Biology students selected for summer premedical program

Biology major Shanice Edwards and Director of Caldwell’s Educational Opportunity Fund Andrei St. Felix. Edwards is showing her research project for the Premedical Urban Leaders Summer Enrichment Program.

Biology students Shanice Edwards and Roksana Korbi learned about urban health through the Premedical Urban Leaders Summer Enrichment Program at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.

PULSE gives undergraduate students interested in healthcare exposure to the medical professions. The six-week forum provided academic, clinical, research and service learning opportunities.  “I was honored and privileged to be accepted into such a rigorous and prestigious program,” said Edwards.

“My favorite workshop was the suturing workshop and the simulation labs where we pretended to be doctors,” said Korbi.

Edwards said it was especially rewarding to learn about Camden and help the city through volunteering at the non-profit organization Ronald McDonald House where she did activities with children ages 16 and under.

Korbi volunteered at The Neighborhood Center, a non-profit organization aimed at helping  families get out of poverty.  She and her group did research on the urban farm located at the back of the center.  “Our goal was to increase awareness so people could go and get free fresh food from the farm and live  healthier lives,” said Korbi.

The program culminated with a symposium where students highlighted their research for family, friends and guests.

Korbi and Edwards found that PULSE provided them with good information on the steps they would need to take to plan for medical school.