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.
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Elizabeth Aughey, student at MCW-Milwaukee
Project: Understanding financial toxicity among CAR-T patients who underwent dual-targeted CD20-CD19 CAR-T cell therapy as part of a phase I/II clinical trial
Mentor: Jennifer Knight, MD
Funded in part by the Henry and Irene Anderson Fund
- Delaney Cairns, student at MCW-Milwaukee
Project: Barriers to Healthcare Impact Perception of Multiple Sclerosis Disease Progression
Mentor: Amhed Obeidat, MD
Funded in part by the Henry and Irene Anderson Fund
- Brian Conway, student at MCW-Milwaukee
Project: Quantification of intraoperative hand strength and function during awake craniotomies to optimize extent of resection and neurological outcomes
Mentor: Max O. Krucoff, MD
Funded in part by Doctor Richard and Wendy Dart
- Jessie Duarte, student at MCW-Milwaukee
Project: Social Factors Associated with Utilization of COVID-19 Relief Funding at an Urban Health Center
Mentor: Lauren Bauer, MD MPH
Funded in part by the Joss Trust
- Jeffrey Liu, student at MCW-Milwaukee
Project: Effectiveness of an intervention to increase number of X-waivered emergency medicine providers
Mentor: Amy Zosel, MD, MSCS
Funded in part by the Medical Outcomes Research Project Fund
- Jacob Noel, student at MCW-Milwaukee
Project: Perioperative Utilization and Outcomes in Pediatric Otolaryngology Surgery: Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities and Tools for Intervention
Mentor: Cecille Sulman, MD
Funded in part by the Medical & Health Education Fund
- Mira Patel, student at MCW-Milwaukee
Project: Analyzing the Interplay between Socioeconomic Status and Race on Female Oncologic Outcomes in Milwaukee County
Mentor: Hina Saeed, MD
Funded in part by Foundation Fellowship Fund
- Jacqueline Tran, student at MCW-Milwaukee
Project: Assessing the Rate of Adiposity Rebound in Children Ages 0-5 from Inner City Clinics within the Children’s Medical Group (CMG) Practices
Mentor: Alvina Kansra, MD
Funded in part by Doctor Richard and Wendy Dart
- Delaney Weiland, student at MCW-Milwaukee
Project: Evaluating the impact of a hospital-based buprenorphine consult service in an underserved, high-need urban community
Mentor: Bryan Johnston, MD
Funded in part by Foundation Fellowship program