The Wake Forest School of Medicine Center for Precision Medicine is offering a 9-week Summer Research Internship which is open to undergraduates seeking an immersive laboratory research experience in Precision Medicine. Participants will be paired with a High School Intern to gain additional mentoring and teaching experience. Click to see more information here Applications for Summer 2024 are now closed. Please visit again in November 2024 to apply for our Summer 2025 program.

FAQs for the 2024 CPM Summer Internship Program click here for more information

Join a Q&A session to find out more about our Summer Internship program. Session #1 – Wednesday, Dec 13, 2023, 3-4 pm
Session #2 – Friday, Jan 5, 2024, 1-2pm
Session #3 – Tuesday, Jan 16, 2024, 2-3pm Register for a Q&A session here Participants who register at least one day prior to the session will receive the Q&A webex link by email.

WXII 12 News Coverage of the Center for Precision Medicine 2023 Summer Intern Program

We were thrilled to have our 2023 Summer Intern Program highlighted by the WXII 12 News crew on July 27, 2023. Our interns and mentors were excited to share their experiences in our program. Please follow the link below to watch the newscast featuring one of our faculty mentors, Dr. Pooja Jadiya, and four of our summer interns, Nicole Anthony, Matt Walker, Aarush Kulkarni, and Pavan Ariyawansa. Competitive WFUSOM internship program prepares students for medical careers: https://www.wxii12.com/article/competitive-wfu-internship-program-prepares-students-for-medical-careers/44653986

2023 CPM Summer Interns

Welcome 2023 CPM Summer Interns ~ Undergraduates   Ten undergraduate students have won acceptance into the 2023 Center for Precision Medicine Summer Internship Program. This 9-week immersion program aims to provide a hands-on mentored research experience involving ongoing projects at Wake Forest Baptist Health. Students were selected based on their outstanding scholastic performance and interest in CPM research topics. We congratulate and welcome these students to our program!

    Row 1:  Nicole Anthony  (Auburn University) > Mentor – Pooja Jadiya, PhD         Michael Christof  (University of Rochester) > Mentor – Rita Cervera Juanes, PhD          Claire Deighan  (Wake Forest University)  > Mentor – Laura Cox, PhD          Rhea Desai  (Clemson University) > Mentor – Andrew South, MD, MS 

    Row 2:  Anisha Karunananthan  (Grove City College) > Mentor – Michael Olivier, PhD          Morgan Thomas  (Arizona State University) > Mentor – Andrew South, MD, MS          Matt Walker  (Wake Forest University) > Mentor – Dhanendra Tomar, PhD          Kathryn (Katie) Wilson  (Gardner-Webb University) > Mentor – Laura Cox, PhD

Welcome 2023 CPM Summer Interns ~ Draelos Scholars Ten Draelos Scholars have won acceptance into the 2023 Center for Precision Medicine Summer Internship Program. They will be paired with the program’s ten undergraduate interns for a hands-on mentoring experience working in various CPM faculty members labs across the institution this summer. They were selected by the Draelos Foundation in High Point, NC based on their scholastic performance, essay, and interest in CPM research topics. We congratulate and welcome these outstanding high school scholars to our program!

Row 1:    Aarush Kulkarni  (The Early College at Guilford) > Mentor – Pooja Jadiya, PhD        Nicholas Swisher (The North Carolina Leadership Academy) > Mentor – Rita Cervera Juanes, PhD         Maggie O'Keefe  (Westchester Country Day School)  > Mentor – Laura Cox, PhD        Samanyu Manjunath  (The Early College at Guilford) > Mentor – Andrew South, MD, MS 

Row 2:   Samreen Ahmed  (The Early College at Guilford) > Mentor – Michael Olivier, PhD      Thu Hoang  (High Point Central High School) > Mentor – Andrew South, MD, MS       Bhanuka Ariyawansa  (Middle College at UNCG) > Mentor – Dhanendra Tomar, PhD       Rachel Park  (The Early College at Guilford) > Mentor – Laura Cox, PhD