1. General Body Meeting 1.13.16

2. Announcements  AMSA T-Shirts: Please fill out our Google Form by this Friday.  Support AMSA and our philanthropy: Fundraising Events  Hot Chocolate Sale: Visit Posvar Hall from 1 - 3 pm tomorrow (Thursday)  Five Guys: : Hungry? Next week, Thursday, Jan 21st, from 5 - 8 PM.  CHP Book Drive: Tabling in Towers Lobby tomorrow, Thursday, from 4-6 PM.  Drop Boxes located at WPU lobby near Info Desk and the University Store, or just bring them to our GBMs.  Shadowing: you must be a dues paying member of AMSA, and you need both a TB test and flu shot (by Jan 19th for this opportunity). If you have these please email the forms of the TB test and flu shot to the VCR chairs at vcr@pittamsa.org. You will still need to take the physical copies the day of any shadowing.

3. Student Government Board Elections Rohit Anand: Volunteer, Clinical, Research (VCR) Chair Joseph Kannarkat: Business Manager

4. Why Summer Research? Shows you are putting in work on breaks Resume Booster Helps set you up with a lab Immersion with research Figure out if you like research Clinical vs. Basic Learn new techniques Networking With students With faculty

5. Summer Research Opportunities Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) 10-week program Early deadline: Feb 1 st, Final deadline: March 1 st Summer Internship at Magee-Women’s Research Institute 8-week program Deadline: Feb 1 st Mentor/Mentee Fellowship (HHMI)

6. Summer Research Opportunities Children’s Hospital Summer Research Internship Program June 2 nd – July 25 th Deadline: Feb 15 th CNUP Summer Undergraduate Research Program 10-week program Deadline: Feb 12 th $3500 stipend CTMHR Undergraduate Research Fellowship 10-week program Deadline: Feb 7 th $4000 stipend

7. Summer Research Fellowships Brackenridge Summer Research Fellowship $3500 stipend for independent project Deadline: March 7 th http://www.honorscollege.pitt.edu/summer-brackenridge-fellowships The James V. Kunkel, MD, Pre-Med Scholarship Funding for research project Contact Honors College for more info

8. Summer Research Fellowships Summer Undergraduate Research Program: (SURP) http://www.gradbiomed.pitt.edu/admissions/summer-program Chancellor’s Research & Teaching Fellowships: http://www.honorscollege.pitt.edu/cutf Deadline: late march $800 teaching fellowship Health Sciences Summer Research Program: http://www.honorscollege.pitt.edu/hchs-summer-research-fellowships Center for Neuroscience: http://cnup.neurobio.pitt.edu/training/summer/index.aspx

9. Summer Research Fellowships Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders (CCNMD): http://www.ctmhr.pitt.edu/pages/Training/ugradov_new.html Honors Research Assistantships: http://www.honorscollege.pitt.edu/node/369 Musculoskeletal Research: http://www.pitt.edu/~msrc/summer/index.html Summer Premedical Academic Enrichment Program (SPAEP): http://www.medschool.pitt.edu/future/future_03_spaep.asp American Student Placements in Rehabilitation Engineering (ASPIRE) & Quality of Life Technology (QoLT): http://www.qolt.pitt.edu/under/

10. Summer Research Fellowships Training & Experimentation in Computational Biology: http://www.tecbioreu.pitt.edu Pitt Bio-Engineering Students: http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/Research/Lab_Descriptions/ Models of Infectious Disease Agent Student (MIDAS) Summer Research Program: https://midas.pitt.edu/index.php Pittsburgh Center for Kidney Research: www.kidneycenter.pitt.edu Pittsburgh-Tuskegee Prostate Training Program: www.howscienceworks.pitt.edu Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS): www.eoh.pitt.edu/summerundergradprogram.asp

11. Find Research at Pitt Neuroscience: http://cnup.neurobio.pitt.edu/research/ Health Sciences: http://www.health.pitt.edu/ Medical Faculty Interests: http://frip.health.pitt.edu/ Clinical Research: http://www.clinicalresearch.pitt.edu/

12. Fellowship Opportunities Medical Examiner’s Internship: http://www.alleghenycounty.us/me/intern.aspx National Institute of Health (NIH) Summer Internships: https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/sip National Science Foundation: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/index.jsp AAMC Great Groups Summer Programs by School: https://www.aamc.org/members/great/61052/great_summerlinks.html

13. Fellowships Opportunities Premed Experiences:*** http://people.rit.edu/gtfsbi/Symp/premed.htm First Year Experiences: http://www.fye.pitt.edu/ International Opportunities: http://people.rit.edu/gtfsbi/Symp/mcoop.html

14. Future Research Opportunities Email professors much earlier than you want to start. Email during summer for following fall Be persistent! First experiences in research program continues for sophomores, and freshman in the program can continue Look at different opportunities Hillman Cancer Institute UPMC Talk to advisors (office of undergraduate research)