STUDENT RESEARCH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN CRITICAL CARE NEUROLOGY -
THE NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
The goal of the Student Research Internship Program is to provide Columbia students career development opportunities in medical research. Qualified students will be exposed to the basics of medical research through a series of training modules and gain hands-on experience working on current research studies within the Neurology Intensive Care Unit.
All student researchers will be strongly encouraged to participate in the publication process and it is a realistic goal for every student to work towards shared authorship on a poster or paper for a peer-reviewed conference or journal. Advanced students will be encouraged to develop their own projects under the supervision and support of their mentor.
Below is a list of the research opportunities currently available.
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) Outcomes Project
A brain aneurysm is a sac, or bubble, that forms on an artery that supplies blood to the brain. If it ruptures patients begin to hemorrhage in and around their brain tissue, often severely. After aneurysmal rupture, 10% of patients die suddenly before ever receiving medical attention. Of the patients that do reach the emergency department or NICU, from 20% to 30% arrive comatose, of whom half die within 3 months. While these numbers are grim, research in the last twenty years has led to a much better understanding of this disease and has led to new treatment models and interventions that have greatly improved the long-term outcome of patients who survive an aneurysmal hemorrhage.
The subarachnoid hemorrhage outcomes project is an ongoing epidemiological study that has enrolled 700+ SAH patients over the last 8 years. A medical profile is constructed for each enrolled patient which involves interviewing the patient or family about their past medical history, documenting procedures, complications, radiology, and physiological status during their hospital stay, and following up with patients at 3 and 12 months to assess their current level of functioning and quality-of-life. This invaluable data allows us to address questions regarding SAH etiology and course, as well as evaluate the impact of existing and new therapeutics on outcome. Over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles have been produced from this study.
Premedical and medical students that can devote 8 hours a week for a minimum of 1 year are encouraged to apply for this opportunity. Currently we are accepting 8 students.
Neuro-ICU Continuous Multimodal Monitoring Project (NICU CMMP)
Continuous cardiopulmonary and physiological monitoring has become standard clinical practice when treating patients in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit. These measurements are used to assess the status of a specific process and are typically evaluated in isolation. Only recently has the computing capacity existed to begin to evaluate the relationships between physiological processes which enable treating physicians to get a much clearer picture of patient status.
The goals of the Neuro-ICU Continuous Multimodal Monitoring Project are two fold. First is to develop software tools to display and analyze available data in real-time. Secondly, to use data mining techniques to unravel the relationships that govern healthy brain function and to construct statistical models that can be used to predict future patient status that can be used to inform clinical decisions.
This is a great opportunity for premedical and medical students that have an interest in bioinformatics, bioengineering, and/or statistics. Students that can devote 8 hours a week for a minimum of 1 year are encouraged to apply for this opportunity. Currently we are accepting 2 students.
TO APPLY : Please send cover letter and resume to preprofessional@columbia.edu. This application also requires a transcript – in your email, please grant the preprofessional office permission to forward your transcript on to Dr. Schmidt as a part of your application.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, September 16, 2011.
To schedule an appointment: CLICK HERE
MEGAN M. RIGNEY
Assistant Dean
Preprofessional Advising
Center for Student Advising
Columbia College / Columbia Engineering
403 Lerner Hall
2920 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
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