate after competitive review

• 102 alumni at end of 2020 program

• >50% lifetime ascension rate to medical tracks. 2% DDS, 15% to PhD Tracks and STEM Careers.– Overall: 75.5% to grad or terminal deg., 86.8% to Grad deg., STEM, Healthcare careers

• 9 at UM SOM Currently years 1-4. 1 at UMB PhD– Others at Baylor, UVA, Johns Hopkins, U Michigan, Cambridge U, UK, UMCP, etc.

• Alums: 1 Marshall Scholar, 2 Fulbrights, PhD Tracks @ MIT, UPenn, others

• Studies at top schools in US and abroad

• Contribute to articles and conference presentations

Summer Research ProgramsGoal and Expectation Overview

• Goal of Summer Research Programs– To expose students to-, and to excite and inspire them about topics and paths

in biomedical research and in healthcare

• Role of the Students – participate actively in all the events and activities.

– fully engage in their respective programs, eager and ready to learn

– Professionalism in all interactions

– mentor, teach, support, inspire and set a good example for other students whenever possible

Intense and Immersive Program for Exposure, Networking and Connections (1/2)

• Orientation– Ethics and safety– Resources

• Seminars– Exposure– Research, life journey and daily lives of

accomplished and passionate physician-and ---scientist and staff presenters

– basic, clinical and translational research, emerging technologies and standards of care, global health.

• Mid-Summer Research Retreat– Student Scholar Presentations– Roundtable discussions: Planning for the future training and

careers with faculty and the experts

• Brown bag lunches– Interactions between students and faculty

• Research Forum– Showcasing what we’ve done

Intense and Immersive Program for Exposure, Networking and Connections (2/2)

Sample/Seminar Speakers

Dr. Tracy BaleEpigenetic Control of Brain Development and Neurocognition

Dr. Dave RaskoBioinformatics, Microbiome and Microbiota in Health and Disease

Dr. Sarah MurthiRobotics and VR In Surgery and pain mgmt

Dr. Katherine NeuzilGlobal Health and Vaccine Development

Dr. Mark SimardTraumatic Brain Injury

Dr. Arthur NamPlastic and reconstructive surgery. Use of 3D printing in these fields

Sample Seminar Speakers

Dr. Osamah SaeediOpthamaology with Focus on Glaucoma

Dr. Niharika KhannaWomen’s, family and global health

Dr. Magali FontaineOrgan regeneration, Transplant and transfusionsafety

Dr. Magali FontaineCardiothoracic anesthesiologyBlood-supply managementduring cardiothoracic surgery

Wendy Sanders, MAAssociate Dean How to write a research paper

Dr. Carissa-Baker SmithPediatric Heart Transplant

MidSummer Retreat Table Hosts

MidSummer Retreat Table Hosts

Research Programs at UM SOM

OSR/SOM

PRISM (Medical Students)

STAR –PREP (Post-Bacc)

UM Scholars SOM, SON, SOP UMB to UMCP

SOM Partners

SPORT (Medical Students)

NSIP (Undergrads)Bridge to Doctorate

Summer Outreach: National fellowships, HS (REAP, MERIT, Undergrad and Univ. System of Maryland Schools

2019 UM Scholars: Cruise

Ice Cream Social 2019

Virtual Reality Seminar and BrownBag Lunches

Programming Highlights

Opportunity to Mentor and Serve: Outreach

• Applications Open (early December)

• Typical Notification of acceptance/waitlist etc…• March/April

Looking forward to your applications!!

https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/osr/um-scholars/UM-Scholars-2020-Program/