“One important thing the Honors College did for me was to give me a research and creative project grant that funded my research in the urology clinic at the Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. The fund is there to help introduce Honors students to research and to make the research opportunities possible. You find a mentor, develop a project idea, and then apply for the grant. The Honors College grant was important because it gave me my start, my first credentials.”
Jeet spent the summer following his sophomore year working in a UB Biological Sciences department lab that is studying the red flour beetle. He will spend the summer after his junior year in a lab at the University of Rochester studying stem cell production of blood cells. Jeet says he chose UB because, among other reasons, it has a strong research orientation - and he has parlayed his opportunities just as well as he hoped he could.
Two of the Honors seminars Jeet took spoke directly to his medical interests. What They Died From combined the stories of famous people and the diseases that ultimately caused their deaths - “like a case study.” The format in Issues and Debates in Medicine was a debate between teams of two on a timely issue like malpractice law or health care costs, followed by a presentation on the subject by a guest speaker. “It was a great way to learn about a range of medical issues.” And the discussions on medical economics spurred Jeet to take a minor in Economics.
Jeet was admitted to the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences during his sophomore year at UB through the medical school’s Early Assurance Program. “The Honors College staff was very helpful throughout the medical school application process. They gave me good advice and guidance on the interview, which is a key part of admission.”