The Department of Emergency Medicine is looking for a clinical data collector to work in the Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) Emergency Department located at 462 Grider Street.
The clinical data collector will be responsible for identifying any emergency department patients who meet inclusion criteria for ongoing clinical research. They will also screen female patients for domestic violence and will present all patients with care satisfaction surveys.
The data collector will be responsible for interacting with patients and emergency department staff to gather relevant study data.
The shift(s) that will become available are primarily daytime shifts (8a-4p).
Mondays and Fridays from 8a-4p will be available starting December 28.
The pay is $7.50 per hour and assigned shifts are constant. If you are interested in this position, please forward brief statement and resume to Liana Dypka at ldypka@ecmc.edu.
The Division of Behavioral Medicine at the University of Buffalo is looking for undergraduate or graduate students to assist on a number of research studies. The Behavioral Medicine lab is an active lab that conducts several laboratory, clinical and field studies to examine different factors that may lead to the development of pediatric obesity. The student would assist in a field or laboratory study that is looking at long term habituation to different foods in 8-12 year old children. Responsibilities will include: assisting staff in material preparation, entering data, screening potential participants for inclusion in study, and helping staff in the implementation of the study design. Interested students should have a flexible schedule. Please email Kelly Dearing at kdearing@buffalo.edu if interested.
Kelly K. Dearing, M.P.H.
Project Coordinator/Lab Coordinator
Behavioral Medicine Laboratory
University at Buffalo
3435 Main Street
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program, is offering Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) undergraduate fellowships for bachelor level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline for receipt of paper applications is December 10, 2009 at 4:00 PM and December 10, 2009 at 11:59:59 PM ET for submittal of electronic applications to Grants.gov. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 30 new fellowships by July 30, 2010.
Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer between their junior and senior years. The fellowship provides up to $19,250 per year of academic support and up to $8,000 of internship support for a three-month summer period.
For all information on how to apply visit the link.
National Center for Environmental Research
1200 Pennsylvania AV NW
Washington DC 20460
The Department of Emergency Medicine is looking for a clinical data collector to work in the Erie County Medical Center Emergency Department located at 462 Grider Street.
The clinical data collector will be responsible for identifying any emergency department patients who meet inclusion criteria for ongoing clinical research. They will also screen female patients for domestic violence and will present all patients with care satisfaction surveys.
The data collector will be responsible for interacting with patients and emergency department staff to gather relevant study data.
The ONLY Available shift for Fall 2009 is now Thursday - 8:00-4:00 p.m. starting IMMEDIATELY.
The pay is $7.50 per hour and assigned shifts are constant. If you are interested in this position please forward resume to Liana Dypka at ldypka@ecmc.edu
Undergraduate (junior/senior standing) research opportunities in Physiology and Biophysics.
Projects examining regulation of salt transport in the kidney and other organs with epithelial sodium channel mediated sodium reabsorption. Projects range from cellular studies examining ion channel function in single cells to whole animal studies examining renal function in rats to human studies examining markers of channel activation in biological fluids. Interested students who have completed the core science prerequisite courses through organic chemistry, and ideally, additional upper division courses should contact Dr. M. Awayda in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at awayda@buffalo.edu.
The Research Associates (RA) Program has grown such in the past year that we now have two positions available for Chief Research Associates. We are looking for graduating seniors or post-bacs who have solid GPAs and test scores for whom a year of clinical research work will have a significant impact on their application to medical school.
Chief RAs:
- work as the administrative assistants for the program
- are responsible for day-to-day supervison of the RAs serving in the emergency department as data collectors in our clinical research this includes significant patient contact in the emergency department
- have direct involvement in all aspects of the research from study initiation through publication, this includes work to associate authorship on a clinical paper.
- participate in all research meetings, this includes presenting our work to the Institutional Review Board and at regional and national meetings
- assist in recruiting new RAs and their orientation to the program, this includes formal lecturing and direct bedside teaching
These are:
- one-year commitments of approximately twenty (20) hours per week starting in mid-May and ending when medical school starts.
- unfunded, except for grants
- Chiefs will be a part of the grant-writing process, so they will “sing for their supper”
- In the past, Chiefs have routinely held other paying positions
So far, all of our Chiefs have matriculated to medical school, except one, who went on to a PhD program in clinical research.
