Research and Scholarly Advancement Fellowship (RSAF)
Important Dates and Information
Program Dates: May 20 - July 26, 2024
Application Deadline: January 15, 2024
Acceptance Notice: February 15, 2024 (Tentative)
2024 RSAF Guidelines
Proposal Information Form (Required)
(Instructions for Completing Proposal Information Form: Open Link, Under Edit Document, Select Open in Desktop App)
Proposal Submission Link
About the Research and Scholarly Advancement Fellowship (RSAF) Program
All Heritage College students who will successfully complete the Year 1 medical school curriculum by the end of the spring semester are invited to apply for the RSAF program. Students must be in good academic and professional standing, with no Code of Professional Standards violations on record. Students from all three Heritage College campuses are encouraged to apply.
Under the guidance of the mentor, students conduct intensive short-term (10-week) research projects in selected areas of biomedical/basic, social-behavioral medicine, primary care, medical education or clinical investigation. Students will participate in a core curriculum consisting of seminars on broad topics in medical research. They will complete an oral or poster presentation describing their research, to be presented during the last week of the summer program.
The objectives of the RSAF program are to provide a valuable experience for highly motivated and talented medical students to participate in a defined research project; to acquaint students with scientific methodology; to enhance their analytic and laboratory skills; and to provide an opportunity to improve their presentation and writing skills. The program provides foundational skills for future physicians to use scientific evidence as a basis in their clinical decision making and to consider the possibility of pursing research as physician-scientists dedicated to enhancing health care.
The fellowship pays $3,000 to assist fellows with living expenses over the course of the program.
Students are expected to review the current program guidelines carefully as they contain very important information and details related to the program. Students must submit proposals according to the current program guidelines in order to be considered for funding.
Questions?
For additional information, please contact:
The Heritage College Office of Research and Grants, Nadine Borovicka, program manager, or Jessica Wingett, director of research administration and student research and RSAF program director
RSAF Class of 2023
Student Name | Project Title | Primary Mentor |
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Aaron Batke | Perturbed Gait Protocol Design to Evaluate Sensory-Cerebellar Structural Connectivity and Biomechanical Adaptations | Dr. Dustin Grooms |
Stephen Bell | Impact of the Intervention of Productive Gardens in the Communities of Guara, Chaquizhca, and Bellamaria after Implementation | Dr. Benjamin Bates |
Samuel Borgemenke | Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Diabetes Rates in Ohio | Dr. Allyson Hughes |
Talia Caridi | Health Literacy & Eliminating Chagas Disease | Dr. Benjamin Bates |
Jessica Chebra | Children's emotional and physiological responses to images associated with COVID-19 | Dr. Emily Guseman |
Matt Dugan | The Quadriceps Neural and Muscle Activation Patterns Elicited by Virtual Reality | Dr. Dustin Grooms |
Kenneth Jenkins | Improving Endothelium Function to Protect against Atheroma | Dr. Vishwajeet Puri |
Clarke Kellum | The Role of Social and Environmental Determinants, Obstetric Racism, and Cultural Factors on Black Women's Experiences of Breastfeeding in Northeast Ohio: a Qualitative Pilot Study | Dr. Sarah Rubin |
Thomas Krauss | The Effects of Piezo on Calcium Levels in Islets and Beta Cells | Dr. Craig Nunemaker |
Katherine Kulp | Aging and Frailty in Elderly Adults in Rural Ecuador | Dr. Graciela Muniz-Terrera |
Daria Kuperberg | Ukranian Female Refugees' Perceptions of Mental Health | Dr. Ilana Chertok |
Kristoforos Proko | Developing a Surgical Approach to Dissecting LIMA from Mice to Study Atheroschlerosis | Dr. Vishwajeet Puri |
Peter Saad | Identify the Case of Plaque Protection in the Left Internal Mammary Artery | Dr. Vishwajeet Puri |
Nicholas Scneker | Comparison of Injury Versus Other Top Causes of Death in the United States: 1900-2020 | Dr. Henry Xiang |
Bryan Soth | Quantifying Physical Performance during Typical Clinical Return to Activity Testing | Dr. Dustin Grooms |
Marlon Szczepaniak | Effects of Class I Glucose Transporter Antagonist DRB-18 on Advanced, Adrogen-Independent Prostate Cancer | Dr. Thomas Rosol |
Gabrielle Thayer | Impact of Productive Grardens in the Communities of Guara, Chaquizca, and Bellamaria after Implementation | Dr. Mario Grijalva |
Kendale Watson | The Role of Social and Environmental Determinants, Obstetric Racism, and Cultural Factors on Black Women's Experiences of Breastfeeding in Northeast Ohio: a Qualitative Pilot Study | Dr. Sarah Rubin |
Unique Willis-Norris | Relationship of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Work Activity in the Communitites of Chaquizhca, Guar, and Bellamaria | Dr. Mario Grijalva |
Louis Zheng | The Role of FSP27 in Atherosclerosis Resistance in Left Iternal Mammary Artery (LIMA) | Dr. Vishwajeet Puri |