We are here to help you explore the specialty of oncology and facilitate connections between students, faculty, residents, and fellows.
The Opportunities, Information, and Networking in Cancer (OINC) Medical Student Group offers valuable opportunities for students to connect with faculty, researchers, and peers in the field of oncology. This group is open to all students, regardless of whether they are specifically pursuing a career in oncology. It aims to engage individuals from various medical specialties, as many disciplines contribute to the treatment of cancer.
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OINC Newsletter Archive
OINC Newsletter Archive
Program Features
OINC Panel Discussions
Panels occur frequently throughout the academic year and may include:
- Representatives from oncology subspecialties such as Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Surgical Oncology, or Pediatric Oncology, who provide an overview of their area and their day-to-day life
- Oncology practice settings: Oncologists from academic or private practice settings may provide an overview of their practice setting and their day-to-day life
- How to Land Your Dream Residency or Fellowship: Residents or fellows from UI discuss their experience and provide tips/tricks to the interview process
- Research from a practicing oncologist
- Cancer survivors and their physicians
Events
OINC may periodically host:
- Physical exam skills series
- Journal clubs
- Tumor board and/or mock tumor board discussions
- Social events
- Community outreach events
- Educational lectures on cancer, patient care, and oncology career/training topics
If interested in networking with oncologists outside of these events and panels, please contact OINC physician liaison, Kate Choate, for more information.
Involved Faculty
Involved Faculty
UI faculty members willing to mentor medical students, provide career guidance, allow shadowing opportunities, have research projects available for medical students, and/or would allow for summer research fellowships (if awarded SRF funding).
- Carryn Anderson, MD (Radiation Oncology)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, career guidance, shadowing opportunities, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- John Buatti, MD (Radiation Oncology)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, career guidance, shadowing opportunities, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- Carlos H. Chan, MD, PhD (Surgery, SurgOnc)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, career guidance, shadowing opportunities, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- Songhai Chen, MD, PhD (Neuroscience & Pharmacology)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, career guidance, shadowing opportunities, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- Gary E. Christensen, PhD (Electrical & Computer Engineering, Radiation Oncology)
- Offers: research projects and summer research fellowships
- Sanjana Dayal, PhD (Internal Medicine, HemOnc)
- Offers: research projects and summer research fellowships
- Adam Dupuy, PhD (Anatomy & Cell Biology)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, career guidance, shadowing opportunities, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- Naomi Fei, MD, MS (Internal Medicine, HemOnc)
- Offers: shadowing opportunities
- Jess Gorzelitz, PhD (Health & Human Physiology)
- Offers: shadowing opportunities, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- Krista Grinde, DO (Pediatrics, HemOnc)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, career guidance, and shadowing opportunities
- Sara Claire Horton, MD (Pediatrics, HemOnc)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, career guidance, and shadowing opportunities
- Jon Houtman, PhD (Microbiology & Immunology)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, career guidance, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- Michelle E. Howard, PhD (Radiation Oncology)
- Offers: research projects
- Pedro Hsieh, MD (Internal Medicine, HemOnc)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, career guidance, and shadowing opportunities
- Yi Huang, MD, PhD (Internal Medicine, HemOnc)
- Offers: mentorship and research projects for medical students
- Colin Kenny, PhD (Surgery, SurgOnc)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD (Pathology)
- Offers: research projects
- Xiangbing Meng, PhD (Pathology)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, shadowing opportunities, and research projects
- Mohammed Milhem, MBBS (Internal Medicine, HemOnc)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, career guidance, shadowing opportunities, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- Michael O’Rorke, PhD (Epidemiology)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, career guidance, shadowing opportunities, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- Anjali A. Sharathkumar, MBBS, MD, MS (Pediatrics, HemOnc)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- Andrean Simons-Burnett, PhD (Radiation Oncology)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- Maria Spies, PhD (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
- Offers: research projects and summer research fellowships
- Erin Talbert, PhD (Health & Human Physiology)
- Offers: shadowing opportunities and research projects
- Michael Tomasson, MD (Internal Medicine, HemOnc)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, career guidance, shadowing opportunities, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- Fatima Toor, PhD (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- Moon Ley Tung, MBBS (Pediatrics, Medical Genetics & Genomics)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, career guidance, shadowing opportunities, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- Thad J. Wadas, PhD (Radiology)
- Offers: research projects and summer research fellowships
- Terry L. Wahls, MD (Internal Medicine, General IM)
- Offers: mentorship and research projects for medical students
- George Weiner, MD (Internal Medicine, HemOnc)
- Offers: career guidance, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- Shujie Yang, PhD (Pathology)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, career guidance, shadowing opportunities, research projects, and summer research fellowships
- William Zeitler, MD, MPH (Internal Medicine, HemOnc)
- Offers: mentorship for medical students, career guidance, and shadowing opportunities
OINC Leadership:
- Co-Presidents: Jason Chen & Matt Gao
- Newsletter Coordinator: Bella Trane
- Events Coordinator: Matthew Moon
- Financial Chair: Ethan Chen
- M1 Representative: Nicholas Abouassaly
Faculty Advisors:
- Clinical: Mohammed Milhem, MBBS, Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine - Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation; Melanoma Program Director, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Research: Jon Houtman, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of Microbiology and Immunology; Associate Director of Career Enhancement, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center