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- UROP Associate Director Catalina Ormsby Receives Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award
- UROP Welcomes New Director: Dr. Michelle Ferrez
- Thirty Years of UROP: Explore More
- 30th Anniversary of UROP Program
- A two-way street: UROP Peer Facilitators support first-year, second-year, and transfer students in their research and academics — and learn from them in the process
- UROP adapts to COVID crisis
- Corey J. Schiffman, MD
- Brent Frey, DDS
- Jane Brown, PhD Candidate
- Yaera Spraggins, Recently Published UROP Alumni
- Scott Koenigbauer, PhD Candidate
- Olivia Negris, Doctoral Candidate
- Michael DiDonato, UROP Alumni
- Vivian Kurtz UROP Alumni
- Geoffrey Jenkins, UROP Alumni
- Rhonda Fields, MSW - UROP Alumni
- Trey Thomas UROP Alumni
- Elizabeth Schill UROP Alumni
- Ryan Shami UROP Alumni
- Melissa Manley, PhD Candidate
- Tejash Patel, PhD
- Hayley Hoffman UROP Alumni
- GradeCraft helps UROP students become more curious and better researchers
- Lamira Ray, MPH
- Joshua Hurlburt, DDS
- Megan Wampler - UROP Alumni
- UROP Student Spotlight - Yasmeen Berry
- Celina Romano, JD, PhD Candidate
- Mikel Haggadone, PhD Candidate
- Colby Hanley, UROP Alumni
- Ian Waters, PhD
- Yannah Melle UROP Alumni
- Nida Ali, MPH
- Julia Wang, MD-PhD
- Ryan McWay, Research Area Specialist Associate
- Aracely Marroquin, CCSFP Researcher Awarded Grant
- Undergraduate student research spring symposium goes virtual
- Shannon Shaughnessy UROP Alumni
- Asa Smith, PhD, RN
- Lisa Barrett, PhD
- Kartik Bhatt, MPH
- Sari Grossman UROP Alumni
- Erin Ealba Bumann, DDS, PhD, MS
- Michael Marzano, UROP Alumni
- Connie Truong, MD
- Dan Hearsch, MBA
- Alexis Mulski, PhD Candidate
- Kristin Fischer, MPH
- Sujay Shetty, UROP Alumni
- Shao Wei Chia - UROP Alumni
- Courtney Whitcher, BS
- Arjune Dhanekula, MD
- Thomas Talhelm, PhD
- Gretchen Chidester, PhD
- Smita Bhattacharya, MS
- Sydney Foy - UROP Alumni
- Dr. Peter Scott - Alzheimer's Research
- Dr. Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes Research Project Feature
- Dr. Teresa Satterfield Research Project Feature
- Dr. Lindsay Bornheimer Research Project Feature
- Dr. Lisa Wexler Research Project Feature
- Dream of Detroit UROP Community Partner
- Rodrigo Ramirez Lescano, Masters Candidate
- Community Development Advocates of Detroit - UROP Community Partner
- Detroit Food Academy - UROP Community Partner
- Dr. Stephanie H. Cook Research Project Feature
- Josh Katzenstein - UROP Alumni
- Dr. Bethany Hughes Research Project Feature
- Dr. Lorenzo García-Amaya Research Project Feature
- Andrea Pesch, PhD Candidate
- Cindy A. Schipani, JD Research Project Feature
- UROP Research Project Feature: Human Rights and Indigenous Rights in Africa
- Nortown Community Development Corporation - UROP Community Partner
- Cyrus Najarian, MD/PhD Candidate
- UROP Featured Alumni Maggi Li
- Dr. Mehboob Hussain - Research Project Feature
- Research Project Feature: TrialNet Type 1 Diabetes: Pathway to Prevention
- Dr. Nikhil Parekh - Research Project Feature
- Vincent Pinti - Neubacher Award Winner
- UROP Alumni John Soukar, PhD Student
- UROP Alumni Hannah Levy
- UROP Alumni Collin Beavan
- UROP Alumni Julie Felberg
- UROP Featured Alumni Austin Basley
- Emily Guo - Community Health Fellow
- Harsh Jhaveri, BSE
- Dr. Kathryn Swanson, DDS
- UROP Featured Alumni Michael Falbo
- Allyson Eastman, JD
- UROP Alumni Aida Mandić
- UROP Alumni Accolades
- Brooke Bacigal, MSt Diplomatic Studies
- Research Mentor Feature: Dr. Alvaro Rojas-Peña
- Research Feature: Andre Monteiro Da Rocha, PhD
- Research Feature: Nancy Harmon R.D.H.
