Undergraduate Summer Research Program
Our 10-week Stanford Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) Undergraduate Summer Research Program is designed to train undergraduate students in cardiovascular research in the laboratories of CVI-affiliated faculty members. Undergraduate summer research at Stanford CVI is supported by the American Heart Association, The National Institutes of Health, and the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute. We will be offering a stipend of $6,000 or $8,000 depending on whether the program is virtual or in-person. Housing is not provided.
During the 10-week summer program, students work full-time in the labs of CVI research mentors. Throughout the summer, additional programming is provided in the form of cardiovascular science seminars, panels with graduate program admissions teams, professional development seminars, social events, and career path conversations with faculty, students, and industry professionals. The program ends with a symposium allowing the students to showcase their work to the CVI community.
The program will run between June and August 2021. Exact program dates will be forthcoming. We are now accepting applications and closing applications on January 15, 2021. The CVI Summer Undergraduate Research Program is intended to be in-person in 2021, but there remains a strong possibility that it will be virtual.
Eligibility
- Must be a US Citizen, Permanent Resident, or holder of one of the following visas: F-1, H1, H1B, J1, PR, TC or TN
- To qualify for the program, you must be entering at least your second year of an undergraduate degree program in Fall 2021. Individuals graduating from an undergraduate degree program in Spring/Summer 2021 are also eligible.
- No previous research experience is required.
- Individuals from groups underrepresented in academia (including but not limited to: racial /ethnic minorities, gender/sexual minorities, first generation college students, disabled individuals, individuals from low income households) are particularly encouraged to apply!
Please contact our Office of Education and Outreach if you would like any additional information.
Below is a list of mentors who have participated in our program in the past. Many additional Stanford faculty members may also act as mentors in our program. Please indicate in your application if there are particular PIs that you are interested in working with.
2020 Awardees
Samantha Churovich
Stanford University
Mentor: Michael Fischbein
Katherine Hua
Grinnell College
Mentor: Philip Yang
Courtney Obasohan
UCLA
Mentor: Alison Marsden
Stefan Veizades
University of Edinbrugh
Mentor: Patricia Nguyen
Nickeisha Cuthbert
Claflin University
Mentor: Katrin Svensson
Amy Lam
Williams College
M: Edda Speikerkoetter
Aaron Panduro
CSU Fresno
Mentor: Alison Marsden
Neil Wary
Stanford University
Mentor: Marlene Rabinovitch
Lauren D'Amico
University of Washington
Mentor: Dan Bernstein
Obadiah Issachar Kirk
Western Kentucky Univ
M: Vinicio de Jesus Perez
Anson Seow
UC Merced
Mentor: Kristy Red-Horse
Samuel Wisecarver
East Tennessee State University
Mentor: Elsie Ross
Shila Deljookorani
Howard Comm. College
Mentor: Joseph Wu
Thalia Le
Emory University
Mentor: Vivek Bhalla
Robert Hickman
UC Santa Barbara
Mentor: Patricia Nguyen
Darlene Ferrer
University of Guam
Mentor: Ronglih Liao
Carissa Lee
Stanford University
Mentor: Sean Wu
Coral A. Torres Sanchez
Univ of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Mentor: Yasuhiro Shudo
Gerardo Gamino
Brigham Young University
Mentor: Fatima Rodriguez
Eries Jay Moreno
University of Guam
Mentor: Michael Ma
Lauryn Taylor
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Mentor: Michael Ma
2019 Awardees
Natasha Auer
UCSB | Mentor: Vinicio de Jesus Perez
Gabriela Escobar
Stanford University
Mentor: Sean Wu Lab
Sarah Madira
CSU Los Angeles
Mentor: Anson Lee
Caydin Sablan
University of San Francisco
Mentor: Ronglih Liao
Julianne Ballon
University of Guam
Mentor: Michael Fischbein
Breauna Franklin
Clemson University
Mentor: Nazish Sayed
Racheal Mezynski
N. Carolina State Univ
Mentors: Joe Wu & Huaxiao Yang
Lily Cheng
Univ of Michigan, AA
Mentor: Nazish Sayed
Roberto G. Hernandez
Univ of Puerto Rico
Mentor: Ke Yuan
Taylor Montiel
San Jose City College
Mentor: Joe Woo
Beatrice Choi
Stanford University
Mentor: June Rhee
Kelly Lancaster
UC Berkeley
Mentor: Ronglih Liao
Christian Beke Onana
Univ of Houston Downtown
Mentor: William Hiesinger
Lauren D'Amico
Univ of Washington
Mentor: Dan Bernstein
Rachel Lippman
Cornell University
Mentor: Mark Mercola
Raquel Racelis
San Francisco State University
Mentor: Kristy Red-Horse
Nashielli Diaz
Tufts University
Ioannis Karakikes Lab
Joseph Lohmann
University of Pennsylvania
Mentor: James Priest
Samantha Roach
Spelman College
Mentor: Yasuhiro Shudo
2018 Awardees
Jose Acosta-Julbe
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Natural Sciences College
(Vinicio de Jesus Perez Lab)
Ridhima Mishra
Stanford University
(Joseph Wu Lab)
Joy Udoh
Oberlin College
(Daniel Bernstein Lab)
Lily Cheng
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
(Joe Wu Lab)
Tyler Muser
Biola University
(Mark Mercola Lab)
Cali Loblundo
Villanova University
(Joseph Wu Lab)
Kailey Totherow
Stanford University
(Joseph Woo Lab)