Digestive & Liver Disease Track

Don Rockey, M.D.

rockey@musc.edu

MUSC has obtained a training grant through the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) that will support training Medical Students interested in GI and liver disease research. The goal of this training grant is to pair highly motivated students with experts with expertise in GI and/or liver disease research who are committed to mentoring Students. The grant will support the following specific efforts:

1. It will provide students with a focused research experience by becoming engaged with a highly successful digestive and/or liver disease Mentor during the second year
2. It will provide Students with focused curricular course work in digestive and liver disease research

This training grant provides an ideal opportunities for students to become engaged in GI and/or liver disease research. The environment for Students to participate in GI and liver disease research has never been better. Ultimately, it is expected that some of the Students participating in this program will choose to pursue a career in GI and liver disease research.

Below is a list of potential mentors and their areas of research. Mentors can be contacted directly by email.

*Representative grants (PI or MPI) are shown.
#Those with K award or equivalent funding are considered emerging mentors, and themselves have a mentor.