CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine’s Steven J. Jubelirer Summer Externship Program wrapped up Thursday, July 17.
Twelve medical students from three medical schools participated in the six-week, comprehensive research training experience. Each extern worked on a research project along with experienced principal investigator mentors and staff mentors from the CAMC Health Services and Outcomes Research Department.
Their topics were devoted to conditions and treatments relevant to West Virginians ranging from trauma, pediatrics, emergency medicine, behavioral medicine, orthopedic surgery, procedural pain management, cancer screening, kidney transplant, family medicine, gynecology and timely care for acute vascular conditions.
Some of the presentations included topics such as healthy lifestyle assessment in patients with high blood pressure, trauma, youth mental health and psychiatric concerns, predicting ADHD in adults, kidney transplants, lung cancer screening.
Their oral presentations highlighting their research and findings were presented July 17 at the CAMC Center for Learning and Research Center.
The summer externship program is named after Dr. Steven Jubelirer, an oncologist. He worked at the CAMC Cancer Center for more than 40 years before retiring in 2023. During that time, he also taught medical students and published scientific papers/abstracts, as well as books and book chapters of research.
Since its inception in 1991, the extern program (recently re-named the Steven J. Jubelirer, MD Summer Research Externship), has had more than 371 participants. It is sponsored by funding from the CAMC Foundation and the WV Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
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CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine provides continuing medical education, outreach education and research support to physicians, allied medical professionals, as well as patient and consumer health service projects in West Virginia and the region. The institute also operates a school of nurse anesthesia affiliated with Marshall University and the University of Charleston, as well as 19 graduate medical education residency/fellowship/intern programs sponsored by CAMC and in affiliation with West Virginia University Charleston Division and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. Additionally, CAMC sponsors three pharmacy residency programs, a clinical psychology internship, interventional cardiology, gastroenterology and cardiology, oral maxillofacial, pulmonology critical care and vascular surgery fellowships. There are over 1,000 learners in CAMC’s facilities on any given day. For more information, visit camcmedicine.edu.
About Vandalia Health
Vandalia Health, headquartered in Charleston, is a multi-state health system with locations across West Virginia as well as in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Made up of CAMC Health System, Davis Health System and Mon Health System, Vandalia Health has 17 hospitals, over 220 ambulatory locations, more than 13,000 employees and more than 2,000 doctors and advanced practice providers. For more information or a map of locations visit vandaliahealth.org.
