Summer research experiences for medical students supervised by faculty mentors
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Principal Investigator: Charlotte Eielson Ariyan Organization: SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH Fiscal Year: 2024 Award: $348,734 Funding agency: National Cancer Institute Project Summary / Abstract The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) Summer Research Fellowship Program is a cancer education program that enables 30 first- and second-year U.S. medical students to participate in laboratory and clinical research under the mentorship of MSK’s clinical faculty. Launched in 1977, this program has enabled approximately 1,610 medical students to contribute to the research enterprise of a premier academic medical center. Program participants can work with mentors and in labs centrally involved in both basic and clinical research; attend MSK’s abundant didactic opportunities; learn how to blend lessons from science and clinical practice; and present their work to a range of audiences. The MSK Summer Research Fellowship Program helps address two significant challenges in the field of oncology. • The need for more oncologists, especially physician-scientists: In a 2014 report, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) projected a shortage of oncologists over the next decade due to several factors, including the aging population and an aging oncology workforce. Also, in 2014, the NIH issued a report that anticipates that the rising generation of physician-scientists will be insufficient to replace those nearing retirement age. The rapidly advancing field of cancer care requires an oncology workforce of appropriately trained and engaged physician-scientists that can maintain the pace of translation research developments. This program aims to ameliorate this shortage by engaging students’ interest in oncology research careers. • The need for more physicians from underrepresented minority populations: The report from ASCO described a need for greater racial and ethnic diversity in the physician workforce. This program has been able to grow in both size and diversity through the support of MSK’s Office of Diversity Programs. In the most recent grant cycle, approximately half of our participants were from underrepresented minority groups. Terms: <ASCO><Academic Medical Centers><Address><Age><Aging><American Society of Clinical Oncology><Basic Research><Basic Science><Biomedical Research><Cancer Treatment><Clinical><Clinical Cancer Center><Clinical Faculty><Clinical Nurse Educator><Clinical Research><Clinical Study><Competence><Curriculum><Data><Development><Development and Research><Diagnosis><Education><Educational Curriculum><Educational aspects><Fellowship Program><Fostering><Generations><Grant><Individuals from minority><Individuals of minority><Knowledge><Laboratories><Laboratory Research><Learning><MD students><MSKCC><Malignant Neoplasm Therapy><Malignant Neoplasm Treatment><Medical Students><Medicine><Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center><Mentors><Mentorship><Minority Groups><Minority People><Minority Population><Minority individual><NIH><National Institutes of Health><Nurse Educator><Nursing Faculty><Nursing Staff Developer><Nursing Staff Development Specialist><Oncologist><Oncology><Oncology Cancer><Participant><Physicians><Prevention><Qualifying><R & D><R&D><R-Series Research Projects><R01 Mechanism><R01 Program><Reporting><Research><Research Grants><Research Project Grants><Research Projects><Research Training><Retirement><Science><Scientist><Student recruitment><Students><Training><Training Programs><Translational Research><Translational Science><URM student><Underrepresented Ethnic Minority><Underrepresented Groups><Underrepresented Minority><Underrepresented Populations><United States National Institutes of Health><University Medical Centers><Work><aged group><aged groups><aged individual><aged individuals><aged people><aged person><aged persons><aged population><aged populations><ages><aging population><anti-cancer therapy><cancer care><cancer education><cancer therapy><cancer-directed therapy><career><clinical practice><design><designing><developmental><ethnic diversity><ethnically diverse><experience><faculty mentor><improved><innovate><innovation><innovative><interest><lesson plans><medical school students><minority student><outreach><population aging><programs><racial diversity><racially diverse><research and development><retirements><student engagement><student motivation><student participation><summer research><translation research><translational investigation><under representation of groups><under represented groups><under represented people><under represented populations><under-representation of minorities><under-represented minority><underrepresentation of groups><underrepresentation of minorities><underrepresented minority student><underrepresented people>