EnMed – Craig & Galen Brown Foundation

EnMed Scholarships

The scholarships from the Craig and Galen Brown Foundation are among the most prestigious honors that can be bestowed upon undergraduates at Texas A&M University.

Brown Scholars are among the top students at Texas A&M. All 306 Brown Scholars since 1992 have achieved National Merit status, and in the last 25 years, more than 90 Brown Scholars have received the Outstanding Senior Engineering Award at Texas A&M.

Brown Scholars have held the highest positions at A&M or have achieved the highest honors and awards, including Outstanding Senior of the A&M graduating class, Corps Commander, Rhodes Scholar Finalist, Fulbright Scholar, Goldwater Scholar, MSC President and Yell Leader.

Now, the Brown Foundation is helping The Texas A&M University System bring the best and brightest to EnMed, a unique graduate program in which students simultaneously earn master’s degrees in engineering and medical degrees. The foundation is offering scholarships to 15 impressive high school candidates for conditional admission to EnMed through the new E2EnMed Early Assurance program.

Texas A&M University has granted the Brown Foundation the right to proffer 15+ Brown Foundation candidates for annual conditioned admission to the EnMed program utilizing the E2EnMed Early Assurance program pathway. Students who earn a Bachelor of Science from a College of Engineering degree program (includes engineering, computer science and engineering technology) who receive a Brown Foundation scholarship for undergraduate studies are simultaneously eligible to receive an additional graduate scholarship to EnMed.

EnMed is a collaborative venture between Texas A&M College of Medicine, Texas A&M College of Engineering and Houston Methodist Hospital. EnMed graduates will receive a Master of Engineering and MD degrees in four years. This first-in-the-nation program blends experiential learning in engineering innovation with medical school training to create a new kind of doctor, a “physicianeer” with the goal of transforming health care.

National Health Thought Leaders on the ENMED Concept

This is such a great idea. I wish the program had existed when I was in school. I would have definitely been a student.

Joseph Wu

MD, PhD, Director, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Simon H. Stertzer, MD, Professor and Professor of Radiology

I am fully supportive of this forward-thinking concept, it is a wonderful idea. My only regret is that I didn’t think of it first!

Barbara Stoll

MD, Dean Emeritus UT McGovern Medical School

Converging engineering and medicine is such a great idea that it is one of those things that when you first hear about it, you wonder -why didn’t I think of that?

Peter Hotez

MD, PhD, National Vaccinologist, Dean National School of Tropical Medicine and Disease, Baylor College of Medicine

Inaugural EnMed Class of 2023- 100% residency match rate!

Celebrating the World's First Class of Physicianeers

The inaugural EnMed graduation is May 20, 2023.

Preceding the graduation ceremony is a Nobel Laureates Colloquy including the following Nobel Laureates:

1) Phillip Sharp- PhD- Nobel in Medicine, 1993 and author “From X-rays to DNA: How Engineering Drives Biology”

2) Martin Chalfie-PhD- Nobel in Chemistry, 2008 and Congressional Golden Goose Award for research impacting society

3) Carolyn Bertozzi- PhD- Nobel in Chemistry, 2022 and founder of Stanford’s ChEM H which bridges chemistry, engineering and medicine

4) Carl Wieman, PhD- Nobel in Physics, 2001 and Yidan Prize in Innovative Education Research

5) Vinton Cerf, PhD- Co- Inventor of the Internet and Vice President Google

The Commencement Address Speaker is The Honorable Francis Collins, MD, PhD, Celebrated Geneticist, Historic Director of NIH and Science Advisor to President Biden

Craig Brown and Suzanne Smith EnMed Capstone Project Scholarships

The Craig and Galen Brown Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of the Craig Brown and Suzanne Smith EnMed Capstone Project Scholarships (“Capstone Project Scholarships”). Capstone Project Scholarships are awarded at the sole discretion of the Brown Foundation to a student or students who are selected as Capstone Innovator Award recipients within the student’s EnMed Innovation Portfolio and whose proposed projects will innovate solutions to medical issues using technology to benefit patients and society- at- large. Capstone Project recipients receive funds ranging between $5000-$10,000.

The Craig and Galen Brown Foundation is pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of Capstone Project Scholarships are Zachary Richards and Cailin O’Connell.

Zachary’s Capstone Project aims to improve the design of the slit lamp telescope, the centerpiece of ophthalmic examination that examines the eye by improving the ergonomics of the device to accommodate differing body types and improve the equity of ophthalmic outcomes and prevent physician injury.