There are still slots available, but it’s “first come, first serve” until positions are filled. Again, details are the web link above.
Keith Bradley, MD
Director, Research Associates Program
www.RAProgram.org
Please go to the Getting Started link off the main page of the prehealth website to see added information pertaining to finding 1) clinically relevant volunteer placements, 2) securing physician shadowing opportunites through the Association for Premedical Students (APMS) and 30 tips on finding research opportunities.
Research Associates (RAs) are college students and post-bacs recruited by the Department of Emergency Medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, CT as part of our clinical research team. This summer, RAs will enroll subjects in a study on compliance with colon-rectal cancer screening recommendations among patients and visitors in the emergency department.
Based on the results of prior studies by RAs, RAs will also be asking questions about primary care practitioner visits, Pap tests, mammograms, Prostate Specific Antigen tests, digital rectal exams and tobacco cessation.
With both the research and service protocols, we estimate that each RA will have direct interactions with well over 100 patients and visitors during the summer semester.
Numerous additional clinical and research opportunities are available to summer RAs.
Housing options can be made at local college campuses.
Applications for the two sessions of the summer semester of the RA Program are now open.
- Session One - Saturday, 30 May through Sunday, 16 August
- Session Two - Saturday, 20 June through Sunday, 6 September
Eighty-four (84) RA positions are available for the summer sessions.
Students interested in joining the RA Program for the summer semester, 2009 have two good reasons to submit their application materials ASAP.
- Applicants are accepted according to the date their application materials are received - applications received after the first 84 acceptances will be placed on a wait list
- New RAs choose the weekly four-hour shift they serve over the eleven weeks of the semester according to the date application materials are received.
Early birds get the pick of the best shifts!
Our new website has complete information about the RA Program, the summer sessions and the application materials.
Please note the change in our website domain from .com to .org reflecting our pending designation as a non-profit, educational research organization as a 501c3.
Keith Bradley, MD
Mentoring for Medicine
Director, Research Associates Program
Remember to utilize the resources of Career Services in 259 Capen as you plan for the months ahead. In particular, click on the link provided to see workshops pertaining to the summer of 2009. Summer may be a very good time to gain additional exposure to a variety of health relevant settings.
Also, remember that our office hosted a workshop on January 27 in regard to finding summer opportunities in health care. You can get the materials from the workshop from our library area in 108 Norton Hall anytime from 8:30-5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Parkinson’s Disease: Understanding the Cause and Identifying Novel Therapies
This message is from Jian Feng. Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
State University of New York at Buffalo
Research in Dr. Jian Feng’s laboratory is focused on understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease, a common neurological disorder affecting millions of people worldwide. Currently available treatments only alleviate the symptoms, but cannot stop the disease from eventually killing the patient. A variety of genetic mutations and environmental toxins underlie the cause of Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Feng’s laboratory studies parkin, one of the most frequently mutated genes in Parkinson’s disease. We also study how environmental toxins such as rotenone cause Parkinson’s disease. Through our research, we found that parkin and rotenone act on microtubules in opposing manners to affect the survival of dopamine neurons, whose death causes Parkinson’s disease. We have identified various compounds that can restore the function of microtubules as a potential treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Further research is underway to evaluate these compounds and study the mechanism by which dopaminergic neurons die. In addition to standard molecular and cellular techniques, we are using induced pluripotent stem cells to address these questions in human dopaminergic neurons with parkin mutations.
The laboratory provides excellent research opportunity for talented undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing a career in biomedical research or medicine. There are four postdoctoral research associates, one PhD student and one undergraduate student. The projects are funded by the National Institute of Health and New York State Stem Cell Research Program. The laboratory has published many papers in frontline journals of biomedical research. Previous trainees have gone on to prestigious institutions such as Harvard Medical School and Tufts Medical School. A good candidate is someone who has no trouble with course work and can spend time in the lab to perform high level research work that will lead to publications. The vigorous research experience will significantly enhance your CV when you apply for medical schools or PhD programs. It is expected that you have taken courses on molecular biology and cell biology. Previous lab experience is not required, but you have to be very meticulous and responsible. More information about the lab can be found at the link.
