LFC-RFUMS Summer Research Fellows Program
Program News
LFC-RFUMS Scholar Pascal Accoh ‘12 wins prize at 2011 Chicago Pharmacology Meeting
Fourteen 2011 LFC-RFUMS Summer Fellows tapped
Two Fellows win prizes at the 2010 Chicago Pharmacology Meeting
Read this student-authored LFC-RFUMS program story in the 2011 issue of Eukaryon
Meet our Fellows
Class of Summer 2011
Rabia Khan ‘14*
Sohail Khan ‘14*
Lani Leong ‘14*
Jody Buck ‘13
Dillon Gilbow ‘13
Gaelle Hollandbeck ‘13
Ashley Reich ‘13
Kaila Stephens ‘13
Pascal Accoh ‘12
Kayla Ahlstrand ‘12
Daniella Brutman ‘12
Kristi Johnson ‘12
Pete Sullivan ‘12
Shabana Yusufishaq ‘12
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Class of Summer 2010
Kristen Braun ‘13
Ashley Reich ‘13
Pascal Accoh ‘12
Kristi Johnson ‘12
Shabana Yusufishaq ‘12
Jon Flaksman ‘11
Lisa Pahomov ‘11*
Ashleigh Porter ‘11*
Will Press ‘11*
Natalie Simak ‘11
Derek Atchley ‘10*
Daryn Cass ‘10*
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Class of Summer 2009
Pascal Accoh ‘12
Shabana Yusufishaq ‘12
David Konefal ‘11
Ashleigh Porter ‘11
Natalie Simak ‘11
Britany Stern ‘11
Shannon Wer Voert ‘11
Derek Atchley ‘10
Daryn Cass ‘10
Bobby Hodges ‘10
Stephanie Feld ‘10
Paige Keasler ‘10
What do our scholars say?
Shabana Yusufishaq’12
Biology and Secondary Education major- Shabana is pursuing her biology senior thesis at RFUMS this year.
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“I am doing research because I believe that it is an invaluable experience for anyone who goes into the field of science because it introduces one to where all the discoveries we learn about in our classes are made. I chose to work in the pharmacology department at RFUMS, specifically a lab which pays particular regard to animal behavior. Plus, as a future biology teacher I think it will add to what I bring to the classroom. The idea that we can understand aspects of human behavior by observing other mammals interested me. Mammalian animal models allow us to not only observe why a given behavior might occur, but the animals also provide us with the opportunity to try out treatments that can potentially benefit human health.”
In 2009, Lake Forest College began a unique summer research training program for our science majors at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS), located just 10 minutes away from campus by car or train. Since then, each summer, between 10-15 undergraduates (from first year to senior thesis students) have conducted 10-12 weeks of paid research as LFC-RFUMS summer fellows. Alums of this program are successfully pursuing PhDs, medical school, physical therapy, optometry, and other scientific careers.
To see the full description of the RFUMS summer fellows program, click here.
Each student works in specific medical school professor’s lab carrying out original medical research in the areas of cell and molecular pharmacology, neuroscience, cell biology and anatomy, biochemistry and molecular biology, pathology, microbiology and immunology, and physiology and biophysics. The student is eligible to receive summer housing and participate in cafeteria meal plans at Lake Forest College.
Since 2009, more than 30 biology, chemistry, neuroscience, and psychology majors have been accepted into this program. Several have already conducted significant research that led to win undergraduate poster prizes at scientific conferences and become co-authors on scientific manuscripts published in major journals. Additionally, they have gained exceptional professional mentors among the faculty at a major medical school.
To see a poster session of work presented by our summer fellows in summer 2010, click here.
Our fellows regularly present and win honors for their work at Chicago area scientific conferences, such the Chicago Society for Neuroscience Meeting and the Great Lakes Chapter of the American Society for Pharmaceutical and Experimental Therapeutics.
Program Contact:
Dr. Shubhik DebBurman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology
Email: debburman@lakeforest.edu
Phone: 847-735-6040
Room 201, Johnson Science Center
For summer 2012 applications:
The applications for 2011 summer are now closed.
Summer 2012 applications will be available in January 2011. The deadline is March 1, 2012. However, given the high popularity of the program, students should strive to indicate their interest by late fall semester and apply in January 2012.
Download the Lake Forest College application form
Note: Several students in this program also conduct academic year internships at RFUMS, either in the same lab or in a different one. It is not unusual for a student to start with summer research, and continue in the same lab during the academic year, or vice versa.
For those who wish to apply for academic year internships at RFUMS, please contact:
Dr. Lynn C. Westley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biology Department, N11
Email: westley@lakeforest.edu
Phone: 847-735-6048
