{"id":2500,"date":"2011-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2011\/03\/17\/delta-state-partnering-with-harvard-medical-school\/"},"modified":"2013-09-09T14:07:10","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T14:07:10","slug":"delta-state-partnering-with-harvard-medical-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2011\/03\/delta-state-partnering-with-harvard-medical-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta State partnering with Harvard Medical School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"543\" height=\"327\" src=\"\/Images\/univ_relations\/2011Releases\/NESS.JPG\" alt=\"Micah Davis, senior chemistry major from Wesson;  Jenna Ramage, senior chemistry major from Hernando; Justin Johnson, senior chemistry major from Cleveland;  Manisha Dadlani, senior chemistry major from Cleveland; Daniel Walker, senior chemistry\/biology major from Cleveland; Danielle Christman-Harris, sophomore speech &amp; hearing sciences major from Itta Bena; Grant Knutson, senior biology major from Greenville, and Chad Tow, senior biology major from Hernando.  Not Pictured:  David Clark, graduate level natural sciences major from Silver Creek; and Najoua Lesage, senior biology major from Greenwood.\" class=\"caption\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Delta State University&rsquo;s Division of Biological and Physical Sciences has formed a (first time) partnership with Harvard Medical School (HMS) allowing 10 Delta State students to attend the New England Science Symposium (NESS) held in Boston, Mass, on April 1.&nbsp; The event is a national symposium providing students and faculty a chance to participate for scholarships and awards meet representative from the world&rsquo;s leading pharmaceutical companies and premier medical schools.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 2002, the NESS promotes careers in biomedical sciences.&nbsp; It provides a forum for postdoctoral fellows; medical, dental and graduate students; post-baccalaureates; college and community college students to share their biomedical and health-related research activities through oral or poster presentations, to engage in discussions related to career development in the sciences, to exchange ideas and to expand their professional networks.<\/p>\n<p>J.L. Hubbard, Jr., M.D., adjunct professor of biology, Dr. Eric Blackwell, assistant professor of biology, and Justin Johnson, a graduate student, have been selected to present research projects at the symposium. This includes Hubbard&#8217;s abstract of placental stem cell research in comparison with other regions of the country, and&nbsp; Blackwell\/Johnson&#8217;s study of radio frequency tracking of salamanders for their potential use in novel medical treatments and therapies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a great opportunity for Delta State University with endless potential and a great chance for 10 of our students to annually be exposed to the top medical school and research facilities in the world,&rdquo; said Hubbard. &quot; By partnering with HMS, we will be eligible for a wide variety of grants, scholarships, and internships. We also will be able to utilize their many resources.&nbsp; We will have the opportunity to send them any sample\/specimen and have the most modern tests known to man run on that sample.&nbsp; We can communicate at real-time with Nobel winning researchers. Every year 10 of our students, will be able to participate in the NESS which is an invitation-only symposium for the top researchers and students of the biosciences.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The partnership was made possible by funding from the Harvard Catalyst Program , a $220 million federally funded grant created by HMS for issues dealing with health disparity\/diversity and funding of novel research programs, and to enhance the research programs of underserved areas.&nbsp; &ldquo;Mississippi, unfortunately, is the unhealthiest state in the country in every poll,&rdquo; said Hubbard. &ldquo;This partnership hopefully will lead to improved health care in our region and promote opportunities for students in the Division of Biological and Physical Sciences at Delta State University.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State University\u2019s Division of Biological and Physical Sciences has formed a (first time) partnership with Harvard Medical School&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2500"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41262,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500\/revisions\/41262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}