Pediatric Research Program (PRP)

PRP 2025 Applications are now being accepted, please use the link below

All 1st year TCOM Students are eligible to apply.  – DEADLINE TO APPLY IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD AT 5:00 PM.

Application Link:  https://cookchildrens.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_801fgakxLM0wPPg

Goal:

  • To provide a mentored research experience for TCOM medical students to enhance research awareness and knowledge

Who Can Participate:

  • Any 1st YEAR – UNTHSC TCOM Medical Student who:
  • Is in good academic standing
  • Completes:
    • First year of TCOM medical school
    • An application to participate in the Pediatric Research Program
    • All required learning modules
    • Has been accepted into Program and has an approved research mentor

Benefits:

  • Pediatric Research Student Scholar Status (certificate)
  • Introduced to research environment
  • Improve skills in clinical/community/translational research, data collection/analysis
  • Learn/practice presentations
  • Tips for preparing case reports and research articles
  • Opportunity to present work at local (RAD or CCMC)/regional/national platforms
  • Publications (abstracts, case reports, case series, research articles and reviews)

General Program Timeline:

January Applications accepted
February PRP Team will complete interviews with the applicants
April-May PRP Team will finalize commitments from all Mentors

PRP Team will send students assigned

June All PRP students will attend a  Orientation Session
June – July PRP students will complete Online Didactic Research Training Modules on Canvas

Mentors for Community, Translational and Epidemiology/Population Data Projects will interact with their mentees to assign and work on designated topic/research article/project

Fall:  September – December Student Presentations: Student(s) present to Mentors or CSAs and peers a PowerPoint summary of their assigned case/topic/project

Presentation time: 15 min (including Q&A)

Surveys Participants will complete two surveys (1. After the completion of 2nd week; 2. At the completion of the program)
Continuation The mentee-mentor interactions may continue with mutual understanding and time availability
Expectations of Mentees Expectations of Mentees:

Attend orientation and complete assigned tasks (didactics) on canvas.

Interact with mentors and work with them to select a topic/project if applicable.

Attend meetings and incorporate the feedback from mentors.

Prepare a Power Point presentation of case study and/or research topic and present in a group session when scheduled as part of PRP presentations during fall semester

Participation Certificates and Microcredential: Student participants will receive ‘Participation Certificate’ and “Micro-credentials” after completing fall presentations.

                                                                                      

News Links from the Pediatric Research Program

2025 PRP Student Publications and Presentations 
LINK:   https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:4c7d9941-2d49-4a64-9151-9aa820857be4

Congratulations 2018 PRP TCOM students 1st Place E-Poster Awards from the Texas Society of Pediatrics
Pediatric Research Program 2017 Report
Pediatric Research Program 2016 Interim Report-October, 2016
New program incorporates research into medical training
Medical student wins national research award
Medical student works to reduce infant deaths

Program Email: prp@unthsc.edu 

Program Contacts:

Bui Priya, DO
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Pediatrics and Women’s Health
email:  priya.bui@unthsc.edu
Riyaz Basha, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Department of Pediatrics and Women’s Health
email: Riyaz.Basha@unthsc.edu
David Farbo, PhD
Research Project Manager
Cook Children’s Health Care System
email: David.farbo@cookchildrens.org
Leah Zimmerman
Research Project Coordinator
Department of Pediatrics and Women’s Health
email: Leah.Zimmerman@unthsc.edu

A special mention and thank you to the Founder of the Pediatric Research Program
W. Paul Bowman, MD
Professor and Former Chair
Department of Pediatrics and Women’s Health,  UNTHSC/TCOM (Retired 2021)