The Texas Heart Institute’s (THI) commitment to education sets it apart from other major cardiovascular centers. The Institute’s educational activities include public education outreach that promotes student engagement in science, technology, engineering, and math. The Texas Heart Institute hosts students each summer to help them learn and better understand scientific research and medicine. Students are matched with faculty members in our research laboratories to work on a project.

These projects help students develop a deeper understanding of medical research and medicine, and many students continue their partnership with the institution beyond their summer internships.

Meet the twelve brilliant students at The Texas Heart Institute who joined our team to learn about our mission and our role in reducing the devastating toll of cardiovascular disease through innovative and progressive programs in research and education.

Our student engagement video library features student multimedia projects, interviews, and news coverage about student outreach and education at the Texas Heart Institute.

Video Showcase

 

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Final Project Presentations

Aalia Raza & Jonah Torres
Novel ECG Protocol for Early Detection of Cardiac Amyloidosis

Collin Fullen & Sebastian Jimenez
The Current Standard (Organ Transfer & Storage)

Ruby Wilson
Cardiomyocyte Renewal Lab

Kayley Knackstedt & Anthony Zhang
THI Biorepository Core: Improving Biorepository Workflow & Designing a 3D Printed Cell Culture Plate for Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Experimentation.

Arjun Raghuram
A Vascular Model for Easy Drug Testing

Yuan Jia Wang
Integrin and Small Molecule Drugs

Veda Kadakia
Novel Pericardial Adhesion Cutting Tool: A Blade Sharpening Fixture

Michael McNeil
Pericardial Cutting Tool Project, Arduino Programming and User Interface

Alina Syed
Raspberry Pi for ECPRI: Improving the Efficiency of Cardiac Pacing

Christopher Tan
Mock Circulatory Loop for Cardiac Assist Device Validation

Taylor Chambers
Large Scale Expansion of hiPSCs for Bioartificial Heart Research

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Interested in Joining our Team Next Summer?

Applications are open from mid-December to January 31.  Contact Robert McNeil for more information.