On Monday, the SURES participants met with Dr. Mark Ebbert who told us about his work in neurodegenerative diseases using bioinformatics.
On Tuesday, the SURES participants chatted with Dr. Kevin Pearson who discussed aspects of mentoring as well as his work in diet, exercise and fetal programing.
On Thursday, we all met with Dr. Wendy Jackson, the Associate Dean for Admission in the UKCOM to learn about applying to medical school and the MD/PhD program.
This week, the SURF students met with a medical student, Mathew Melton who discussed his first year of medical school and his career journey. The SURF students met with Dr. Patrick Hannon who discussed his work on phthalates and reproductive dysfunction.
On Thursday, we were joined with the very talented actor, Marianne Miller who led us through a series of theatre improvisation exercises to help us enhance our oral communication skills.
On May 24, an outstanding group of students from the University of Kentucky, Michigan State University, Miami University, University of Miami, Centre College, Rochester Institute of Technology and Tulane University came together at the University of Kentucky campus. During our orientation, we learned about laboratory safety, responsible conduct of research, career planning and good oral communication. We also explored the campus by participating in a scavenger hunt and prepared for our work in the laboratory by tie-dying our lab coats. We are ready to go!!
