Ben Kreitlow, M4
Hometown: Kanawha, IA
Medical School Entry Date: Fall 2018
MSTP Advanced Standing Entry Date: Summer 2020
Learning Community: McCowen
Graduate Program:
Mentor:
Teaching:
2021 Fall—MSTP USMLE Step 1 Tutor
2021—Neuroanatomy Lab (MOHD2) Graduate Teaching Assistant
Mentorship:
2022—Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program, McCowen Community Student
Advisor
2022–2023—Secondary Scientist Training Program
2023—Summer Research Opportunities Program
2023—Biomedical Scholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Committees:
2019—Medical Arts and Sciences Committee, M2 Representative
2022–2024—IGPN Student Study Section, Founding Chair
2022–2025—IGPN Admissions Committee, Student Representative
Awards:
2018—Steven J. Reiter, M.D., Medical Scholarship
2019—Summer Research Fellowship Program
2021—Neuroscience Rotation Talk Award
2022—Graduate College Post Comprehensive Research Fellowship
2022—Gloria Lee Student Service Award
2023—Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research, NIH/NINDS
2024—Dare to Discover Campaign
2024—Kwak-Ferguson Fellowship
2024—Trainee Professional Development Award, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (Sponsored by Burroughs-Welcome Fund)
2024—Early Career Award, Partners Against Mortality in Epilepsy Annual Meeting
2025—Student Supervisor of the Year Award Nominee
2026—Pappajohn Biomedical Institute Best Paper Competition Award Winner
Education:
2016—BA, Neuroscience, Chemistry, Wartburg College
2018—MS, Integrated Bioscience, Chemistry, University of Minnesota at Duluth
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