Thank You, Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) Mentors!
The Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) at MCW celebrated its 41st year this past summer. Throughout its existence, it has provided significant health research experience to nearly 2,000 participants, many of whom have made significant contributions to various science, education, and health profession fields.
MCW currently enrolls over 40 students and employs several faculty and staff members who are former program participants. SPUR hosted 32 participants this summer because of the generous support of our institutional leaders and faculty.
We would like to recognize those who supported SPUR ’24 with their time and/or resources: Adam Greenberg, PhD; Alison Ebert, PhD; Andrew Nencka, PhD; Anne Kwitek, PhD; Antje Kroner-Milsch, MD, PhD; Aprill Dawson, PhD, MPH; Aron Geurts, PhD; Bonnie Dittel, PhD; Brandon Tefft, PhD; Brian Smith, PhD; Calvin Williams, MD, PhD; Cecilia Hillard, PhD; Chris Kristich, PhD; Curt Sigmund, PhD; Daisy Sahoo, PhD; Dawn Wenzel, PhD; Elena Semina, PhD; Francesca Marassi, PhD; Frank Pintar, PhD; Gwen Lomberk, PhD; Jennifer Tuscher, PhD; John Corbett, PhD; John Mantsch, PhD; Jonathan Marchant, PhD; Joni Williams, MD, MPH; Joseph Carroll, PhD; Justin Grobe, PhD, FAHA, FAPS; Kajana Satkunendrarajah, PhD; Kathleen Schmainda, PhD; L. Tugan Muftuler, PhD; Michael Deininger, MD, PhD; Michael McCrea, PhD; Michael Zimmermann, PhD; Olena Isaeva, PhD; Peter LaViolette, PhD, MS Pui Lam, PhD; Ramani Ramchandran, PhD; Raul Urrutia, PhD; Roy Silverstein, MD; Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen, PhD; Vera Tarakanova, PhD; Vincent Mathews, MD; Yiliang Chen, PhD.
We want to extend a special thanks to Daisy Sahoo, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Dean of the Graduate School, for her unwavering support.
The application for SPUR ’25 will be available starting October 1, 2024. For information about hosting a participant, please reach out to spur@mcw.edu.