Summer Intern News
From Scientific Questions to a Future in Medicine
Through the Summer Undergraduate Research Internship in Kidney Disease (SURISKD), she discovered how research and medicine inform one another, and why that connection guides Dr. Patel's future.
Research Experience Opens Student’s Path to Patient Care
From Wilms tumor research to Grand Rounds, SURISKD showed Samrithaa Balakrishnan how science and patient care connect. Now a UTSW M.D./M.P.H. student, she looks back.
Program Introduces Future Scientists to Kidney Disease Research
SURISKD provides students with hands-on laboratory experience, mentorship from leading investigators, and exposure to the scientific questions driving advances in kidney health and disease.