Medical Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2012

Mentor: Glenn Flores, MD, Professor and Director, Division of General Pediatrics                       
Department: Pediatrics                  
Room number: E3.514      
Mail Code: 9063                  
Phone number: 214-648-3405     
E-mail: cindy.lusk@utsouthwestern.edu; hayda.tinoco@utsouthwestern.edu                  
Project title: Pediatric health services research/community-based research                      

Human subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): n/a      

Animal subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable):  n/a

Project Types: Pediatric health services research/community-based research      

Brief Description of Project:

We welcome medical students with a strong research interest in one or more of the following areas:

The student will be the lead investigator on the summer project of their choosing. Under the close supervision of Dr. Flores and a junior faculty mentor, the student's role will include conceptualizing the project, reviewing the literature, devising study instruments, data collection and analysis, writing up the findings, presenting the findings at national medical conferences, and submitting the findings for publication in a peer-reviewed medical journal (as the lead author or co-author).
David Valadez will be expected to write the questions that we will ask the parents.  Qualitative study for the parents of Latino high school students; barriers & facilitators for entering the health care professions.

Previous Medical Student Research Activities, Presentations, Publications, Grants, and Awards:

Dr. Flores has mentored 22 medical students over the past 17 years, and their projects have resulted in seven platform (oral) presentations and 14 posters at national meetings, six published articles, four grants, nine awards, and one honors thesis. These students include: