Campagna Scholarship

The Campagna Scholarship 

A 10-Week Summer Research Scholarship Available for United States Medical Students Intending a Career in Neurological Surgery.

The Campagna Scholarship was endowed in 2006 by leading Oregon neurosurgeon Dr. Mario Campagna and his wife, Edith. The scholarship supports a 10-week summer semester of research under the supervision of a neurosurgical mentor at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and residence expenses in Portland, Oregon. Students in the first or second year of study at an accredited allopathic U.S. medical school are eligible to apply. One scholar will be selected annually.

Campagna scholars will receive $5,000 for support of travel to and living expenses in Portland. Scholars are eligible for up to $2,500 additional award to support travel to a national neurosurgical meeting to present the results of their research project, under the supervision of their mentor. The OHSU neurosurgical faculty mentor also receives up to $2,500 to cover research expenses.

Medical students with a serious interest in neurological surgery are encouraged to apply. In crafting their application proposals, applicants are invited to review the clinical and scientific interests of potential research mentors in the OHSU Department of Neurological Surgery. Proposals may be modified in collaboration with faculty after acceptance.

Instructions to Applicant

• Applications require:
  
• 1. an essay and research proposal (600 word limit) (The proposal you submit will be used to evaluate your promise as an applicant. Proposals that are submitted with a desire to carry out research at OHSU with available faculty in our department are welcome, but are not required or preferred to other proposals in the selection process. We can assist you with a proposal feasible to carry out with current faculty and resources at OHSU. Example)
  2. a curriculum vitae,
  3. two letters of recommendation,
  4. a Dean’s letter,
     
  5. the Campagna Scholarship application form, and
  6. the signed signature file.
     
• Applications are due Friday, February 24, 2012.
• Awards notifications will take place by March 17, 2012.
• Confirmation of award acceptance by the successful applicant is due March 30, 2012.
• Please direct questions to the OHSU Neurological Surgery Educational Coordinator at 503-494-6207 or at nsg@ohsu.edu

Application

• Campagna Scholarship Application
  
• Campagna Scholarship Informational Poster

Previous Campagna Scholars

2011 — Michael Strong, a medical student at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans. His summer research project, working with Valerie Anderson, Ph.D., involved imaging in Alzheimer's patients.

2010 — Susan Wozniak, a medical student at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX. Ms. Wozniak pursued research in clinical neurosurgery and participated in the activities of the neurological surgery clinical service, specifically epilepsy projects with Drs. Selden and Roberts (Neurology).

2009 — Tristan Stani, a medical student at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. His summer research project, working with Valerie Anderson, Ph.D., involved examining precision grip (holding an object between thumb and forefinger) performance in essential tremor subjects before and after deep brain stimulation.

2008 — David Panczykowski, a medical student at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. He worked with Drs. Anderson, Barnwell and Delashaw on a project to determine the extent to which the morbidity of developing cerebral vasospasm after an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage is decreased by treatment with endovascular coiling compared to treatment by neurosurgical clipping.

2007 — Christopher Urban, a first-year medical student at the University of Pennsylvania. He worked with Kim Burchiel, M.D., on a project relating to trigeminal neuralgia.