CEHS Summer Undergraduate Research Program: University of Montana

摘要 蒙大拿大学环境健康科学中心(CEHS)建议继续其 面向理科本科生的暑期本科生研究项目(SUPP)体验(R25 ES022866)。冲浪体验将让本科生真正沉浸在指挥中 类似于环境健康科学研究生所经历的研究。学生们还将 接受环境毒理学和生物医学统计学方面的培训。该计划将为学生提供 提供额外的培训，给予他们继续研究生教育的信心和指导，重点是 向环境健康科学迈进。这些目标将通过让学生在相关的 他们感兴趣的研究课题，由经验丰富的研究人员开发。此外，具体的附加内容 培训将在互动环境中提供。还将向学生提供信息和指导，以 申请研究生院，并参加研究生培训。我们打算为有杰出潜力的学生提供 有机会体验高质量的环境健康研究活动。为了满足以下需求 代表不同社会和文化背景的环境健康专家，我们将积极 招收弱势群体和/或代表性不足群体的学生。CEHS处于有利地位，可以执行 这样一个方案，建立在丰富的适当的实验室和实地环境研究的基础上 健康科学，以及过去和现在专注于本科教育和研究的课程。这个 该计划的目标将通过以下方式实现：1)每年招收5名具有 表示有强烈的兴趣从事环境健康科学或相关领域的研究工作，并 与适当的教师导师配对，并参与正在进行的环境研究项目 理科；2)提供背景培训，改善学员对研究生院的准备和 鼓励他们在环境健康科学方面的研究生学习。学生将接受培训， 负责任地进行研究，指导研究生院的申请和拨款申请的背景， 写作技能和发展口头陈述，这将是他们的最终活动；3)帮助学生提交 为毒理学学会年会赠送海报的摘要；以及4)评估该计划是否 为学员和导师实现项目的目标。

ABSTRACT The Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS) at the University of Montana proposes to continue its Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) experience for undergraduate science students (R25 ES022866). The SURP experience will provide undergraduate students an authentic immersion into conducting research similar to that experienced by graduate students in environmental health sciences. Students will also receive training in Environmental Toxicology and Biomedical Statistics. The program will provide the students with additional training to give them confidence and guidance to pursue graduate education, with an emphasis towards environmental health sciences. These goals will be accomplished by having students work on relevant research topics of interest to them and developed by experienced investigators. Furthermore, specific additional training will be provided in an interactive environment. Students will also be given information and guidance to apply to graduate schools and enter graduate training. We intend to provide students of outstanding potential the opportunity to experience high quality environmental health research activities. To address the need for environmental health specialists who represent a diversity of social and cultural backgrounds we will actively recruit students from disadvantaged and/or underrepresented groups. The CEHS is well positioned to execute such a program, building on a rich portfolio of appropriate laboratory and field-based research in environmental health sciences, and on past and current programs that focus on undergraduate education and research. The goals of the program will be accomplished by: 1) Recruiting each year 5 undergraduate students who have expressed a strong interest in pursuing a research career in environmental health sciences or related field and paired with the appropriate faculty mentor and participate in an ongoing research project in the environmental sciences; 2) Providing background training to improve the participants’ preparedness for graduate school and encourage their graduate study in environmental health sciences. Students will receive training in the Responsible Conduct of Research, guidance in graduate school applications and background in grant writing, writing skills and developing an oral presentation, which will be their culminating event; 3) helping students submit abstracts to present posters for the Society of Toxicology annual meeting; and 4) Evaluating whether the program achieves the goals of the program for the students and mentors.