Craig Scholars Program
The Craig Scholars Program enables selected medical students to engage in research under the guidance of a research mentor the summer between their first and second years. The research must be conducted at UICOMP, and the research mentor must have a UICOMP faculty appointment. Prospective fellows are eligible to receive a $3,000 monetary award and are expected to work on their project during the summer months. All actively enrolled M1 students who are in good academic standing are encouraged to apply, regardless of prior research experience.
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Eligibility:
- UICOMP students only (MD/PhD students are not eligible)
- Only students who are academically eligible will be considered
- Students who have more than one unmet requirement at the time of application are ineligible
- Students may only participate in one summer fellowship program
- Students must be active and not on a leave of absence
Submit Your Application:
The application and required attachments must be submitted by MONDAY, March 10, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. Please name your application as follows: LastName.FirstName_Craig2025Application. If possible, please send submit your application and supporting documents as one pdf. For assistance, please contact Sandy Arreguin (sarreg@uic.edu).
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| Year | Name | Project Title | Mentor | Department |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Abdullah Arif | Adolescents’ adherence to a weight management program using technology to track health goals: A comparison of those with and without executive dysfunction | Tiffany Abrego, PhD | Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine |
| 2021 | Matthew Grammer | Determining the Effect of Dectin-1 Signaling Deficiency on Cognition in an Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Model | Ken-Ichiro Fukuchi, MD, PhD | Cancer Biology & Pharmacology |
| 2021 | Ajoke Maryam Iromini | How teen pregnancy correlates with access to outpatient contraception in high-risk community | Kaleb Jacobs, DO | Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| 2021 | DiReon Lowry | Family Medicine Preceptors: An Assessment of Needs | Gauri Shevatekar, MBBS, MPH, CHES | Family & Community Medicine |
| 2021 | Dina Nashed | Family Medicine Preceptors: An Assessment of Needs | Gauri Shevatekar, MBBS, MPH, CHES | Family & Community Medicine |
| 2021 | Michael Neff | Exploratory Analysis of Lymphocyte RNA-Seq Data in Septicemic Mus musculus induced with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Peter Gyarmati, PhD | Cancer Biology & Pharmacology |
| 2021 | David Qi | Proximal Catheter Occlusion Study | Julian Lin, MD | Neurosurgery |
| 2021 | Vinay Sama | Evaluation of the effect of MMP-12 suppression on post-stroke M1/M2 polarization dynamics of microglia/macrophages | Krishna Veeravalli, PhD | Cancer Biology & Pharmacology |
| 2020 | Melissa Dominguez | Disparities Affecting Health Outcomes by Medical Conditions Within Inpatient Care | Gauri Shevatekar, MBBS, MPH, CHES | Family & Community Medicine |
| 2020 | Katherine Floess | Disparities Affecting Health Outcomes by Medical Conditions Within Inpatient Care | Gauri Shevatekar, MBBS, MPH, CHES | Family & Community Medicine |
| 2020 | Nejla Ghane | Adolescents' Adherence to Weight Management Program Using Technology to Track Health Goals: a comparison of those with and without executitve dysfunction | Tiffany Abrego, PhD | Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine |
| 2020 | Ayse Elif Kesaf | Investigating the Interplay Between B7-H3 and Autophagy Pathways in Medulloblastoma | Swapna Asuthkar, PhD | Cancer Biology & Pharmacology |
| 2020 | Cassandra Palmer | Effect of Genetic Deletion of MyD88 on Post-Stroke Neurological Outcome | Krishna Veeravalli, PhD | Cancer Biology & Pharmacology |
| 2020 | Sergio Serafin | Multivariate Analysis of Loss of Consciousness vs Length of Stay | Mark Gonzalez, MD/PhD | Orthopaedic Surgery |
| 2019 | Chris Eberlin | Genetic Basis of Bleeding in Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome | Rohith Jesudas, MD | Pediatrics (BCDI) |
| 2019 | Kurt Hanebrink | Association Between Multiple Sclerosis and ResidentialConsumption of Pollutive Energy | Carl Asche, PhD | Center for Outcomes Research |
| 2019 | Bryan Makowski | Incidence of anti-TNF associated hepatic insufficiency as compared to non-TNF targeted immunotherapies for treating spondyloarthritides(SpA), psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis | Carl Asche, PhD | Center for Outcomes Research |
| 2019 | Ryan Martin | Effect of MMP-12 suppression on post-stroke neurological outcome | Krishna Veeravalli, PhD | Cancer Biology & Pharmacology |
| 2019 | Mohammed Mirza | Mitochondrial DNA Degradation in Neurologic Disease: Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s | Pedro de Alarcon, MD | Pediatrics |
| 2019 | Breanna Sullivan | Effects of Glenosphere Size on Shoulder Range of Motion PostReverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty | Miguel Ramirez, MD | Surgery (Orthopedics) |
| 2019 | Brock Taylor | Does administration of intravenous acetaminophen in the immediate post-operative period decrease cumulative opioid use in pediatric patients? | Anil Kumar Swayampakula, MD MPH | Pediatrics |
| 2018 | David Gao | Trafficking of testosterone receptor TRPM8 to plasma membrane | Ella Zakharian, PhD | Cancer Biology & Pharmacology |
| 2018 | Laura Jorgenson | Attenuation of the severity of post-ischemic inflammation: effect on the neurological recovery of stroke-induced rats | Krishna Veeravalli, PhD | Cancer Biology & Pharmacology |
| 2018 | Andrew Schaver | Effect of prone positioning on Ulnar Nerve injuries | Miguel Ramirez, MD | Surgery (Orthopedics) |
| 2018 | Wade Smith | Small molecule inhibition of EZH2 Suppresses B7-H3 expression and medulloblastoma cell proliferation | Swapna Asuthkar, PhD | Cancer Biology & Pharmacology |