Scholars, Students, Interns
Visiting Scholars | Medical Students | Post-Graduate Interns | Undergraduate Interns
Previously Affiliated
Visiting Scholars
The SUDDEN project accepts a limited number of domestically and foreign trained medical graduates while preparing for entrance into an internal medicine residency program. Visiting scholars gain experience in leadership by becoming responsible for quality assurance projects, training rotating medical students, and by designing and managing their own clinical research project. The visiting scholar will also benefit from the mentorship of several physicians who will guide the scholar through the residency application process. You must be finished with your medical school graduation requirements when you arrive at UNC for an unpaid research internship. Research experiences are offered on a space available basis to those who submit appropriate application materials. Our previous visiting scholars have done research on chronic respiratory illness, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems coding, seizures, left ventricular hypertrophy, lipids, diabetes etc. The internship is approximately 4-6 months in duration.
If you are interested in getting involved please contact us and we will respond as soon as possible.
Current Scholars
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Chani Hodonsky, MSPH UNC Gillings School of Public Health |
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Nisha Hosadurg, MBBS UNC Department of Cardiology |
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Kyaw Khant, MBBS UNC Gillings School of Public Health |
Joan Maradey, MD UNC Department of Internal Medicine Medical Resident |
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Cornelia Virus. PhD UNC Department of Cardiology Post-doctoral Fellow |
Medical Students
The SUDDEN project accepts a limited number of domestically and foreign trained medical students during each academic year for clinical research. You must be in your final year of medical school when you arrive at UNC for an elective. Research experiences are offered on a space available basis to medical students who submit appropriate application materials. Our previous visiting medical students have done research on chronic respiratory illness, ICD coding, seizures, LVH, etc. The elective is approximately four weeks in duration.
The two options of research electives available with SUDDEN are:
- Preventive Cardiology (MEDI481
- Guided Research-Cardiology/Sudden Unexpected Death, UNC Hospitals (MEDI520
For interested international medical students, all requests must be processed through https://www.med.unc.edu/oia/visiting-international-students.
For interested domestic or UNC medical students, all requests must be processed through https://www.med.unc.edu/ome/studentaffairs/visiting-student-program.
Current Students
Post-Graduate Interns
The post-graduate interns of the SUDDEN project have the exciting opportunity to truly diversify their skills in research and leadership while preparing for entrance into medical school. The post-graduate intern gains experience in leadership by becoming responsible for hiring undergraduate interns, managing their weekly tasks, and training rotating medical students. Post-graduate interns are also responsible for data procurement and managing hospital and EMS relations. The post-graduate intern will also benefit from the mentorship of several medical doctors who guide the intern through the medical school application process. Those doctors also contribute to the production of the post-graduate intern’s own research manuscript. The ideal candidate is a task-oriented self-starter that can remain organized when managing varied responsibilities.
If you are interested in getting involved please contact us and we will respond as soon as possible.
2016-2017 Post-Graduate Interns
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Tucker Brenizer UNC Chapel Hill ’14 |
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Alia Capone UNC Chapel Hill ’16 |
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Jessica Flowers Western Carolina University ’16 |
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Mariya Husain |
Undergraduate Interns
The undergraduate interns of the SUDDEN project have the exciting opportunity to gain experience in research and data management while exploring their interest in attending medical school. The undergraduate intern will gain exposure to epidemiological and clinical data as he or she works on the varied processes that build a data set, including data collection, management, and input. Undergraduate interns also have a unique opportunity to pursue their own research project. The undergraduate intern will also benefit from the mentorship of several post-graduate interns as they continue to explore the possibility of attending medical school. The ideal candidate has the initiative to recognize what needs to be done for the project on a weekly basis and complete the tasks accordingly.
If you are interested in getting involved please contact us and we will respond as soon as possible.
2016 Summer Interns
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Alex Donovan UNC Chapel Hill ’20 |
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Neil Patel UNC Chapel Hill ’18 |
Samip Patel UNC Chapel Hill ’18 |
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Sonali Patel UNC Chapel Hill ’18 |
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Benjamin Roberts UNC Chapel Hill ’18 |
Previously Affiliated Scholars, Students & Interns
Anthony Nwosu Visiting ScholarRidhima Monga Medical StudentKevin Rabii Medical StudentLevin Brown Medical Student Deepthi Gunasekaran Medical StudentMatthew Hunsucker Medical Student Ben Lyles
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Rohini Moanaktala Medical StudentFateeha Farrukh Medical StudentEric Jones Medical StudentNiyati Goradia Medical StudentWilliam Mosertz Medical StudentShruti Sinha Medical Student |
Enid Y. Sun Medical StudentAdemide Adelekun Post-Graduate InternRiya Thedki Post-Graduate InternJasmine Chigbu Post-Graduate InternCarter Devlin Post-Graduate InternNeil Mehta Post-Graduate Intern
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Mary Lewis Post-Graduate InternOmoye Oshehoho Post-Graduate InternNeil Patel Post-Graduate InternJames O’Bryan Undergraduate InternBrooke Namboodri Undergraduate Intern |