About this opportunity
The ASSURE fellowship at WashU Medicine provides college students from the St. Louis metro area an opportunity to engage in basic, clinical, and/or translational research projects. Under the mentorship of a Department of Anesthesiology faculty member, ASSURE fellows will work on projects in a lab or clinical setting, meet with mentors, attend journal clubs, engage in professional development opportunities, receive assistance with graduate school preparation planning, and gain valuable research experience. Research areas include neurobiology of pain, sleep, stress and addiction, cell biology, biophysics, pharmacology of analgesic and anesthetic drugs, prediction and prevention of surgical outcomes, acute and chronic pain, mental health disorders, neurocognitive disorders, critical illness, and utilizing informatics and machine learning to improve patient outcomes.