School of Medicine

Medical Student Summer Research Program

 

   

Overview

Welcome to the Summer Research Internship Program webpage! This program has succeeded in providing over 400 students with a meaningful research experience.
 

About the Program

The Summer Research Internship Program was founded in 2003 to provide opportunities for medical students in basic science or clinical research. The 8-week summer program works to cultivate students' interest in pursuing medical and research careers. Interns are matched with mentors in laboratories or clinics in New Orleans (LSUHSC-New Orleans campus, Stanley S. Scott Cancer, University Medical Center, or Children's Hospital of New Orleans), and throughout the state (e.g., Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge).

Students learn laboratory and clinical research techniques used in medical research. Required seminars are on topics such as responsible conduct in research and professional development, including how to prepare and present their research results and how to write an abstract.  All of the summer interns present their research results at the annual Medical Student Research Symposium which is routinely held in the fall semester.

After completing their summer internship, many student interns present their data at medical or scientific conferences, or have their research published in medical or scientific journals. Those students who wish to continue working on their summer research project throughout their academic education may apply to the Honors Program. The Honors Program allows students additional time to pursue their research goals, have their Honors status included in their transcript, write a manuscript, and to graduate with "Honors in Research" .

This program is funded by the LSU School of Medicine for research in the basic and clinical sciences, the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute (NIH-NCI) for research on cancer health disparities, and the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) for research on alcohol abuse. 

Click here to view abstracts and posters from the 2024 Medical Student Research Symposium

Click here to view abstracts and posters from the 2023 Medical Student Research Symposium

Click here to view posters and presentations from the 2022 Poster Symposium

Click here to view posters and presentations from the 2021 Poster Symposium

Click here to view posters and presentations from the 2020 Poster Symposium 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2024 Medical Student Research Day Winners 

 

FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE 
CATEGORY

 

1st Place Winners, Mitzie Hano Wittliff Research Award 

Michelle E. Veillon, Bradshaw

Mentors: Jack Leoni; Kaleb Derouen;
John Wilson, MD; Wesley Shoap, MD Gabriel C. Tender, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

2nd Place Winners, Dean's Research Award (tie)

Matthew Vlosich

Mentors: Madelaine Bryant, Nour Abbes, Dr. Eric Lazartigues, Dr. Xinping Yue.
Cardiovascular Center of Excellence, LSU Health Sciences 

Kendall Walker

Mentors: Hannah Kremer, Jorgi Mandelbaum, Charlotte Swope, Dr. Charles Nichols.
LSUHSC, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

 

 

3rd Place Winners, Dean's Research Award (tie)

Keisha Patel

Mentors: Slone Clay, Dr. Regina Zambrano MD
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Genetics

Camille Gelis

Mentors: Sydney Ambrose BS, Aliya Pierre MD, Christopher Haas MD
LSUHSC, Department of Dermatology

 

Cancer Research Award Winner

Marisol Mosequeda Arreola

Mentors: Dr. Arnold H. Zea, PhD
LSUHSC, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center; Department of Microbiology 

 

Steve Nelson, MD Award for Excellence in Alcohol Research Winner

Drew Bookman

Mentors: Taylor Fitzpatrick-Schmidt, David Welsh, Patricia Molina, Scott Edwards.
LSUHSC Department of Physiology,
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence

JUNIOR/SENIOR
CATEGORY:

 

1st Place Winner, Margaret Raiford Hano Research Award

Konur, Luke C

Mentors: Ashley Winters, Amna Rathor, Jennifer Cameron PhD,

LSUHSC, Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology,
& Parasitology; the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center

2nd Place Winner, Dean's Research Award 

Nguyen, Ivan

Mentors: Bhagwat Alapure, Lainey Madeleine Pickens, Dongjoon Jason Kim, Jennifer J. Lentz
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, LSUHSC

 

3rd Place Winner, Dean's Research Award

Logan Hornung

Mentors: Guidry RF, Nachabe AM, Allen RJ, St. Hilaire H.
LSUHSC, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery

Cancer Research Award Winner

Bartholomew, Alexandra

Mentors: Dr. Ronja Bodola; Dr. Tara Castellano; Dr. Pui Cheng; Dr. Amelia Jernigan, Dr. Jason Mussell
LSUHSC, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cell Biology and Anatomy