Cailin’s Capstone Project aims to provide early detection of ovarian tumors by using metalloprotease nanoparticles which are associated with a number of malignancies. Using nanoparticles targeted to an ovarian cancer microenvironment will improve early detection of ovarian cancer thereby decreasing time to treatment, and therefore, reduce mortality in women with ovarian cancer.

Zachary and Cailin will each receive a $10,000 scholarship. Congratulations!!

PRIYA ARUNACHALAM

M.B.A. M.D. & M.S. ENG. CANDIDATE, 2023

“I’ve never wanted to just be a doctor. I always wanted to do something more – something beyond the traditional path. That’s why I chose enmed. Enmed has put me on the path to being an interdisciplinary mind in the future of medicine. The integrated curriculum engages my engineering thought process. Like many of my classmates, I’m constantly wondering how and why things work the way they do in the body; enmed satiates that desire in addition to preparing me to innovate in clinical practice. Further than that, enmed students are some of the most resourceful people I’ve ever worked with. I have full confidence that we will find ways around obstacles in our careers. And I have full confidence that every one of our names will be highly recognized in the field of medicine 20 years from now. Again, thank you for making enmed possible. I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for Sue and Craig.”

Brown Foundation E2EnMed Early Assurance Scholarship

Brown Foundation E2EnMed Early Assurance Scholarship Program

The Brown Foundation E2EnMed Early Assurance Scholarship Program aims to recruit high achieving high school seniors who have attained National Merit status with demonstrated outstanding academic achievements, leadership, school organization and community involvement to apply to the E2EnMed Early Assurance Program, pursue an undergraduate engineering major and matriculate to the EnMed Program.

Brown Foundation scholarship recipients who are conditionally admitted to the EnMed Program must sustain academic excellence, the aforementioned attributes and A&M’s core values throughout their course of study as undergraduate students. The Brown Foundation’s EnMed scholarship requirements, including a student’s academic achievement, research opportunities and MCAT scores, exceed those of the College of Medicine’s admission requirements. Brown Foundation Scholars must attain school and community service hours and leadership positions as conditions precedent to receiving and retaining their EnMed scholarship.

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EnMed Graduate Scholarship Requirements

Brown Scholars who wish to study and receive conditional admission to EnMed as part of their acceptance agreement to attend Texas A&M University must meet the following requirements to achieve full EnMed matriculation:

Maintain an overall undergraduate GPA of 3.75 or higher;
Complete Texas A&M Medical School undergraduate course prerequisites;
Achieve a 90% or higher MCAT score;
Maintain good academic standing in the College of Engineering Honors program for at least one year;
Perform at least 80 hours of service or volunteer work through appropriate Texas A&M student organization, department, college or university activities and /or community, religious, or other service oriented organizations over the course of undergraduate education;
Achieve and terminate in good standing at least one leadership position* within Texas A&M University over the course of undergraduate education; and
Conduct research*, preferably medically related (including the Houston Methodist Research Institute 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Internship program for 15 Brown Scholars annually) and/or medically related engineering research, for at least two semesters over the course of undergraduate education.

Admission to the EnMed early admission program requires adherence to the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME) requirements including, but not limited to, an evaluation of the student’s completed application and an interview with the College of Medicine Admissions Committee.

*Acceptable activities provided by Brown Foundation; activities not pre-approved subject to approval by Brown Foundation

EnMed Scholarships

National Health Thought Leaders on the ENMED Concept

Craig Brown and Suzanne Smith EnMed Capstone Project Scholarships

PRIYA ARUNACHALAM

M.B.A. M.D. & M.S. ENG. CANDIDATE, 2023

Brown Foundation E2EnMed Early Assurance Scholarship

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New E2EnMed EAP Brown Scholars

Cathryn Gunawan

Eric Gu

Hailey Chuong

Gowtham Kadiyala

Megan Guy

Nabeela Hassan

Fayobami Taiwo

Melody Yeh

EnMed Scholarships

National Health Thought Leaders on the ENMED Concept

Craig Brown and Suzanne Smith EnMed Capstone Project Scholarships

PRIYA ARUNACHALAM

M.B.A. M.D. & M.S. ENG. CANDIDATE, 2023

Brown Foundation E2EnMed Early Assurance Scholarship

ScholarshipRequirements

New E2EnMed EAP Brown Scholars

Cathryn Gunawan

Eric Gu

Hailey Chuong

Gowtham Kadiyala

Megan Guy

Nabeela Hassan

Fayobami Taiwo

Melody Yeh

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