MSRLink Program News:
Important Files:
MSRLink Events:
March, 2015: Statistics and SPSS program, a lecture by Dr Maryam El-khyaat at the Public Health Department, Assiut University. The recording of the lecture will be available soon.
March, 2015: Lecture about using "Endnote software as a basic reference tool in your research work".
By Dr Noha Mousa, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science Program, Zewail University of Science and Technology. The recording of the online lecture will be uploaded here soon.
February, 2015: Our second lecture will be about a very critical subject in research. We believe that this subject is one of the most important knoweldge that a scientist/researcher MUST have before starting any research training:
" Plagiarism: The MUST HAVE of Research Training"
Thursday, February 19th, 2015 at 8:00 pm
By Mohamed Elsayed, B.ASc (Uof Toronto), M.Eng (U of Toronto),
PhD candidate American University Cairo
The lecture was given Live on Anymeeting. The recording of the lecture is now available on our youtube channel
February, 2015: MSRLink program cycle # 2 lectures are STARTING.
Our First Lecture
Monday 2nd of February is " Introduction to Research and Study Design" by
Professor Mohamed Mahmoud Fathalla. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assiut University
Lecture is now available. WATCH it here
January, 2015: Accepted students are matched with their mentors. All students in the participating sites should download the contract agreement in this link, sign it by their mentors and email a scanned copy to [email protected]. This is a primary requirement of the program completion.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPDjSZbTXQcJanuary, 2015: Accepted students are matched with their mentors. All students in the participating sites should download the contract agreement in this link, sign it by their mentors and email a scanned copy to [email protected]. This is a primary requirement of the program completion.
- Program overview
- Contract agreement
- Mentor evaluation sheet
- msrlink__contract_agreement___cycle_2.pdf
- final_scores_of_msrlink__2.pdf
MSRLink Events:
March, 2015: Statistics and SPSS program, a lecture by Dr Maryam El-khyaat at the Public Health Department, Assiut University. The recording of the lecture will be available soon.
March, 2015: Lecture about using "Endnote software as a basic reference tool in your research work".
By Dr Noha Mousa, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science Program, Zewail University of Science and Technology. The recording of the online lecture will be uploaded here soon.
February, 2015: Our second lecture will be about a very critical subject in research. We believe that this subject is one of the most important knoweldge that a scientist/researcher MUST have before starting any research training:
" Plagiarism: The MUST HAVE of Research Training"
Thursday, February 19th, 2015 at 8:00 pm
By Mohamed Elsayed, B.ASc (Uof Toronto), M.Eng (U of Toronto),
PhD candidate American University Cairo
The lecture was given Live on Anymeeting. The recording of the lecture is now available on our youtube channel
February, 2015: MSRLink program cycle # 2 lectures are STARTING.
Our First Lecture
Monday 2nd of February is " Introduction to Research and Study Design" by
Professor Mohamed Mahmoud Fathalla. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assiut University
Lecture is now available. WATCH it here
January, 2015: Accepted students are matched with their mentors. All students in the participating sites should download the contract agreement in this link, sign it by their mentors and email a scanned copy to [email protected]. This is a primary requirement of the program completion.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPDjSZbTXQcJanuary, 2015: Accepted students are matched with their mentors. All students in the participating sites should download the contract agreement in this link, sign it by their mentors and email a scanned copy to [email protected]. This is a primary requirement of the program completion.
January, 2015: More success from the firstMSRLink! Ahmed Rashed, the first ranked student in our first cycle and his super mentors Dr Noha Abdelwahab and Dr Nevin Hamam got 2 abstracts accepted for publication in "Rheumatology 2015" , a world-class conference organized by the British Society for Rheumatology. Congratulations !!
December, 2014: All students who participated in the interview are invited to attend this online tutorial provided by NIH. It is also one of the requirement of the program for accepted students. You will receive a certificate from NIH once you complete the tutorial. Please keep the certificate for the end of the program.
The tutorial link is:
https://phrp.nihtraining.com/users/login.php
November, 2014: Scores of MSRLink interveiew -2nd cycle. Please check here. Two different evaluators scored your answers independantly based on objective guide.Your final score is the average number or percentage (the last 2 columns).
Scores of the three universities in separate files can be checked here:
November , 2014: Students who completed Stanford course and received certification , please email us, you will receive extra 10-15 marks!.
September, 2014: Starting the preparatory course, Writing in the Sciences offered for free by Stanford University. MSRLink students who will complete the course will get extra rewards and scores in our program.
https://www.coursera.org/course/sciwrite
September, 2014: The Online Interview has been completed. Check back soon for results.
August, 2014: Online application has been completed and only those who are invited by email will be able to attend the online interview.
August, 2014: Application form for students is now open:
(Note: the application is only open for medical students (1st to 6th year), no interns (house officers) will be accepted).
Alazhar University (Cairo) Students: please use this form
Alexandria University Students: please use this form
Assiut University Students: please use this form
July 2014: Call for students' application; Second cycle of MSRLink Program
July, 2014: Announcing the program second cycle. Check back soon!
