一年级医学生来自 Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine has been awarded a prestigious fellowship funded through the 美国泌尿学会.
Prasun沙玛 recently was chosen from among 40 applicants seeking funding for their respective fellowships.
在今年夏天为期10周的奖学金期间, 沙玛 will concentrate on a project called “Deployable Interstitial Cystitis Urine Diagnostic 技术 Development.” He will receive a salary stipend of $4,000, be part of a research team at 皇家橡树的博蒙特医院.
“我真的很兴奋，”夏尔马说. ”The team in the lab is incredible and they’ve been very helpful.”
根据 美国泌尿学会, Summer 医疗 Student 奖学金 are designed to offer “outstanding medical students (the opportunity) to pursue urology research by engaging them in summer research fellowships alongside world-class urologic scientists.”
Program awards are sponsored by the Herbert Brendler, M.D., 研究 Fund; the Arkansas Urologic Society; the Florida Urological Society; the Nathirmal N. Lalchandani, M.D. 研究 Fund and the Urology Care Foundation, the official foundation of the AUA.
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沙玛, 原产于尼泊尔, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in web design and development from Brigham Young University. Before starting at OUWB in 2020, 沙玛 served four years in the U.S. 军队里，他是军医. It was during his experiences with the military that he realized he could combine his background in information technology with his interest in medicine to specialize in fields such as urology or radiology.
The fellowship project will be focused on development of a rapid test system for interstitial cystitis (IC), 特别是考虑到军队, 夏尔马说.
根据 间质性膀胱炎协会, IC “is a bladder condition that usually consists of multiple symptoms. Most IC patients have recurring pelvic pain, 压力, or discomfort in the bladder and pelvic region, urinary frequency (needing to go often) and urgency (feeling a strong need to go). IC may also be referred to as painful bladder syndrome (PBS), 膀胱疼痛综合征(BPS), 慢性盆腔疼痛.”
沙玛 said current diagnostic tests for IC can take a long time to produce results. 希望, 他说, is to come up with a better test that can be incorporated into the military’s Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP) program — a standard set of tests used to determine if soldiers are ready for pending deployments.
Otherwise, 他说, a person could end up deployed overseas with “painfully debilitating” IC.
“Once you’re out and overseas without a lot of medical care, it’s going to be a very difficult situation,他说, adding that there’s also potential benefits to having such a test for civilians.
沙玛’s fellowship will begin almost as soon as the current semester ends.
In addition to gaining research experience while furthering his interest in urology, 沙玛 said he views the opportunity as another way to give back to the people in the military that he still considers family.
In the notification email received from the AUA Office of 研究, the organization 夏尔马说 was selected based on his “potential for a successful career in urologic research, the quality of the mentorship you will receive, the high scientific merit of your proposed research project.”
The organization said applications were reviewed by its 研究 Grants Review Panel comprised of leading experts in urologic research.
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