Mayo Clinic offers the Alfred Uihlein Family Professorship in Neurologic Surgery Program, a comprehensive training program for neurologic surgery-oriented basic or clinical research. This summer research fellowship matches medical students with physician-scientists within the Department of Neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

The health needs of U.S. minority populations have been studied inadequately, due in part to the shortage of clinical researchers belonging to underrepresented groups. The purpose of the Alfred Uihlein Family Professorship in Neurologic Surgery Program is to attract outstanding surgeons, teachers, and students to come to Mayo Clinic in the field of neurologic surgery and to help underwrite the long-term financial requirements of graduate and undergraduate medical teaching at Mayo.

Program goals:

• Provide research opportunities in neurologic surgery to emerging medical students
• Encourage students to apply and matriculate at Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education as neurologic surgery residents
• Encourage medical students to consider long-term faculty positions at Mayo Clinic

Application process

Positions

The number of medical students appointed every year to the Alfred Uihlein Family Professorship in Neurologic Surgery Program varies.

Prerequisites

You can apply for the Alfred Uihlein Family Professorship in Neurologic Surgery Program if you:

• Have completed one year of medical school
• Currently enrolled in medical school and in good academic standing
• Can commit to eight weeks for participation in the summer program according to the dates outlined below
• Underrepresented in medicine (URM) or those with a demonstrated commitment to the advancement of diversity and equity in healthcare

Application timeline

Your application and all supporting documentation must be received by Feb. 1, 2025. Competitive applicants will upload their most recent transcript with fall semester grades.

Application instructions

Complete the following steps to apply:

1. Create an account to begin the online Application for Admission
   • Select - Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
   • Select - Alfred Uihlein Family Professorship in Neurologic Surgery Program
2. Once logged in to your Mayo Clinic application account, click “Create a New Application.”Then select "Start a Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Application."
   • Select - Program Type: Summer Research Fellowship (SRF)
   • Select - Track / Research Interest: Alfred Uihlein Family Professorship in Neurologic Surgery Program
3. Complete each section of the application and submit
4. After submission, view the required Supplemental Items and Documents
   • Upload each required item in the Supplemental Items section 

Curriculum

In addition to research projects, student scholars will attend a series of seminars and presentations that introduce them to the full range of clinical research methods and will receive opportunities for clinical observation.

The program will include activities that allow participants to experience Mayo Clinic’s practice, meet clinical and research faculty, engage with other learners within the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, identify near-peer mentors, and explore the Rochester community.