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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons<\/a> (STS) has awarded UNC medical student Eric Jernigan a Looking to the Future<\/a> scholarship to attend the STS annual meeting, to be held in Houston Jan. 21-25, 2017. Jernigan is finishing a research elective in cardiothoracic surgery. The award provides travel, lodging, registration and special programs during the STS meeting.<\/p>\n

The goal of the scholarship is to provide mentorship to general surgery residents and medical students training in the United States or Canada who are considering a career in cardiothoracic surgery.The scholarship winners have the opportunity to meet cardiothoracic surgeons who could be mentors, and to participate in workshops and labs.<\/p>\n

Muntasir Chowdhury, who worked as a research assistant for the UNC Children’s Heart Collaborative research group last summer, also received a Looking to the Future scholarship. Chowdhury is now a medical student at the Marshall University School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has awarded UNC medical student Eric Jernigan a Looking to the Future scholarship to attend the STS annual meeting, to be held in Houston Jan. 21-25, 2017. Jernigan is finishing a research elective in cardiothoracic surgery. 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