2025 Everts-Smith Medical Student Fellowship in Otolaryngology or auditory/vestibular neuroscience at OHSU

The Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Department is excited to offer a funding opportunity for current OHSU medical students.  As a department we highly encourage individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities to apply.

Program Overview

The OHSU Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery offers a 10-week research fellowship open to OHSU medical students considering a career in Otolaryngology. The successful applicant will work with a faculty member to design and conduct a research project with the aim of a published article, a (inter)national conference presentation, or both. Specific dates will be coordinated between the research mentor and student, but the research must be completed within one year of the award. The fellowship includes $5000 for support of stipend, conference/travel, and research expenses, with a minimum of $1000 to be allocated for research expenses. One or two fellow(s) will be selected annually.

Timeline

• Application window for Everts-Smith Medical Student Fellowship opens. Applicants are encouraged and able to submit their CV, essay and letters of recommendation early.
• Apr 1, 2025: Application window closes.
• May 1, 2025: Scholarship recipients are notified.

Eligibility

This fellowship is only open to medical students enrolled in OHSU, ideally in the second or third year.  

The 2025 fellowships were just awarded; 2026 application details will be posted in the fall, due by April 1 of that year

Application Requirements

Interested students should download and fill out the Everts-Smith Medical Student Fellowship application form, and submit by email along with a CV, essay, and two letters of recommendation to Lina Reiss, PhD, Director of the Everts-Smith Fellowship, by April 1, 2025. 

(MS Word or PDF formats are accepted)

1. Application Form
2. Curriculum vitae
3. Essay: Word limits for each section of the essay (and total limit of 600 words) will be strictly enforced.
4. Detailed budget for stipend, conference/travel, and research expenses
5. Two letters of recommendation

Contact

Lina A.J. Reiss, Ph.D.
Professor, Otolaryngology-HNS, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Biomedical Engineering
Oregon Hearing Research Center
Oregon Health & Science University
Phone: 503-494-2917
Fax: 503-494-5656
Email: reiss@ohsu.edu
http://www.ohsu.edu/cihalab

2025

• Alexandra Hoffman, Characterization of motor and sensory axons in the hypoglossal, ansa hypoglossi, and cervicalis nerves. Mentor: Dr. Sara Yang.
• Murray Bartho, Development of a biospecimen repository for sinonasal conditions. Mentor: Dr. Matthew Gelzteiler

2018

• Jimmy Chen, Oregon Health & Science University.  "Outcomes measurement afterfacial nerve reanimation through photo and video analysis". Mentor: Dr. Myriam Loyo
• Daniel Russo, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, "A tissue clearing technique that enables visualization of the developing mouse inner ear by microinjection of water-based paint". Mentor: Dr. John Brigande

2017

Conor Kelly, Medical College of Georgia. "Vascular density changes in the spiral ligament after cochlear implantation". Mentor: Dr. Lina Reiss

2016

Bahir Chamseddin, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, "Spatial audition and effects on balance". 
Mentor: Dr. Timothy Hulla

2015

• Eduardo Carrera, University of Colorado School of Medicine: "Effect of audition on balance".  Mentor: Dr. Timothy
  Hullar
• Ali Sawani, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, "Factors affecting loss of residual hearing following Hybrid cochlear implantation".  Mentor: Dr. Lina Reiss

2014

• Byron Etta, Oregon Health & Science University, "Ototoxic drug trafficking through mechanoelectrical transduction channels and across the blood-labyrinth barrier".  Mentor: Dr. Peter Steyger
• Christopher Lewis, Oregon Health & Science University, "Bactericidal efficacy during otoprotection, and localization of lipopolysaccarhide within the cochlea". Mentor: Dr. Peter Steyger

2013

Kayce Spears, Oregon Health & Science University.  Mentor: Dr. Lina Reiss

2010

• Pouya Yaghmaie, Oregon Health & Science University
• Jacob Wester, Oregon Health & Science University