Research Initiatives

Medical Student Summer Research Fellowships

The University of Massachusetts Medical School offers many summer research fellowships to incoming first and second year medical students (coordinated by Mick Godkin, PhD). This fellowship began in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and has grown to encompass many departments conducting both population-based as well as basic science research.

The following first and second year medical students (and departmental faculty preceptors) participated in research projects during the summers of 2007 and 2008. These projects were either part of on-going research efforts of the faculty members or newly defined and focused projects to encompass the summer months.

2009 Student/Faculty Projects:

Ashley Farrington with Judy Savageau, MPH and Suzanne Cashman, ScD
The Akwaaba Free Clinic: Outreach and Patient Registry Development

Anne Granfield with Sara Shields, MD, MS
Measuring Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy in Diverse Urban Populations: A Clinical Assessment Tool to Identify Women at Risk for Early Breastfeeding Cessation

Mary Lavoie with Glenn Pransky, MD, MOccH and Bill Shaw, PhD
Facilitating Workplace Self-Management Strategies for Workers with Low Back Pain: Development and Testing of a Pilot Group Intervention

Neil Mayra with Ron Adler, MD
Diabetes Collaborative Project

Angela Young with Chyke Doubeni, MD, MPH
Community-based Participatory Research Project for Improving the Process of Cancer Screening

2008 Student/Faculty Projects:

Kendall Abro with Barry Saver, MD, MPH
Evaluation of Patient Flow and Hypertension Planned Care Model at Hahnemann Family Health Center

Sylvie Boiteau with Glenn Pransky, MD, MOccH
Effectiveness of Low Back Pain Health Maintenance Treatment Strategies

Julia Nelligan with Lucy Candib, MD
Evaluation of the YWCA/YMCA-Family Health Center Exercise

Alisha Carson with Joe DiFranza, MD
Nicotine Dependence

Amanda Johnson with Carole Upshur, EdD
Health Status and Perinatal History of Young Children with Behavioral Issues in Preschool

Anna Bingham with Chyke Doubeni, MD, MPH
Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Colorectal Cancer