May, 2014: The MSRLink program volunteer teams' application for the second cycle has been closed.
Accepted teams: CONGRATULATIONS and Welcome Aboard!
- Alazhar University in Cairo
- Alexandria University
- Assiut University
- Zagazig University
April, 2014: The MSRLink Program Second Cycle is Starting!
The Group Application Form for the interested volunteer teams in all Egyptian Universities is now available, Click Here
Deadline for Application is at Midnight (12:00 sharp) on April 22nd , 2014
No application will be accepted after the deadline.
April, 2014: Students of the MSRLink program , first cycle, have been awarded certificates of excellence by the Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University during the faculty annual conference.
Congratulations! to Ahmed Rashed , Dr Noha abdelwahab and Dr Nevin Hamamm. Their MSRLink program work "HAND GRIP STRENGTH AS SIMPLE PREDICTOR OF DISEASE ACTIVITY AND DISABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS"has been just accepted for presentation in the European League of Association for Rheumatology (EULAR) Congress that will be held in Paris, France in June 2014. Dr Nevin will present the work on behalf of the team.
Congratulations! to Inaas Fouad and Dr Ahmed Kheir, their work is accepted for presentation in the 22nd European Congress of Psychiatry in Munich, Germany. Inaas will present her work in the conference March - 2014.
February- 2014: Collaboration agreement between HRE and the new Research Funding Office at the Faculty of Medicine of Assiut University. The office will support some of the activities of the mentor student research link program and facilitate administrative steps for improving student research training.
Congratulations! to Mariam Amin and Dr Sherif El-Shazly, the first team of our program to get their paper accepted in an international journal for the following manuscript:
Mariam Amin and Sherif El-Shazly. "In Utero Stem Cell Transplantation (IUSCT) for radical treatment of Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI): perspectives and controversies (Review article)". American Journal of Perinatology (Published Dec 2013)
Congratulations! to Dr Amr Othman and Dr Ayman Khairy. Their full article is published on Faculty of 1000 Research as well as their poster published in Faculty of 1000 Posters.
Pulmonary embolism presented by syncope in a low-risk patient: a case report
Amr AA Othman, Aly M Tohamy, Ayman KM Hassan
(First author Amr was a 6th year medical student at starting the project, now a house officer)
Pulmonary embolism presented by syncope in a low-risk patient: a case report
Amr AA Othman, Aly M Tohamy, Ayman KM Hassan
(First author Amr was a 6th year medical student at starting the project, now a house officer)
Congratulations! to Kareem Ahmed, and Omnia Omar and their Mentor and Dr Reham Abedlwahab and Dr Hisham Abu Taleb; their posters are now published on Faculty of 1000 after being presented in the MSRLink Research Day.
Solitary skeletal muscle metastasis from primary colon cancer: a case report and review of literature.
Omnia Ahmed, Reham Abdel-Wahab.
(First author Omnia was a 5th year medical student at starting to develop and coordinate the whole project, now finishing the final year)
Inducing cancer for cancer – part 1: the role of HMP shunt in cancer metabolism
Kareem Ahmed , Hisham Abo-Taleb, Reham Abdel-Wahab
(First author Kareem was a 2nd year Medical Student at Application, now in his 3rd year)
The first published poster in our program:
The 7th Turkish Thoracic Surgery Society congress
Poorly differentiated primary synovial sarcoma of the lung.
Marwa Saleh, Hussein El khayat.
(First author Marwa was a house officer at application, now she's a cardiology resident )
The 7th Turkish Thoracic Surgery Society congress
Poorly differentiated primary synovial sarcoma of the lung.
Marwa Saleh, Hussein El khayat.
(First author Marwa was a house officer at application, now she's a cardiology resident )
The Final Research Day of the Mentor Student Research Link- July 2013
Summary of the Program
A pilot project started by HRE in 2012 that connects medical students to an experienced group of volunteer researchers for a period of 4-6 months with a commitment from both sides to work together on a simple research project that should result in a published article in an international journal with the student being first author.
The program includes weekly lectures (12- 15 lectures) that enhances the research skills of the students. The teams compete for awards at the end of the program during a formal research day and ceremony. The program also includes lots of incentives. Both students and mentors evaluate each other objectively. Scores are assigned for each of the activities specified.
Program Team:
Dr Gehad Ahmed, National coordinator of MSRLink , second cycle
Intern at Assiut University Hospitals, 2013-14
Intern at Assiut University Hospitals, 2013-14
Ahmed Abdelkareem
6th year medicla student, Assiut University
Technical National MSRL program coordinator
Active member at ASSA Assuit
works for ENACTUS Assuit
Worked for Elklma kelmtna student group
6th year medicla student, Assiut University
Technical National MSRL program coordinator
Active member at ASSA Assuit
works for ENACTUS Assuit
Worked for Elklma kelmtna student group