The Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs has recognized the faculty and staff members listed below for their meritorious contributions as mentors in the Undergraduate Research Scholars (URS) program during the 2016-17 academic year. The Undergraduate Research Scholars program provides first- and second-year undergraduate students opportunities to earn credit for participating in research and creative work with UW-Madison faculty and staff. Mentors guide students in aspects of research processes including data-gathering techniques, critical reading of literature, developing a hypothesis, research design, communicating and presenting research results, careers in research, research writing, and research ethics.

Mentors recognized for the 2016-17 academic year (pictured at right, listed in order from top to bottom):

• Peiman Hematti, MD, professor, Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care
• Nasia Safdar, MD, PhD, associate professor, Infectious Disease
• Miriam Shelef, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Rheumatology
• Joshua Lang, MD, MS, assistant professor, Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care
• David Kosoff, MD, research associate and Hematology and Medical Oncology fellow
• Alberto Guerra, research assistant and graduate student, School of Pharmacy
• Laurel Hind, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Anna Huttenlocher, MD, professor, Rheumatology

Resources:

• UW-Madison Undergraduate Research Scholars