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Be involved with soccer for young athletes with disabilities!
We received this opportunity to be involved with a soccer team in the South End that coaches 7/8 year old boys and girls. Please see the following message:
My name is Valeda Britton and I am the Executive Director of Community Relations for the Med Campus.
Each year, my office sponsors one of the Fall South End Soccer teams. We usually sponsor the 7/8 yr old boys & girls team. The nice thing about being a sponsor is that South End Soccer is free for over 340 youth living in Boston. Our assistance helps with equipment and uniforms.
My friend and President at South End Soccer is looking for volunteers to be Coaches & "Buddies" for TopSoccer at Rotch Playground (30 Randolph Street between Harrison and Albany Streets). This will involve assisting young athletes with disabilities to participate in structured fun activities.
The commitment is 2 hours (8:30-10:30 am) on Saturdays mornings from the end of September to November (approximately 5 weeks). If you are interested in TopSoccer either as a coach or "buddy", please contact me at Vjbritto@bu.edu and I can put them in touch with my contact or they can email www.southendsoccer.org or southendsoccer@gmail.com. Feel free to send me an email if you have any questions.
See flyer here: SES_programs & volunteers_2016
Leadership Opportunity for AAP!
Applications are due 5:00pm CT on September 15th, 2016
Deadline to apply for the Assistant District Representative (ADR) position to join the Medical Student Subcommittee is quickly approaching. Subcommittee members work together to produce new materials and resources for medical students interested in pediatrics, plan medical student programming of the AAP National Conference and Exhibition, and develop relationships between the AAP and Pediatric Interest Groups around the country. In addition, members work with residents and fellows in the larger Section on Pediatric Trainees (SOPT) to plan and facilitate advocacy efforts, membership initiatives, mentorship opportunities, and more.
The position is a 2 year commitment with a term beginning in January 2017 and concluding in December 2018, serving one year as the Assistant District Representative and a second as the District Representative.
We are looking for dedicated, passionate pediatric leaders! For an overview of the position of ADR and to apply, please review the job description posted here under "Medical Student Assistant District Representatives (ADR)".
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact AAP staff member Julie Raymond (JRaymond@aap.org) or District Chair Ali Mols (alisonmols@gmail.com).
4th Year Elective Opportunity at UT Rio Grande Valley
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine is offering the elective in advocacy and leadership development, Community for Children: At the Border and Beyond.
Community for Children is an International Elective in Community Pediatrics located on the Texas/Mexico border where Immigration and one's immigration status are a constant concern. The course is offered to upper level medical students, residents and fellows and graduate public health students.
http://communityforchildren.org/sites/default/files/Community%20for%20Children%20flier%20-%20For%202016-2017.pdf
NAS Cuddlers Service Learning Group
Dr. Elisha Wachman of BMC Pediatrics is working with BUSM to start a new service learning group that will focus on pediatrics and addiction.
The cuddler program is for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) secondary to in-utero opioid exposure. It will be based in the BMC newborn nursery and inpatient pediatrics units in collaboration with BMC Volunteer Services. Non-pharmacologic care, including infant holding, has been shown to significantly improve NAS outcomes, reducing the need for pharmacologic treatment.
Nina Gummadi ('19) and Leonie Hoyo ('20) will serve as student leaders for the program for 2016-2017. Please contact them at ngummadi@bu.edu and lmhoyo@bu.edu if you are interested in being added to the mailing list for opportunities with this program.
Rodman Ride 2016 – Bell in Hand Event!
We had our first fundraising event for Rodman Ride 2016! The event was at Bell in Hand Tavern in the Quincy Market/North End area. Bell in Hand generously offered free appetizers, and we collected a cover charge between 7-9PM that went directly to our Rodman fundraising.
Thanks to all who came or contributed! We appreciate your support!
4th Year Loeliger International Elective Scholarship
Interested in Global Health? Consider applying for the Loeliger 4th Year International Elective Scholarship through Child Family Health International.
The scholarship is inspired by Dr. Scott Loeliger, a family medicine physician, who in his career embodied the ideal of using an international experience to inspire a "local global health" career dedicated to health equity, multiculturalism, and underserved care in his own backyard.
According to the application, "selection will be based on demonstrated commitment to underserved, multicultural care domestically, as well as commitment to ethical/professional engagement internationally. The scholarship provides $1500 toward a CFHI 4th year elective that occurs January-May 2017. In addition, scholars will be provided tuition for Unite For Sights Global Health University Global Health Certificate Program."
Deadline is October 1 2016. Apply here.
Thank you to Molly Gorton Markowitz for publicizing this opportunity.
First Lunch Talk of 2016-2017!
PEDS held our first lunch talk of the academic year on Wednesday, August 10th 2016. Our "Primer to Peds" introduced students to the array of opportunities to take advantage of in pediatrics at BUSM/BMC.
Dr. Robert Vinci, Chief of Pediatrics at BMC, and Dr. Elyse Portillo, Chief Resident of BRCP, were in attendance to welcome students to pediatrics at BUSM, give advice, and inspire students to be involved. Dr. Vinci also discussed the importance of the Rodman Ride and we now have ten students on Team BUSM Medical Students!
If you're interested in participating in the Rodman Ride in any capacity - riding or fundraising - please sign up for our team at bmc.kintera.org/2016/busm. If you'd like to only help fundraise for the event, sign up as a "Virtual Rider".
At the meeting, we also encouraged students to sign up for an AAP membership, and had student leaders from the following pediatrics-related groups present to recruit students for their groups: CHAP, StreetCred, DREAM, PumpStart, Sidekicks, STEP, REACH, and CAPE. More information can be found about these groups under "Pediatrics-related Service Learning" and "Advocacy Opportunities" in the sidebar.
We look forward to our upcoming year!
