Short-Term Research Training for Minority Students

描述(由申请人提供) 这是约翰霍普金斯大学彭博公共卫生学院(BSPH)环境健康科学系“少数族裔学生短期研究培训”项目的续签申请。这项面向合格本科生的计划的中心目标是增加具有环境健康科学领域知识并希望继续进行研究生学习的学生的多样性。次要目标包括：1)提高这些本科生对公共卫生领域环境卫生领域培训和职业机会的认识；2)通过接受来自全国各地不同学院和大学的学生，增加认识到这些职业机会的本科生人数。自2001年以来，包括2005年入学的学生在内，这笔助学金资助了23名代表不足的学生。本科生是从霍普金斯差异暑期实习计划(DSIP)的申请者中招募的。选择和任命这一培训补助金的标准包括学业成绩(GPA&GT；3.0)、至少完成2年的大学学业、对与人类健康有关的环境健康感兴趣、推荐信以及通过课程工作或研究获得的一些实验室经验。除了在教师赞助的研究计划中工作外，参加该培训计划的学生还参加由参与教师赞助的每周一次的研讨会系列。他们还与DSIP的其他学生和BSPH其他部门的教职员工以及医学院的教职员工一起参加欢迎招待会、单独的研讨会系列和最终的海报会议。这些学生收到主任的一封信和评估表，每年都会与他们联系，并要求他们提供关于他们在学术生涯中的进步和目前状况的信息。

DESCRIPTION (provide by applicant) This is a renewal application for the "Short-Term Research Training for Minority Students" program, based in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH). The central goal of this program for qualified undergraduates is to increase the diversity of students with knowledge of and who wish to go on to do graduate study in the field of environmental health sciences. Secondary goals include: 1) increasing the awareness in these undergraduates of opportunities for training and careers in the field environmental health within a public health setting; and 2) increasing the numbers of undergraduates aware of these career opportunities by accepting students from different colleges and universities across the country. Since 2001, and including incoming 2005 students, this grant has supported 23 under-represented students. Undergraduate students are recruited from applicants to the Hopkins Disparity Summer Internship Program (DSIP). Criteria for selection and appointment to this training grant include academic performance (GPA > 3.0), completion of at least 2 years of college, interest in environmental health as related to human health, letters of recommendation, and some prior laboratory experience through course work or research. In addition to working in the research program of their faculty sponsor, students in this training program participate in a weekly seminar series sponsored by participating faculty. They also participate with other students in DSIP who are working with faculty in other departments of the BSPH and with faculty in the School of Medicine, in a welcoming reception, a separate seminar series and a culminating poster session. The students receive a letter and evaluation form from the Director, and each year they are contacted and asked to provide information on their progress through their academic careers and current status.