Program Description
The overall goal of the FLEX Scholarly Concentration Course is to provide the student with rich, engaging research experience provided through a mentored relationship with a faculty member in either the clinical or basic sciences. A successful research experience is one that is rewarding to both the student and the mentor with, as one desired outcome, progress toward a publication co-authored with the student. At the culmination of the FLEX Phase, all students will present their work at the FLEX Fair in either oral or poster format.
FLEX Concentration Course Learning Objectives
- Evaluate the literature to identify a focus for a scholarly project that will advance what is currently known about health and disease (PL 3)
- Apply a systematic approach to design, implement and evaluate a scholarly project (MK 8)
- Assess outcomes of work on a scholarly project to define appropriate next steps (PD 2)
- Present scholarly work clearly and concisely in a structured abstract, poster and verbal poster presentation (CS 1)
Mentor Role and Responsibilities
Check out the MUSC Research Fact Sheet (PDF)
FLEX-Specific Research Opportunities
- AI/Machine Learning/Data Science
- G.Hamilton Baker, M.D.
- Alexander Alekseyenko, Ph.D.
- Arman Kilic, M.D.
- Terry Charles, M.D.
- Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
- Anesthesia Clinical Research - General Information
- Kenneth Catchpole, Ph.D.
- Michael Scofield, Ph.D.
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Joseph Delaney, Ph.D.
- David Thomas Long, Ph.D.
- Jennifer Stancill, Ph.D.
- Biomedical Informatics Center (BMIC)
- Abolfazl Molallo, Ph.D.
- George Hanna, Ph.D.
- Paul Heider, Ph.D.
- Dmitry Scherbakov, Ph.D. (postdoctoral fellow)
- Sari Mayhue, Ph.D. (postdoctoral fellow)
- Cardiology
- Amy Bradshaw, Ph.D.
- Kristine DeLeon-Pennell, Ph.D.
- Valerian Fernandes, M.D.
- CARES Clinic
- Sean Haley, M.D., MPH, BSB
- Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
- Lalima K. Madan, Ph.D.
- John O'Bryan, Ph.D.
- Joachim Uys, Ph.D.
- Charleston Research Institute
- Alcohol Septal Ablation Project
- College of Health Professions
- Jacob Mintzer, M.D., M.B.A.
- Digestive and Liver Disease Research (NIDDK) Training Grant
- Drug Abuse Research Training (DART) (Please apply by October 1)
- Jane Joseph, Ph.D.
- Allison Wilkerson, Ph.D.
- Hematology and Oncology
- Kimberley Youkhana, M.D., MSCR
- Infectious Diseases
- Ruth Adekunle, M.D.
- Scott Curry, M.D.
- Susan Dorman, M.D.
- Jessica Lewis, M.D.
- Richard Lueking, M.D.
- Eric Meissner, M.D., Ph.D.
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Leonardo M. R. Ferreira, Ph.D.
- Wei Jiang, M.D.
- Carsten Krieg, Ph.D.
- Christina Voelkel-Johnson, Ph.D.
- Nephrology
- Tibor Fulop, M.D., Ph.D.
- Daria Ilatovskaya, Ph.D.
- Josh Lipschutz, M.D.
- Neurology
- Robert J. Adams, M.S., M.D.
- Parneet Grewal, M.D.
- Neuroscience
- Heather Boger, Ph.D.
- Jane Joseph, Ph.D.
- Jacqueline McGinty, Ph.D.
- Jennifer Rinker, Ph.D.
- Kumar Sambamurti, Ph.D.
- Makoto Taniguchi, Ph.D.
- Neurosurgery
- Arabinda Das, Ph.D.
- Ramin Eskandari, M.D.
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Emma-Hill O'Toole (OBGYN Student Coordinator)
- Oral Health Sciences
- Andrew Jakymiw, Ph.D.
- Chad Novince, Ph.D.
- Subramanya Pandruvada, Ph.D.
- Ozlem Yilmaz, Ph.D., D.D.S.
- Orthopedics and Physical Medicine
- Richard Friedman, M.D., FRCSC
- Christopher E. Gross, M.D. and Daniel J. Scott, M.D., MBA
- Robert Murphy, M.D.
- Jessica Thaxton, Ph.D.
- Sarah Van Nortwick, M.D.
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopedic Trauma
- Alexander Chiaramonti, M.D.
- William Barfield, Ph.D.
- Langdon Hartsock, M.D.
- Leah Herzog, M.D.
- Lindsay Luce, M.D.
- Kristoff Reid, M.D.
- Stacey Rothwell, P.A.
- Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- Judy R. Dubno, PhD.
- Shaun Nguyen, M.D., FAPCR
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- William Hill, Ph.D.
- Hainan Lang, M.D., Ph.D.
- Demetri Spyropoulos, Ph.D.
- David Turner, Ph.D.
- Pediatrics
- Hamilton Baker, M.D.
- Andrea Boan, Ph.D., MSCR, PA-C
- Catherine Bradley, Ph.D.
- Casey G. Langdon, Ph.D.
- Kyu-Ho Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Pediatric Cardiology
- Dalila Lewis, M.D., Pediatric Neurology
- Elizabeth Mack, M.D., M.S.
- Jezabel Rodriguez Blanco, Ph.D.
- Carol Wagner, M.D.
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Matthew Carpenter, Ph.D.
- Virgina Fonner, Ph.D., M.P.H.
- Emily Gottfried, Ph.D.
- Erin McCLure, Ph.D.
- Lisa McTeague, Ph.D.
- Stephane Meystre, M.D., Ph.D.
- Jennifer Rinker, Ph.D.
- Public Health Sciences
- Alexander Alekseyenko, Ph.D., Host-Microbiome Interactions
- Brandon Welsh, M.S., Ph.D.
- Radiology
- Tiana Keener (Medical Student Education Coordinator)
- Sundar Balasubramanian, Ph.D.
- Tilman Emrich, M.D.
- Donna Roberts, M.D.
- U. Joseph Schoepf, M.D.
- Maria Spampinato, M.D. / Donna Roberts, M.D.
- Akos Varga-Szemes, M.D., Ph.D.
- Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology
- Silvia Guglietta, Ph.D.
- Samar Hammad, Ph.D.
- Antonis Kourtidis, Ph.D.
- Henry Sucov, Ph.D.
- Rheumatology and Immunology
- Tammy Nowling, Ph.D.
- Jim Oates, M.D.
- Surgery
General Research Opportunities
