Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship
Fostering development of the next generation of medical researchers
This fellowship awards $6,000 to fund a medical student's participation in clinical investigation, basic laboratory research, epidemiology, social science/health services research, leadership, or professionalism.
One first-, second-, or third-year MD candidate from the University of Minnesota is chosen each year for consideration by AOA National.
The fellowship program honors Carolyn L. Kuckein, long-time administrator of AΩA and an honorary member of the society, who died in 2004.
Deadline: December 10, 2021
Recent Awardees from University of Minnesota Medical School
Ellen Spartz
Class of 2021
Mechanisms of engineered T cell migration and accumulation in pancreatic cancer
Mentor: Ingunn Stromnes, PhD
Samuel Daly
Class of 2020
Detection of epileptogenic foci with combined transfer entropy and granger causality calculations of interictal electrocorticography recordings
Mentor: Michael C. Park, MD, PhD
Andrew Zhang
Class of 2018
The role of cell to extracellular matrix interactions in a spatiotemporal 3D environment for endothelial cell differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells
Mentor: Jianyi Jay Zhang, MD, PhD
Rheanne Zimmerman
Class of 2016
Gene network analysis in childhood cancer
Mentor: Logan Spector, PhD
Lydia Hartsell
Class of 2015
Pilot study assessing the prevalence of Schistosomiasis haematobium among Tanzanian obstetric fistula patients and potential impact of infection on fistula characteristics and surgical outcome
Mentor: Kristin Chrouser, MD, MPH