Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Summer Research Internship
Akron Children’s division of pediatric hematology-oncology offers a summer research internship to 2 medical students who have been accepted into or have completed the first year of medical school. View the Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancers and Blood disorders page on our website.
The research experience will be 8 weeks in length and include a combination of the following:
- Clinical Research: The student will assist faculty within the division of hematology-oncology with ongoing clinical research projects pertaining to childhood cancer and blood disorders. Research will entail literature searches, review of clinical charts, data collection and analysis, and manuscript writing/poster design. The goal will be to ensure the student gets at least a poster presentation, if not a manuscript, from the experience. Candidates should have a beginning understanding of clinical research design.
- Basic Research: The student will participate in basic laboratory research conducted within the hospital’s division of hematology-oncology specifically performed on the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) campus. The student will gain familiarity with techniques in molecular and cellular biology, potentially including mammalian cell culture; DNA, RNA, and protein purification; DNA cloning; PCR; nucleic acid and protein gel electrophoresis; and immunoblotting. Candidates should have completed undergraduate courses in inorganic and organic chemistry. Course work in biochemistry and/or genetics is helpful. Experience with techniques in nucleic acid and/or protein biochemistry is desirable but not required.
- Experience in Clinical Hematology-Oncology: Students will also have the opportunity to shadow faculty in both the inpatient and outpatient setting to learn about the management of patients with hematologic and oncologic disorders.
- Education: prior to the start of the experience the individual will be given information to help with background in both the laboratory setting and clinical realm. During the experience we will also work with the student to help with literature reviews and clinical writing techniques.
Application dates: Applications are accepted between Dec. 15 and Jan. 31 for the following year.
Fellowship dates: mid June – mid August
Stipend: $3,000
How to Apply:
Send CV, email address and phone number to:
Erin Wright, MD
ewright@akronchildrens.org
For more information, contact Dr Wright: ewright@akronchildrens.org
Research positions are funded by a gift from the Ohio Chapter of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
