Student Interest Group:
Neurology and Neuroscience

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Scholarships and Awards

General

  • Herbert W. Nickens Scholarship: $5000 scholarship to nominated incoming 3rd year medical students for demonstrating leadership in addressing education, societal, and healthcare needs of racial and ethnic minorities.
  • AMA Minority Scholars Award: $10,000 to nominated 1st or 2nd year medical student from an underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in medicine.

Neurology

  • CNF Swaiman Scholarship: $3500 for 1st or 2nd year medical students conducting summer research in child neurology. 
  • AAN Minority Scholars Program: Free airfare and lodging for racial minority medical students to annual AAN meeting, along with additional benefits.  

Research Opportunities

Neurology

  • Morehouse NI/NSBRIEPOP Summer Research Program: 8 week neuroscience research program for 1st year medical students, with the Morehouse School of Medicine Neuroscience Institute (MSMNI) in Atlanta, GA.  Stipend of $3,000 and funds for travel expenses included.  

Neurosurgery

  • Washington Family Scholars Program: 1 year medical student research program in neuroscience, cancer, and neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, CA.  Annual stipend of $30,000-34,000 provided.

Other research opportunity resources...

Study Resources

Neuroanatomy & Physiology

  • Basic Human Anatomy (Dartmouth):  Good anatomy overview, with quiz questions on each section.
  • Radiopedia.org: Good anatomy resource.  Just type any body structure or nerve in the search box.

Neurological Exam

  • Disorders of the Nervous System (Dartmouth): Clinical neurology primer of the neurological exam, explaining all associated anatomy and physiology, evaluation of findings, and common disorders.

Neuroradiology

Neurology Case Studies