Medical Student Summer Fellowships (Jack and Fay Netchin)

Medical Student Summer Fellowships

Duration: Three-month grants

Purpose: Support medical students conducting brain tumor research under the mentorship of neuro-oncology experts. These fellowships aim to inspire the next generation of physician-scientists to pursue careers in the brain tumor field.

Focus Areas:

• Brain tumor research
• Mentored research experiences

Eligibility:

• Medical students
• Must conduct research under mentorship of neuro-oncology experts

Geographic Scope: United States (based on recipient institutions)

Contact Information:

• American Brain Tumor Association
• 8550 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Ste 550
• Chicago, IL 60631
• Phone: 773-577-8750
• Website: abta.org/grants

2025 Recipients:

• Stephanie Bean, BS, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• Darwin Kwok, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
• Thomas Lai, BS, University of California, Los Angeles
• Vishva Natarajan, MS, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic
• Shree Pari, BS, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Kristen Park, BS, University of Pennsylvania
• Gopi Patel, BS, University of Florida
• Christian Ramsoomair, BA, Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami
• Robert Ruzic, MS, SUNY at Stony Brook
• James Trippett, MBE, University of California, San Francisco
• Alexander Wang, BS, Case Western Reserve University – School of Medicine