Undergraduate Research Internships

CGS works with a number of Pittsburgh-based institutions to provide meaningful hands-on research internships for undergraduate science and engineering students. In addition, CGS independently provides competitive stipends for 3-5 exceptional undergraduate summer interns each year. Students are encouraged to consider returning for multiple years as this provides them with the best chance to actually conduct their own research project. This project is coordinated by Dr. Garth Ehrlich, CGS Executive Director and Dr. Fen Hu, CGS Operations Director.

Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative
For each of the past five years CGS scientists, Dr. Garth Ehrlich and Dr. Sandeep Kathju, have sponsored a PTEI Summer Intern to work on the Scarless Wound Healing Program. Applications for this internship must be submitted directly to the PTEI. See (www.ptei.org) for application information

CGS PTEI Alumni

• Mike Sweeney - Ohio University, 1999
• Cara Rabek - Wellesley College, 2000
• Terra Rupert - Allegheny College, 2001
• Adam Abdulally - University of Pittsburgh, 2002, 2003
• Evan Neft, Pennsylvania State University, 2003
• Joshua Levenson, Amherst College, 2004
• Steven Chirieleison, University of Pennsylvania, 2006
• Jeremiah Escajeda, Washington & Jefferson College, 2006
• Stephanie Haberman, University of Pittsburgh, 2008

Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Biology
CGS and CMU's Department of Biology have just announced the formation of a collaborative program wherein CMU Biology Majors can perform their independent research requirement at the CGS. Students in this program will have the option of continuing their research in greater depth over the summers as paid interns. The first class of students will begin during the Spring Semester of 2003 and includes the following individuals:

• Erica Schleifman, 2003
• Enrico Tadique, 2003
• Dan Swartzlander, 2003
• Jennifer Jocz, 2004-2006
• Robert Montgomery, 2005
• Sunhoo Kim, 2005
• Ray Wong, 2005
• Jing Yuen Koo, 2007
• Ian Lin, 2007
• Joshua Earl, 2008
• Elizabeth Hill, 2008
• Chandana Batchu, 2008
• Smita Kumar, 2008
• Katherine D’Aco, 2009
• Parth Dalal, 2009

Allegheny College, Department of Biology
Through the auspices of Dr. Ann Kleinschmidt, an instructor in the summer GSI program, CGS is pleased to offer biology majors from Allegheny College.

• Christina Policicchio, Summer 2003
• Charles Magovern, Summer 2008

CGS Summer Internship Program
If you've ever wanted to know what the life of a scientist is like, this is the experience you've been looking for. A CGS summer internship provides an intense rewarding hands-on mentored research experience for students seriously considering an academic biomedical career. Prospective interns should contact the Executive Director or Operations Director sometime prior to, or during the beginning of their spring semester. Freshmen through seniors are accepted into the program.

The following students have completed or are currently enrolled in CGS Internships:

• Michael Bummer - Cornell University, Summer 1998
• William Chong - Pennsylvania State University, Summer 1998, Summer 2001 - Matriculated at Temple University School of Medicine 2001
• Samir Mehta - Duke University, Summer 1998
• Scott Barcus - Grove City College, Summer 1998
• Bernie Daigle - Cornell University, Summer 1999, Winter 1999/2000, Summer 2000, Summer 2002, Matriculated, Stanford University Department of Genetics Ph.D. Program 2002
• Michael Sweeny - Ohio University, Summer 2000
• Christina Chong - Pennsylvania State University, Summer 1999, Summer 2000, Summer 2001
• Nathan Ehrlich - University of Pittsburgh, Summer 1999, 2004-present
• Sandy McMann - Edinboro University of PA, Summer 2000
• Angela Harter - Pennsylvania State University, Summer 2001
• Megan Petrasek - Pennsylvania State University, Summer 2001
• Megan Wolf - Pennsylvania State University, Summer 2002
• Marie Pietraszewski - Community College of Allegheny County, Fall 2002
• Adam Abdulally - University of Pittsburgh, Academic year, 2002/2003
• Craig Alpert - Harvard University, Summer 2003
• Georgia Thomas - Pennsylvania State University, Summer 2004
• Elaine Blyskun - University of Pittsburgh, Summer 2004
• Justin Hogg - University of Pittsburgh, Summer 2004
• Laura Kropp - Pennsylvania State University, Summer 2004
• Prathapan Thiru - University of Texas at El Paso, Summer 2004
• Ian Ehrlich - University of Pittsburgh, Summer 2004
• Sunita Shinde - Community College of Allegheny County, Spring 2005
• Meredith Barbour – Vanderbilt University, Summer 2005
• Blaise Milburn, Kenyon College, Summer 2005
• Ross Popko, University of Pittsburgh, Summer 2005
• Zachary Schiller, Tufts University, Summer 2005
• Joseph Williams, University of Pittsburgh, Summer 2005
• Candice Johnson, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Summer 2006 & 2007
• Vikram Kedar, Shadyside Academy, Summer 2006
• Rahul Kumar, Columbia University, Summer 2006
• Ajeet Mehta, University of Pittsburgh, Summer 2006
• Amar Mehta, University of Pittsburgh, Summer 2006
• Mary Panahandeh, Allegheny College, Summer 2006
• Jason Saunders, Boston College, Summer 2006
• Senthil Selvaraj, Northwestern University, Summer 2006
• Michelle Alabek, Virginia Tech, Summer 2007
• Ashley Boucek, Westminster College, Summer 2007
• Neil Dhawan, Northwestern, Summer 2007
• Juergen Kloo, Boston College, Summer 2007
• Kortney Marszalek, Gannon University, Summer 2007 & 2008
• Megan Mather, Virginia Tech, Summer 2007
• Michael Menegazzi, University of South Carolina, Summer 2007
• Andrew West, Phillips Academy, Summer 2007
• Brian Zembruski, Community College of Allegheny County, Summer 2007
• Rhiannon Schultz, Clarion University, Summer 2008
• Jessica Sowa, University of Rochester, Summer 2008
• Michelle Marks, Temple University, Summer 2008
• Nancy Lo, Drexel University, Summer 2008
• Zachary Brown, Washington and Jefferson College, Summer 2008
• Andrew Lacenere, McGill University, Summer 2008
• Azin Azar, Carlow University, Summer 2009
• Ashley Bruno, Washington and Jefferson College, Summer 2009
• Katie Peticca, Miami University, Ohio, Summer 2009
• Katherine Hoyson, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Summer 2009
• Akhil Venkatessan, Washington University, St. Louis, Summer 2009
• Moi Arriaga, Brown University, Summer 2009
• Rohan Menon, The George Washington University, Summer 2009

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