The Lundbeck Foundation sends medical students on research secondment to California
Five talented medical students are right now on their way across the Atlantic to San Francisco to participate in the Lundbeck Foundation research programme DARE – Danish American Research Exchange.
Zacharias, Pernille, Jawad, Aleksander and Jasmin are the names of the five students, and they will all be conducting research at either Stanford University or the University of California, San Francisco.
This is the fifth time we are sending a group of medical students on research secondment, and we are collaborating with Innovation Center Denmark to ensure that all of the practical details are in place in advance so that the students do not need to spend any time on paperwork or finding a place to stay – they can devote themselves fully to their research.
There are further details about the fellowship programme at www.darefellowship.com.
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