Request for Funding

Medical Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2002

Mentor: Patrice A. Caetano Vaeth
Department: Internal Medicine
Room number: H8.116
Mail Code: 9034
Phone number: 88616
E-mail: Patrice.vaeth@utsouthwestern.edu
Project title: Health Care Utilization among Minorities in Dallas County

Human subjects IRB approved project number: 0499180

Animal subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): N/A

Project Type

Epidemiological research

Brief Description of Project:

Health care utilization among minorities in Dallas County. Data to be analyzed from the Dallas Heart Disease Prevention Project, a population-based sample of African American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white Dallas County residents.

Previous Research Activities or Publications with Medical Students:

Previous student mentoring:
6/01- present Louise Perkins King, first year medical student at UT Southwestern. Area of research: Access to health care among Mexican Immigrants in Dallas County.
Poster title: "Hypertension Awareness and Treatment among Dallas County Hispanics: Preliminary Findings from the Dallas Heart Disease Prevention Project. Presented at the 40th Medical Student Research Forum, UT Southwestern, January 22, 2002.

6/00-3/01 Amber Dunn, first year medical student at Wake Forest University. Project title: Alternative Remedies Dominate the Lay Literature About Hypertension on the Internet. Poster presented at the American Society of Hypertension, San Francisco, CA, May 15-19, 2001. Abstract published in the American Journal of Hypertension, 14(4), part 2:30A.

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