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Pharm-Tox students named Summer ’16 Ganser Fellows

A "W" crest banner flies on Bascom Hill against blue sky and puffy clouds during spring. ©UW-Madison University Communications Photo by: Jeff MillerPharmacology-Toxicology juniors Alex Hall ‘17 and Laura Josephson ‘17 have been selected as Ganser Program Fellows by Meriter-Unity Point Health for the summer of 2016. This is the fourth consecutive year that a “Pharm-Tox” undergraduate has been chosen by the selective Ganser Program. Previous recipients include Nick Poellinger ‘16, Alyssa Tidemann ‘16, Sam Boderman ‘15 and Nia Sathiamoorthi ‘14.

The Ganser Program is a full-time paid summer fellowship; six pre-health undergraduates are selected and serve in the summer following their sophomore or junior years. Since its inception in 1978, approximately 190 students have participated. The program was designed by a former Meriter medical director whose generous bequest, along with Meriter Foundation, make the program possible. The Ganser Program offers fellows an exceptional hospital experience to see numerous aspects of the hospital that many people, including employees, do not typically experience. Fellows receive a comprehensive overview of the operations of health care services by meeting with leaders in nearly all of the hospital’s departments. In addition, fellows are provided the opportunity to work in a specific area of the hospital on an individual project. Fellows are provided the opportunity to shadow doctors, observe surgeries, etc.