Congratulations to third-year medical student Andrew Yang, whose research has been awarded a 2024 grant from the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies (CSNS)/CNS Foundation. The CSNS Medical Student Fellowship in Socioeconomic Research is awarded to a medical student conducting research on a socioeconomic issue impacting neurosurgical practice. Andrew is conducting research into disparities in industry funding for neurosurgeons; he will present his findings at the CSNS spring annual meeting in Boston.
The medical student fellowship is sponsored by the Council of State Neurological Societies, which also awards a yearlong Socioeconomic Fellowship to residents to help them develop an understanding of the socioeconomic issues affecting neurosurgery. Andrew says he was inspired by previous winners of that award when he decided to apply for the medical student fellowship. Kai-Ming Fu, MD, PhD, was a 2007-2008 Socioeconomic Fellow when he was a resident at the University of Virginia prior to joining the Weill Cornell faculty, and former resident Brenton Pennicooke, MD, was selected as a 2015-2016 Socioeconomic Fellow.