Of the numerous training and research opportunities the REF offers, it is the Preceptorship Awards that best illustrate its commitment to ensuring the future of rheumatology.
By connecting a medical student with a mentor (preceptor) for a hands-on, real-world learning experience focused on rheumatology, the REF Preceptorship Awards give rheumatology professionals and medical students an opportunity to improve rheumatology’s future. Visit www.rheumatology.org/ref/awards for information about REF award and grant opportunities.
Please join use in congratulating the 2007–2008 Preceptorship Award Recipients, who began their award terms in July.
Medical Student Research Preceptorship
- Aimee K. Angle-Zahn, Preceptor: Jane E. Salmon, MD, Hospital of Special Surgery
- Christopher P. Deibert, Preceptor: Joseph M. Ahearn, MD, University of Pittsburgh
- James M. Kelley, Preceptor: Robert P. Kimberly, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Robert W. Koschik II, Preceptor: Thomas A. Medsger, Jr., University of Pittsburgh
- Eleni Nackos, Preceptor: Joan M. Von Feldt, MD, University of Pennsylvania
- Thomas M. Penoyar, Preceptor: Peter A. Simkin, MD, University of Washington, School of Medicine
- Balvinder Rehal, Preceptor: Nancy E. Lane, MD, University of California, Davis
- Robert Lee Salazar, Preceptor: Barry L. Myones, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor
- Xueyuan Shelly Wang, Preceptor: Joan M. Von Feldt, MD, University of Pennsylvania
- Daniel M. Wells, Preceptor: Leonard L. Dragone, MD, PhD, National Jewish Medical and Research Center
- Sophie L. Woolston, Preceptor: David Sherry, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Daniel C. Windels, Preceptor: Susan A. Boackle, MD, University of Colorado HSC
- Jeremy J. Zimmermann, Preceptor: Calvin B. Williams, MD, Midwestern University
Medical Student Clinical Preceptorship
- David R. Carrier, Preceptor: David George, MD, Reading Hospital and Medical Center
- Jennifer C. Cooper, PharmD, Preceptor: Robert V. Janson, MD, Denver VA Medical Center
- Brandi D. Eastman, Preceptor: Marcy Bolster, MD, Medical University of South Caroline
- Brian H. Horner, Preceptor: David H. Collier, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine
- Erin E. Meschter, Preceptor: Thomas M. Harrington, MD, Geisinger Medical Center
- Marisa C. Mizus, Preceptor: Joan M. Bathon, MD, Johns Hopkins University
- Elizabeth G. Riccardi, Preceptor: Hom Neupane, MD, Upstate Medical Center
- Megan L. Shparago, Preceptor: R. Deaver Collins, Jr., MD, Arthritis Associates of MS
- An T. Tran, Preceptor: Daniel George Arkfeld, MD, University of Southern California
Health Professional Graduate Student Preceptorship
- Steffany Haaz, MFA, Preceptor: Susan J. Bartlett, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
- Cynthia W. Karlson, Preceptor: Michael Rapoff, PhD, University of Kansas
- Deepak Kumar, PT, Preceptor: Katherine T. Rudolph, PhD, University of Delaware
- Mei Yang, MA, Preceptor: Yuqing Zhang, DSc, MPH, Boston University School of Medicine
- Haoyang Zhuang, Preceptor: Westley H. Reeves, MD, University of Florida
Resident Research Preceptorship
- Shannon M. Rylee, MD, Preceptor: Ram Raj Singh, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
- Korey L. Ullrich, MD, Preceptor: John D. Reveille, MD, University of Texas HSC
Preceptorship Award Recipient Becomes Published Researcher
Ever since Noa Schwartz was a child growing up in Israel, she knew that she wanted to help people. “I always had an affinity to be there for people, to help when I saw someone in need,” she recalls. When it came time to decide on a career path, Schwartz knew immediately that the healthcare industry would allow her to help in extraordinary ways.
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