Are you interested in
- The role of mental functioning, family support, and stress in illness?
- The impact of medical illnesses on behavior and cognition?
- The causes of psychiatric illnesses?
- Testing new interventions for the treatment of psychiatric illnesses?
Then the following programs may be for you...
Psychiatry Scholars
Psychiatry Scholars Plus
and
Senior Psychiatry Scholars
Senior Psychiatry Scholars Plus
The Psychiatry Scholars Program, sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry, matches you with a faculty member to work on a scholarly project that matches your research interests. You can review a list of possible projects by title, keyword, or mentor name, or, if you have another interest not listed, we’ll work with you to find a mentor and project.
To get started, you can either contact your chosen mentor directly or talk to one of the contacts listed below. You can also review current and previous student projects.
The Psychiatry Scholars Plus Program will be awarded to twelve students for the summer of 2008. The Plus Program has everything the Psychiatry Scholars Program has and supports an 8-week summer program to focus on your scholarly project. Support includes a stipend ($1900 per month) and partial support to travel to the Annual Psychiatry Summer Conference in Aspen, Colorado. The application for the Psychiatry Scholars Plus Program can be downloaded, and returned to Kate Hanna either by email or intracampus mail at C268-31.
The Senior Psychiatry Scholars Program matches you with a faculty member to work on a scholarly project that matches your research interests. You can review a list of possible projects by title, keyword, or mentor name, or, if you have another interest not listed, we’ll work with you to find a mentor and project. The application for the Senior Psychiatry Scholars Program can be downloaded, and returned to Kate Hanna either by email or intracampus mail at C268-31.
The Senior Psychiatry Scholars Plus Program will be awarded to eight students. The program has everything the Senior Psychiatry Scholars Program and supports 8 weeks (anytime during the year) to focus on your scholarly project. Support includes a stipend ($1900 per month) and partial support to present at a national meeting. The Senior Psychiatry Scholars Program has the expectation of completing a scientific project with sufficient rigor to present to a national meeting and submit to a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
Deadline for applications is February 28, 2008.
More Opportunties for Medical Students
Topics in Psychiatry (Psychiatry Interest Group). This course is designed by and for medical students to cover topics in Behavioral Medicine.
Psychiatry Steering Committee (elective). A medical student Steering Committee develops a list of topics in behavioral medicine of interest to the students, setting the curriculum for the “Topics in Psychiatry” didactic course. The Steering Committee then works with Dr Michael Weissberg, Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Psychiatry, to identify appropriate speakers from both within and outside the medical school. Interested students should contact Dr Weissberg.
Aspen Conference (elective). This 3-day course is held in Aspen, Colorado every summer and focuses on a specific clinical issue, such as motivational interviewing, difficult to diagnose behavioral problems, etc. Financial support for student registration and lodging may be available.
Do your mentored scholarly activity with us this summer!
For questions or help finding a mentor:
Sharon.Hunter@uchsc.edu
Randy.Ross@uchsc.edu
Michael.Weissberg@uchsc.edu
