We are proud to work with a variety of students, including graduate students (MD, biostatistics, psychology, etc.), undergraduate research assistants, and volunteers.

Summer research program

Following their first year of medical school, students enrolled in family and underserved medicine programs at VCU have the opportunity to participate in a four-week research experience with us. Students are matched with faculty mentors to learn about primary care research by working with study team members on specific projects. Then, with the help of faculty mentors and staff, they develop a research question, complete the analysis, and present their findings during the closing symposium.

Summer 2024 (Class of 2027)

  • Rebecca Alemu

    Multi-Cancer Detection Test NCI CSRN Vanguard Study

    See slides

  • Cameron Kelly

    Patient Perspectives in Addressing Mental Health Needs in Primary Care

    See slides

  • Grace Rauch

    Pediatric Mental Health Outcomes in Low and High Behavioral Health Resource Areas

    See slides

  • Shaun Yu

    Petersburg VA: A Case Study on Opioids in Virginia

    See slides

Past years

  • Sarah Cole

    Alexis Dorsey

    Cecelia Hembrough

    Sanyam Patel

    Daniel Rivkin

    Ryan Tran

    Charayna Uppalapati

  • Austin Barnhardt

    Louisa Boswell

    Sarah Edwards

    Linh Luong

    Nihar Mahajan

    Beck Regan

    Akshaya Sekharan

    Victoria Strunk

  • Rawson Chase

    Helena Feldman

    Ronston Jackman

    Tala Khalefa

    Grace Miner

    Bari Scott

    Claudia Sollee

    Noelle Varney

    Julie Vu

    Taylor Walters

  • Sarah Barrett

    Sarah Beaverson

    Antonio Dominguez

    Teresa Elmore

    Divya Gutala

    Amy He

    Brooke Hess

    Abigail Hewitt

    Alex Hirsch

    Maya Johnson

    Melissa Le

    Zach Mayo

    Victoria Ngo

    Gaby Obedoza

    Kathleen Pugh

    Maggie Rossano

    Miranda Savioli

    Caitlyn Syptak

  • Saba Ali

    Alok Baral

    Kelly Cheung

    Charlotte Crider

    Amber Domako

    Nayla Labban

    Maia Mandel

    Sarah Beth Neal

    Hannah Rak

    Matthew Reynolds

    Hannah Shadowen

    Rachel Smith

    Katherine Webb

    Matthew Westfall

    Augustus White

  • Kevin Ghaffari

    Melanie Gray

    Deanna Hojati

    Sean Hurley

    Daniel Jordan

    Erica Lutins

    Robert Moy

    Saloni Patolia

    Lillian Singer

    Angelica Teng

    Emma Trachman

    Joe Tuck

Research assistants

Lisbeth Aguilar

Melinda Vo

Melinda presenting our poster at the Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) conference in Reston, VA

Melinda presenting our poster at the Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) conference in Reston, VA

Volunteers

Luke Johnson

Shreya Muscu

Graduate students

  • Erin Donahue

    PhD, Biostatistics

    Graduated in 2020

  • Camille Hochheimer

    PhD, Biostatistics

    Graduated in 2019

  • Martin Lavallee

    PhD, Biostatistics

    Graduated in 2022

  • Kristen O'Loughlin

    PhD, Clinical Psychology

    Graduated in 2023

  • Alicia Richards

    PhD, Biostatistics

    Graduated in 2023

  • Hannah Shadowen

    MD/PhD Candidate, School of Medicine

    Graduated PhD in 2024

  • David Zhu

    MD/PhD Candidate, School of Medicine