Third Annual Pediatric Research Forum for Medical Students, September 3, 2016 in Orlando, Florida
We are pleased to announce the Third Annual Pediatric Research Forum for Medical Students.
http://pediatrics.med.ufl.edu/pediatric-medical-student-research-forum/
The Pediatric Research Forum for Medical Students is an exciting opportunity for students to share their research with peers.
The event takes place Saturday September 3, 2016 at the Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Orlando Florida.
Open to all medical students, this event takes place in conjunction with the annual meeting of the FCAAP.
Platform and poster presentations will be available for basic-science, biomedical engineering, translational or clinical research.
This program is sponsored by the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FCAAP), the University of Florida Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
Cash prizes will be given for the top oral and poster presentations: $500 for 1st; $250 for 2nd; and $100 for 3rd.
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There will be a keynote speech by Dr. Duane Mitchell, who is an international expert in immunotherapy for brain tumors.
Dr. Mitchell was recently recognized for one of The Top 10 Discoveries of the year in clinical medicine by the Clinical Research Forum.
http://clinicalresearchforum.org/page/2016TopTenAwardees
Duane Mitchell, MD, PhD
“Novel Approaches for Brain Tumor Immunotherapy in Children”
Phyllis Kottler Friedman Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery
State of Florida Endowed Cancer Research Chair
University of Florida College of Medicine
Co-Director of the Preston A. Wells Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy and Director of the UF Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program.
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Program Schedule
Friday, September 2, 2016: 7:00-10:00 pm Evening Reception
Saturday, September 3, 2016: Conference, Platform / Poster Presentations
7:00-8:00 am Welcome and breakfast
8:00-11:00 am Clinical / translational research oral presentations
11:15-12:30 pm Poster presentations
12:30-1:45 pm Lunch with keynote speaker
2:00-5:00 pm Basic science oral presentations
5:00-5:30 pm Awards
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*Registration (Required For All Forum Attendees)
Please register early, as attendance will be limited to the first 125 registrants and registration closes July 15, 2016.
Under Registration Type, select Medical Student (Research Forum).
For Company, list your academic institution and year (MS1, MS2, etc.)
You may pay by check or credit card. This covers only the $50 meeting registration cost.
IF your institution will be paying your registration fee, do not submit payment. Instead, select “check” as the Payment Method.
*Submitting an Abstract (If You’d Like to Present)
Submission Deadline: July 15, 2016. You will be receiving email notification of your acceptance and presentation type by July 22, 2016.
*Hotel Accommodations (If You’d Like a Room)
The FCAAP has secured an amazing hotel room block discounted rate at $199 per night (plus tax and fees) for Friday and Saturday.
There’s also an option for students to request that a student from another medical school be “matched ” with them to share a room and split costs!
To register, submit an abstract, and/or reserve a hotel room, begin here:
http://pediatrics.med.ufl.edu/pediatric-medical-student-research-forum/
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Attendees are also welcome to attend FCAAP meeting presentations.
For information about the FCAAP Annual Meeting, click here
Please encourage your medical students to attend.
Please contact me for any questions. SRIVKEES@UFL.EDU
We look forward to your participation!
Scott A. Rivkees, M.D
Professor and Chair
Department of Pediatrics
University of Florida
http://pediatrics.med.ufl.edu/
Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Oregon Health & Science University Diversity Program
Please let your FSA know if you are interested in this opportunity.
The OHSU Diversity Program for Visiting Students provides mentoring and financial assistance to students who have demonstrated personal experience or interest in diversity, health disparities, or serving underrepresented populations. This program is open to candidates who demonstrate this, have expressed interest in applying to an OHSU residency program, and at least one of the following: grew up in a rural community or have experienced significant disadvantage or adversity. Program goals and benefits include:
Program Goals
- Enhance student awareness of opportunities in academic medicine at OHSU and in Portland.
- Increase the number of diverse students applying to OHSU's Residency Programs.
- Provide mentoring and networking for diverse students.
Program Benefits
- Mentoring. All participants will be assigned a faculty advisor/mentor and be offered opportunities to network with other OHSU house staff and students.
- Financial Assistance. A stipend of $2,000 will be awarded to cover room and board and transportation during the rotation at OHSU.
Attached is a program flyer and an application form. For additional information, please contact Maya Severson in the Office of Graduate Medical Education at 503-494-8652 or seversom@ohsu.edu.
UCLA Visiting Elective Scholarship Program
The UCLA Department of Pediatrics Visiting Elective Scholarship Program (VESP) provides financial support to senior U.S. medical students who self-identify as being members of groups which are underrepresented in medicine, and who are interested in applying to UCLA for a senior clinical elective. The goal of the program is to expose traditionally underrepresented senior medical students from institutions outside of the Los Angeles region to clinical training in our academic pediatrics program, and to learn more about the Pediatrics Residency Training Program at UCLA. Benefits of the program include…
- Financial support for travel, housing and living expenses, up to $2,000 for each recipient.
- A faculty mentor will be assigned to each scholarship awardee, with the expectation that the mentor and awardee will meet at least once during the course of the elective period to discuss residency training and other career opportunities at UCLA.
- The program will host a networking event for scholarship recipients to meet residents and faculty from the UCLA Department of Pediatrics.
- Additional meetings with UCLA faculty will be arranged at the request of the student. For example, students interested in Ph.D. training may wish to meet with Division Chairs in relevant areas of research.
Applications are being accepted now through October 2016 for electives in the July through December 2016 time window. For more information on the program and application requirements, please contact Stella Tripp at stripp@mednet.ucla.edu or visit our websitehttps://www.uclahealth.org/Mattel/Pages/Visiting-Elective-Scholarship-Program.aspx.
Please contact Dr. Thompson or your FSA to discuss whether this would be a suitable program for you to apply to.