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COM students awarded anesthesia research fellowships

Kaye Dandrea
Kaye Dandrea recently volunteered administering vaccines to health care workers

First-year College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) students Kaye Dandrea, Daria Ivenitsky, and Chuhao Nie have been awarded Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowships by the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER), a non-profit organization aimed at advancing medicine through education and research in anesthesiology.

The program provides funding to support medical students focusing on anesthesiology research, training in scientific methods and techniques, and learning how to incorporate research into a medical career. The fellowship also allows for clinical experiences and mentorship.

Dandrea has been assigned to the University of Chicago to conduct her research fellowship during the summer of 2021. Ivenitsky is headed to Montefiore Medical Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Nie will carry out his work at the University of Pittsburgh.

The FAER student fellowship has been primarily an allopathic fellowship. COM graduate Catherine Bixby, D.O.,’18, was the first osteopathic student to be selected by FAER for this award.

FAER supports the career development of future academic anesthesiologists through grants and programs encompassing education and research.

D Ivenitsky
First-year COM student Daria Ivenitsky
Chuhao Nie
First-year COM student Chuhao Nie

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