Bayview Summer Scholars Program

Every summer, medical researchers and faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bayview campus host approximately 100 students. Programs at the National Institute of Aging and National Institute of Drug Abuse, as well as several Johns Hopkins University programs, focus on recruiting under-represented minorities and those from underprivileged backgrounds with the goal of increasing diversity in academic medicine and science.

The goal of Summer Scholars is to create a campus-wide program that will be seen as a national model to increase diversity within academic medicine. Through collaboration, we hope to enrich the programs that we currently have, broaden the applicant pool for all campus-based programs and strengthen the future financial foundation for these initiatives through partnering and attracting new external support.

Existing Summer Scholars programs at the Johns Hopkins Bayview campus include:

• Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program
• NIH/NIA Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
• Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Summer Internship
• Recruitment & Training for Under-Represented Populations (RTURP) Program

 
2011 Summer Scholars Research Presentation

The 2011 Summer Scholars presented their research findings at a lunch session on Tuesday, July 26. Special guests in attendance included Jean Lud Cadet, M.D., chief of molecular neuropsychiatry research at NIDA/NIH, and Richard G. Bennett, M.D., president of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.

Photo (from left to right):  Jean Lud Cadet, M.D., Shibani Chettri (Paint Brush High School), Joshua Newman (University of Maryland), Safiya Correia (Wheaton High School), Kia Watson (Richmond Community High School), Devon Hitt (Roland Park Country School), Richard Bennett, M.D.
 

MERIT Scholars Select Their Mentors for Summer 2011

On Wednesday, June 29, nine high school students from the Baltimore City Public School System had the chance to meet and interview current medical students with the goal of selecting a compatible summer mentor. Through this "speed dating" event, the nine MERIT (Medical Education Resources Initiative for Teens). Scholars learned not only what it takes to get to medical school, but also why students choose to pursue such an arduous path. The summer mentors will continue to support the MERIT Scholars as the high school students complete their own summer internships at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.

MERIT is an organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing underprivileged high school students to pursue careers in medicine. Founded in September 2010, MERIT provides scholars with SAT prep lessons, life skills training, and personal assistance with the college admissions process.