MUSC FLEX Research Elective

The DART Program offers FLEX Research Elective for medical students at MUSC.

Select students will be matched with a mentor who will work closely with and guide the student through a research project. Students will gain experience collecting data, running analyses, scientific writing and training through weekly didactic seminars and journal club meetings alongside other DART trainees.

This program is open only to MUSC College of Medicine FLEX Students. The deadline for 2026 DART FLEX Program applications is Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Selection Notices will be emailed Monday, September 1, 2025.

Application materials:

• CV
• Letter of Interest - Please describe your research interests in your Letter of Interest
• 1 Letter of Recommendation

Notices of selection will be e-mailed.

Questions? Please contact DART Program Coordinator, Hailey Britt.

DART FLEX Trainees

2024

Priyanka Rao

Mentored by Lisa McTeague, Ph.D.

Angela Schmugge

Mentored by Liz Santa Ana, Ph.D.

2023

Angela Bailey Hice

Mentored by Amber Jarnecke, Ph.D.

2022

Jelissa Suarez

Mentored by Tom Uhde, M.D. & Alison Wilkerson, Ph.D.

Research focus: Literature Review of Autonomic Impairment Identified in Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence

Sonali Parmar

Mentored by Lisa McTeague, Ph.D.

Chris Baltimore

Mentored by Lisa McTeague, Ph.D.

2020

Peter Leahy

Mentored by Erin McClure, Ph.D. and Rachel Tomko, Ph.D.

Julia Rodes

Mentored by Kelly Barth, D.O., Taylor Crouch, Ph.D., and Jeffrey Borckardt, Ph.D.

Layne Walker

Mentored by Lisa McTeague, Ph.D.