Congratulations to 2017 Student Supervisor of the Year, Imranul Alam (LHSI mentor), 2017 Student Employee of the Year, Roshni Patel (LHSI 2015-16), and 2017 Bowling-Jones Russo Memorial Undergraduate Research Award winner, Dana Oakes (LHSI 2015-16)! (L to R: Dana Oakes, Dr. Imranul Alam, Caylin Billingsley, Roshni Patel, Dr. Uma Sankar) Here’s a look back in… Read more »
mentors
Entries by or about our mentors.
mentors appreciating student employees this week
Tim Corson, Department of Ophthalmology, IU School of Medicine Mentoring is a great way to get people excited about science, and I was fortunate to have that experience as an undergraduate, which really set me on the path to a research career.
mentors appreciating student employees this week
Imranul Alam, Department of Endocrinology, IU School of Medicine Interns always bring fresh ideas, numerous questions and a lot of energy, all of which drive us to rethink and revisit everything we do. Interns also contribute significantly to refine the standard procedures and techniques that we follow and thereby help us relearning them for further… Read more »
2017 Forty Under 40: Nadia Nguyen Adams
Congratulations to Dr. Adams for being named one of the Indianapolis Business Journal’s Forty Under 40. She is an LHSI mentor! Inspired in part by her brother—who was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, causing severe brain damage—Adams has focused much of her career on patient care. Her work involves efforts to transform… Read more »
Rodents in Space
Check out this impressive article about one of our LHSI mentors who is sending rodents to space: Dr. Kacena takes bone healing study into space Melissa Kacena, PhD, associate professor of orthopedic surgery, returned to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center last weekend to guide astronauts aboard the International Space Station through reconstructive surgery as part of the #RodentResearchIV mission. Dr. Kacena and… Read more »
Showing up on time, taking the initiative, keeping the communication channels open, and taking pride in being part of a team are some of the key attributes that could make the internship experience fun and interesting for the interns. Komal Kochhar Dean’s Office and Department of Family Medicine, IU School of Medicine
Did you know each intern develops a relationship with a faculty mentor?
I think mentoring is a two way process, while the student gains from the mentor’s experience, the mentor hopes to gain from the student’s curiosity. Mythily Srinivasan, Department of Oral Pathology, Medicine and Radiology, IU School of Dentistry
What drives you?
Last week at the December luncheon, we asked the interns and their lab teams what motivated them. Check out the responses they put up on the board!
Mentor and Staff #firstsevenjobs
An article was recently published on LinkedIn about the hashtag #firstsevenjobs and what it says about the current job market and the young people who are entering the job force. It seems that fewer students work while they are in school because they are often busy with extracurricular activities and studying to get into prestigious… Read more »
Meet the Mentors
LHSI has worked with over 150 wonderful faculty and staff mentors over the years. They supervise and mentor our interns, ensuring they have a good experience and learn so much. “I was mentored through my undergraduate training through a formalized program. I would not be where I am without that mentoring. I knew nothing of… Read more »