Summer Medical Student Respiratory Research Fellowship
Student Research Accomplishments

Student Research Accomplishments

Many of our students have presented their research at national conferences and contributed to peer-reviewed publications while completing the Summer Medical Student Respiratory Research Fellowship (SMURRF).

SMURRF Research Awards

Annual National Student Research Forum, Galveston, Texas

2024

  • Svitlana Shyrobokova (Hitesh Deshmukh, MD, Mentor) 2nd place in Basic Science
  • Elliott Brown (William Hardie, MD, Mentor) 2nd place for Best poster presentation in Pediatrics

2019

  • Sofia Chinchilla (Samir Shah, MD, Mentor): Best poster presentation, Microbiology & Immunology

2018

  • Hayley Flanagan (Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD, Mentor): Best poster presentation, Infectious Disease and Immunology Research

2017

  • Mahima Venkatesh (Suhas Kallapur, MD, Mentor): Second place in poster presentation in public health
  • Stephanie Herrin (Paul Kingma, MD, PhD, Mentor): Best poster presentation in Radiology AND Pediatrics Excellence Research Award

2016

  • Greg Lavins (Theresa Gilbert, Mentor), Best Poster presentation, Neuroscience & Cell Biology
  • Stephanie Kerlakian (Jason Wood, Mentor), Best Poster, Radiology Research ‐ 1st Place
  • Meera Basu (Louis Muglia, Mentor): Best Poster Presentation, Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Michael Zhou (Zackary Cleveland, Mentor): Best Poster, Radiology Research ‐ 2nd Place

2014

  • Abigail Stein (Patti Fulkerson, Mentor): Best Poster Presentation, Microbiology & Immunology
  • Patrick McWeeney (Simon Hogan, Mentor): Best Poster Presentation, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Emily Cassell (JP Clancy, Mentor): Award for Excellence in Pediatric Research

Annual Research and Service Symposium, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

2023

  • Heather Gamble (Mentor: Joanna Thomson, MD, Division of Hospital Medicine). Outstanding Merit, Clinical Medicine: "Hospital Outcomes Associated with Evidence-Based Recommendations for the Management of Pneumonia in Children with High-Intensity Neurologic Impairment".
  • Harsimran Makkad (Mentor: Cole Brokamp, PhD, Department of Pediatrics). Outstanding Merit, Other: "Assessing individual- and community-level proxies of socioeconomic status to improve racial fairness of pediatric asthma prediction algorithms".

2020

  • Yannan Huang (Grant Schulert, MD, PhD, Mentor): Best Poster Presentation, Clinical Medicine Research

2019

  • Rosario Alarcon (Jocelyn Myers, PhD, Mentor): Best Poster Presentation, Clinical Medicine Research

2018

  • Sofia Chinchilla (Samir Shah, MD, Mentor): Best Poster Presentation, Clinical Medicine Research
  • Sarah Marshall (Patricia Fulkerson, MD, PhD, Mentor): Best Poster Presentation, Basic Science Research

American Thoracic Society (ATS)

2022

  • Christopher McKenzie (Alister Bates, PhD, Mentor): Minority Trainee Development Scholarship

Apply to the Program

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Applications are due February 12, 2024

For University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Students, visit the UC application website.

For students not enrolled in The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, review application guidelines.

SMURRF Award Winners

Our 2024 National Student Research Forum award winner.

2024: Svitlana Shyrobokova

Our 2024 National Student Research Forum award winner.

2024: Elliott Brown

2023: Heather Gamble

2023: Heather Gamble

A photo of Christopher McKenzie.

2022: Christopher McKenzie

Our 2020 National Student Research Forum award winner.

2020: Rosario Alarcon

Photo of Sofia Chinchilla.

2019: Sofia Chinchilla

Our 2018 National Student Research Forum award winner.

2018: Hayley Flanagan 

Our 2017 National Student Research Forum award winners.

2017: Mahima Venkatesh and Stephanie Herrin

Our 2016 National Student Research Forum award winners.

2016: Greg Lavins, Stephanie Kerlakian, Meera Basu and Michael Zhou