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  5. DBMI Faculty Mentor Students Through Cancer Research Internship

DBMI Faculty Mentor Students Through Cancer Research Internship

Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) faculty worked with medical students interested in cancer research through the Health Partnership in Cancer Research (PCAR) summer research program.

The program is funded by a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health and is led by Dr. Thomas Kelly, Professor of Pathology and Associate Director of Cancer Research Training and Education in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, and Diane McKinstry, BBA, Summer Program Manager.

Mentors and lecturers this year included Drs. Donald Johann and Kevin Sexton of DBMI, along with Drs. Kelly, Alan Tackett, Nathan Avaritt, Katy Marino, Marius Nagalo, Samantha Kendrick, Jesús Delgado-Calle, Valandra German, Behjatolah Karbassi, Martin Cannon, Henry Wong, Fenghuang Zhan, Fen Xia, Richard Nicholas and Richard Crownover.

Read more in the UAMS Newsroom.

Posted by adavis2 on October 18, 2022

Filed Under: Department News, Research

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