The goal of the Foundation’s Summer Fellowship program is to provide medical students with the opportunity to increase their knowledge of how community organizations and/or government entities work with the medical profession to address health issues in Wisconsin. Each student receives a stipend of up to $3,500.
- Esha Afreen, student at MCW-Milwaukee
Project: Outcomes of change to WI PDMP law on opioid prescriptions for post-Cesarean women
Mentor: Erika Peterson, MD
Funded in part by Waukesha County Medical Society
- Charles Gusho, student at MCW-Green Bay
Project: Retrospective analysis of preventative primary care modalities employed prior to joint arthroplasty
Mentor: Mark Jenson, MD
Funded in part by the Marion Brown – Orthopedic Research Fund
- Ryan Hanson, student at MCW-Milwaukee
Project: Association between Length of Labor Induction and Pregnancy Outcomes in Preeclampsia
Mentor: Anna Palatnik, MD
Funded in part by the James and Clara M. Joss Memorial Research Trust
- Ben Kannenberg, student at UW School of Medicine and Public Health
Project: Social Determinants of Health as a Predictor of Emergency Department Visits
Mentor: Barbara Horner-Ibler, MD
Funded in part by Winnebago County Medical Society
- Darren Li, student at MCW-Milwaukee
Project: Emergency Provider Practices and Attitudes Around Naloxone Prescribing
Mentor: Amy Zosel, MD
Funded in part by Doctor Richard and Wendy Dart
- Michellai Parks, student at MCW-Milwaukee
Project: Housing Instability among Families and Caregivers of Children in Foster Care
Mentor: Lisa Zetley, MD
Funded in part by the Foundation Fellowship Fund
- Rufus Sweeney, student at UW School of Medicine and Public Health
Project: Financial Literacy for Medical Students and Physicians
Mentor: Timothy Logemann, MD
Funded in part by the Foundation Fellowship Fund