Harvey L. Ozer, MD, Program Director (far left) and Lorie-Anne Phillips, MS, previous Program Coordinator (2nd from left) along with the 2011 Cancer Summer Students

Missing - Gwendolyn Mahon, PhD, Program Director

The Cancer Summer Student Research Program has been in existence at NJMS since 1969 and is supported through an NCI Cancer Education Program Grant (Principal Investigators, Harvey L. Ozer, M.D. and Gwendolyn Mahon, Ph.D., R25CA019536-26). The 2012 program begins June 5th and ends July 27th. This program, which has been continuously funded by the NCI for 42 years, provides a unique eight-week research experience for New Jersey Medical School's first and second-year medical students as well as undergraduate students enrolled in our combined BS/MD seven-year program. Participation in the Summer Student Research Program is often the student's first research experience. It provides an opportunity for each student to evaluate the possibility of an academic career in medicine, inspire and motivate students to pursue an investigative career in oncology, as well as appreciate the value and importance of biomedical research to tomorrow's physicians. Students participate in biomedical research activities in a laboratory or clinical setting at either the NJMS Cancer Center, or the broader cancer center research community on the Newark Campus, while developing a close working relationship with a faculty member. Administration of the program has moved to the NJMS-UH Cancer Center from the Office of Research and Sponsored programs, and the program will now be part of the cancer center's broader training mission in cancer education for both Ph.D. and M.D. scientists and trainees. New components were introduced in the 2008 program,  including attendance at interdisciplinary tumor conferences where patient cases and clinical trials were discussed.

The 2012 program projects are now available and can be viewed on the "information for students" link seen below. Interested students should contact the faculty mentor directly to discuss, in more detail, the goals of the project for which they are interested. Faculty will evaluate the candidate's qualifications to undertake the research proposed; and, with faculty approval, the student submits the application for that specific project to the Cancer Center Support Office through Program Administrator Diane Wheeler at H-1206, or email to program co-director, Gwendolyn Mahon, Ph.D., at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Program Requirements:

1. All students participating in the Summer Research Program are required to complete the Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI) Basic Course online, before the program begins, available at http://www.umdnj.edu/hsweb/education .

For instructions, click here

2. At the conclusion of the program students are required to submit an abstract summarizing their research. These abstracts are published annually in the Summer Student Research Abstract Booklet.

For the 2011 Cancer Education Program Abstract Booklet, click here

For the 2010 Cancer Education Program Abstract Booklet, click here

For the 2009 Cancer Education Program Abstract Booklet, click here

For the 2008 Cancer Education Program Abstract Booklet, click here

3. Finally, students are required to present their research projects at the annual Student Poster Day Events usually held the first week in August.

For information on how to participate as a student or sponsoring investigator, view the information below, or contact the program co-director, Gwendolyn Mahon, Ph.D., at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Information:

Information for Faculty for the 2012 program click here

Information for Students for the 2012 program click here

Please Submit all forms to the Program Administrator Diane Wheeler at the Cancer Center Support Office, on H level, Room 1206.

Any interested students not enrolled in New Jersey Medical School may review the available projects and independently arrange a volunteer position directly with a faculty mentor. For information on volunteer positions, they should contact Ms. Giovanna Comer of the NJMS Research Office at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Calling all PAST students of the Cancer Summer Research Program!!!

We now have an alumni group on FACEBOOK where you can network with your alumni colleagues and voice your opinion about the program. It is also very important for all past students to email to us your current positions or area of expertise so that we can update your information in our files. Please click on the following link to join NJMS Alumni of the Cancer Summer Student Research Program: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44878254096&ref=mf