BUSM Student Selected by NIH for Medical Research Scholars Program

BUSM’s Nick Thoreson is one of 37 students selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP), which allows medical, dental and veterinary students to pause their university studies to live on the NIH intramural campus in Bethesda, Maryland, and conduct basic, clinical or translational research. He will begin his fellowship this summer.

The NIH MRSP received more than 115 applications during the 2018-2019 submission cycle. The scholars will receive mentored training and will conduct research in areas that match their personal interests and research goals. The training experience forms the core of the program and allows these future clinician-scientists and medical researchers to carry out research across the full spectrum of science in the interest of improving public health. The scholars work with an advisor who provides guidance on creating a career development plan and on selecting an NIH research mentor. Mentors are full-time NIH investigators with basic, clinical or translational research programs.

Over the course of the academic year, MRSP scholars participate in courses, journal club seminars, a structured lecture series and clinical teaching rounds. They also present their research to the NIH community and at domestic professional conferences.

The MRSP is supported by the NIH and other partners via contributions to the Foundation for the NIH.