1. Department of Pediatrics Eastern Virginia Medical School and Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters

2.  Faculty Mentored Research  Lectures and seminars on the basics of research  Student oral presentations of selected research projects  Clinical conferences  Shadowing physicians in various pediatric subspecialties

3. o The program was held May 27 – July 31, 2009. o A total of 18 students participated in the 2009 Summer Scholars Program, including four students from Hampton University, an Alliance partnership institution. o Each of the students received a $3,000.00 research stipend.

4. Summer Scholars Janee Henderson, Keisha Avant, Ashley Garvin and Erika Byers of Hampton University showcase the results of their research at poster exhibition sponsored by the EVMS Department of Pediatrics.

5. Elliot Levin, MSW, LCSW and Janee Henderson Janee V. Henderson – Rising Senior, Hampton University Major : Psychology Project: Factors Affecting Mental Health Treatment Initiation in Children and Adolescents in an Inner City Population Mentor: Elliott Levin, MSW, LCSW – Clinical Pediatric Social Worker

6. Jason Mounts, MD and Erika Byers Erika Byers– Rising Senior, Hampton University, Major: Psychology Project: Most Frequently Missed Factors in the Pediatric Emergency Department Mentors: Jason Mounts, M.D. – Fellow in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Joel Clingenpeel, M.D. – Fellowship Director of EVMS Pediatrics at CHKD

7. B. Mitchell Goodman, II, MD, Keisha N. Avant, and Ian Chen, MD, MPH Keisha N. Avant– 2009 Graduate, Hampton University, Major: Biology Project: Neurocognitive Deficits in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease Mentor: Benjamin M. Goodman, MD – Assistant Professor and Associate Director of EVMS Sickle Cell Program

8. Maripaz Morales, MD and Ashley Garvin Ashley N. Garvin – 2009 Graduate, Hampton University Major : Psychology Project: Common Variables in Difficult to Control Pediatric Asthma Patients in a Tertiary Pediatric Subspecialty Clinic Mentor: Maripaz B. Morales, M.D. - Assistant Professor of Allergy Immunology, Department of Pediatrics