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Research internships in Houston launch careers “Their undergraduate training is topnotch, and they have done and are doing excellent work as summer interns, graduate students, postdocs and faculty.” Dr. Storl notes that 65% of TMCSRIP interns have copublished their research in highly regarded medical journals, and all interns receive letters of recommendation from their mentors. These letters have helped interns gain acceptance “I would not be where I am today if it wasn’t for that internship to top-ranked medical and professional schools around opportunity,” said Katie Voigt-Flores ’11, physician assistant in the country, including Mayo, Yale, University of Chicago and hematology/oncology at Northwestern Medicine, Chicago. Washington University. Philosophy professor Dr. Heidi Storl is the founder and While the majority of interns are science majors, all director of the highly competitive summer internship program. Augustana students may apply. Other interns have worked in For the past 13 years, selected Augustana juniors have worked human resources, health care economics, medical illustration, alongside top physicians and researchers in the 50 institutions pastoral care, finance and law since the program began. of the Texas Medical Center, most notably the MD Anderson The Texas Medical Center Summer Research Internship Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine. Program, which recently was renamed SRIP@TMC, has advanced Through the years Augustana has been well represented by Augustana’s national reputation as a strong undergraduate the interns and those graduates who return to Houston. “Thank experience in the sciences. you for sending so many Augustana College students to Baylor On the next two pages, meet six former interns who College of Medicine!” posted Dr. Christine Beeton, Baylor understand the value of their TMCSRIP experience and continue College of Medicine, Department of Virology and Microbiology. to use what they learned in their careers today. continued next page
AUGUSTANA MAGAZINE | SPRING 2019
Augustana’s Texas Medical Center Summer Research Internship Program (TMCSRIP) has made a name for itself for offering life-defining experiences for Augustana students.
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