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Medicine Mentorships

1-on-1 learning and original research projects customized around students' interests

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Aspiring medical students can enroll in a mentorship with a focus on medicine. Here, students can analyze historical treatments of illness, cutting-edge interventions, and medical research in a variety of fields, while learning about the challenges and complexities that come along with a career in medicine. Past projects have ranged from op-eds on health equity in pediatric care to comparative research on tropical infectious diseases.


Medicine

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Handbooks and manuals
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Parent-facing educational pamphlet to counter misinformation and vaccine hesitancy by explaining how vaccines work, addressesing common misconceptions, and sharing information about access to care
Academic Papers
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Scientific review article on Hashimoto’s thyroiditis explaining the history of the disease, identifying the combination of factors leading to the condition, and highlighting the need for specific future research
Academic Papers
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Scientific review paper on the use of CRISPR to treat inheritable blood disorders, with suggestions related to the need for emerging tools such as base, prime, and epigenetic editing as well as in vivo and nanoparticle-based genome editing
Formal Research Proposals
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Grant proposal outlining a cellular connection between hereditary angioedema and a specific genetic mutation, and suggesting a therapeutic intervention on how to correct this mutation through CRISPR technology
Academic Papers
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Discussion of the grand strategy approach to mis/disinformation in health communication and strategies to mitigate the harmful impacts on Generation Z
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Review paper exploring complexities of infectious Chagas disease management and global public health
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Paper on FLAIR white matter hyperintensities as a long-term consequence of repetitive head impacts.
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Paper on cancer and autoimmunity therapeutics, focusing on CAR T cells and checkpoint immunotherapy.
Formal Research Proposals
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Research proposal analyzing why opioid deaths continue to rise, even with Nalaxone's increasing availability
Handbooks and manuals
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Comprehensive workout plan and presentation designed for squash players recovering from injury
Academic Papers
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Literature review that illuminates the complexity of the medical anthropology of diet and wellness by exploring the cultural factors affecting choices, perceptions of diet, and the role it plays in overall wellness
Computational modeling and design
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Python program to train a machine learning-based computer vision model to diagnose lung opacities in photographs of chest X-rays
Policy and Advocacy Reports
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Policy Brief proposing equity-based solutions to Black maternal mortality in the United States
Academic Papers
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Academic paper comparing the 2014 Ebola Epidemic in West Africa to the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020

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