Since 2002, the Alumni Fund of the Alumni Association-College of Medicine offers a scholarship to support full-time research for a medical student.
This scholarship provides $28,000 for a student to conduct research for one academic year.
The following is a list of students who received this fellowship and a description of the research that they conducted:
Student Name: Elizabeth Choe
Academic Year: 2002-2003
Research Title: “Identification of Genes Participating in the Entoxin Induced Impairment of Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction Using Microarrays.”
Faculty Sponsor: Warren M. Zapol, MD
Department: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Medical Center: Harvard Medical School, in the Cardiovascular Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Student Name: Matthew Callaghan
Academic Year: 2003-2004
Research Title: “Biologic Brachytherapy: Ex Vivo Gene Therapy of Microvascular Free Flaps for Locally Advanced Cancer.”
Faculty Sponsor: Edmond Bourke, MD (Chairman)
Department: Medicine
Medical Center: Downstate Medical Center
Student Name: Jeong Won Choi
Academic Year: 2005-2006
Research Title: “ Role of the F11 Receptor in Platelet Activation.”
Faculty Sponsor: Jonathan Murmon, MD and Elizabeth Kornecki, PHD
Department: Cardiovascular Medicine/ Anatomy and Cell Biology
Medical Center: Downstate Medical Center
Student Name: Fatima Malik
Academic Year: 2006-2007
Research Title: Identification of Novel Proteins Involved in Non-Classical Protein Secretion
