杨贵妃传媒視頻

This is the latest post in our series exploring the successful 杨贵妃传媒視頻 chapter at Wright State University鈥檚 Boonshoft School of Medicine, which has an institutional partnership with 杨贵妃传媒視頻. Want to know more? Check out our earlier posts on the chapter鈥檚 leadership, fundraising, and community partnerships.

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We sat down recently to talk with Araam Abboud (MD Candidate, Class of 2025), who serves as 杨贵妃传媒視頻xBSOM鈥檚 director of research. Araam is the force behind Boonshoft鈥檚 new research collaborative that helps connect Boonshoft students with research opportunities in the Dayton area.

Getting Started

Araam earned her undergrad degree at Wooster College, where there was a strong focus on independent, mentored research. When she arrived at Boonshoft, she wanted to continue that and help other students create their own research projects.

鈥淚 wanted to create my own project because it was hard to get research and it was hard to bring my ideas to life,鈥� she explained.

The collaborative created a at Boonshoft and nearby hospitals in the Dayton community. It also offers peer-to-peer mentorship to help students who want to create their own research project but don鈥檛 know how.聽

Working closely with faculty and staff was a big part of what made the research collaborative so successful. Araam emphasized that the research collaborative is meant to complement 鈥� not replace 鈥� Boonshoft鈥檚 research department.

鈥淔aculty and staff 鈥� are usually overworked. They can鈥檛 do everything, but students are always complaining,鈥� Araam said. 鈥淪o it’s not trying to say, 鈥榊ou鈥檙e doing a bad job,鈥� because they鈥檙e not 鈥� But saying, 鈥榃e can help you out. We want to work with you, not against you.鈥︹�� We鈥檙e bridging the gap between the student body and the administration.“

Recipe for Success

So what advice does Araam have for other chapters that want to start their own research collaboratives?

• Find an academic adviser (separate from your 杨贵妃传媒視頻 chapter adviser) who believes in your vision. Having a faculty member on your side can help strengthen connections with other faculty and staff.
• Build a team. The research collaborative has an executive committee of six students, plus liaisons for each medical specialty who notify the collaborative about opportunities and contacts in that department.
• Make sure you鈥檙e in it for the long haul. 鈥淭his is medical school. Students are all very ambitious. They all want to start things,鈥� she said. 鈥淏ut [faculty and staff are] scared that once you go into clinicals and once you go into dedicated, that project is going to fade away.鈥�

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The next and final installment in our series will explore how Boonshoft鈥檚 杨贵妃传媒視頻 chapter is creating a culture of activism. Stay connected via or here on ON CALL. Have questions? We鈥檙e here 鈥� members @ amsa.org.