- Research Feature: Mothering Justice
- UROP Research Feature: Kimberley Heinrich, Ph.D.
- Research Feature, Audrey G. Bennett MFA
- UROP Alumni Justin Gordon
- UROP Alumni Emily Yerington, MAT; MEd
- UROP Alumni Maya Millette
- UROP Alumni Jacob Blanksvard
- UROP Alumni Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
- UROP Alumni Andrew Arche
- UROP Alumni Savannah Jelneck
- Congratulations Virgil Watkins
- Congratulations Emmanuel Orozco Castellanos
- Congratulations to Solomon Trice and his mentor Professor John Valadez.
- Congratulations to Associate Professor William A. Calvo-Quirós on receiving the Best First Book in the History of Religions for his book Undocumented Saints: The Politics of Migrating Devotions
- Empowering young academics: U-M program humanizes research
- UROP Students Succesfully Collaborated with Mentor Dr. Fadhl Alakwaa
- Tech Meets Wellness: A CS Student Innovates a U-M Mental Health App
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What made you choose UROP?
This may sound cliche but I chose UROP for the research experience. I was oblivious to what research really entailed. I always thought of it as surfing through the internet in search of the meaning of a word or going to the laboratory in your lab coat to conduct chemical reactions. But through UROP, I have learned that research comprises of all these and more. Now, I know how to conduct research effectively to yield desired results results, as well as analyzing data and finding common trends in a specific research.
What UROP Program(s) were you a part of?
The First-Year Traditional UROP 2019-2020
Have you kept in contact with your research mentor?
Yes! I was able to reach out to my mentor beginning of this semester.
How did your UROP experience shape or inform the next steps you took in your academic and professional journey?
With the experience I have gained from UROP and especially working for my mentor, I plan to possibly minor in Women's and Gender studies. My research project reviewed reflections by the University of Michigan medical students who had completed rotations in hospitals in Ghana. Most of these students rotated in the Obstretrics and Gynecology Department, and expressed that they appreciate the exposure to different health populations, the hands-on surgical experience, and building cross-cultural relationships. They also shared that there is work that still needs to be done in improving the general health of women and I would love to be apart of that team, thus goal to attain this minor.
What drew you to the research project you worked on?
What drew me to the research project was its connection to my origins. I was born and raised in Ghana, West Africa, and was ecstatic to find that there was such a project led by a brilliant and wonderful individuals who are familiar with the country and spend most of their time there. It was not surprising that I immediately applied for the project upon realizing how honored I would be working for the betterment of my people.
What was the most exciting part of the project?
The project focused on the student exchange partnership that the University of Michigan has with major universities in Ghana, so students had the opportunity to go to Ghana and some students were able to come to this university as well. In November last year, 4 Ghanaian medical students came to the US and although I did not get to know them personally, I enjoyed meeting them. Not only did we have meaningful conversations about the rotations they were planning to do and how impactful it would be, they brought back stories from home that I missed dearly. Hopefully, when I go back home, I would be able to reconnect with them!
What are some recent publications or accomplishments that you are proud of?
Embedding international medical student electives within a 30-year partnership: the Ghana-Michigan collaboration
https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12909-020-02093-6
What advice would you give to a current UROP student?
Be patient with the project search, you will definitely get into a project that you would hopefully love! I say this because it took me some time to get myself the project I worked on. I applied for about 10 projects and was called back for 2 interviews, all of which I got rejected. I began contemplating whether to quit the program and reapply my sophomore year because it was in the middle of October and I did not know if I would get a project or not. However, my peer facilitator recommended not to do so and I am glad I listened to her because the last project I applied to was the one I got accepted! The application process may be tedious but once you get your hands on that project, you would appreciate the time you waited patiently for it.