Summer Education Experience for Research

描述（由申请人提供） 在毒理学研究（SEER）的夏季教育经验的主要目标是提供6名学生有机会积极参与正在进行的研究与教育研讨会系列，提供在环境健康科学研究的背景一起。近期目标是在职业决策的关键时刻为学生提供研究经验，并培养研究技能，让学生接触研究职业的潜力和兴奋。长期目标是招募这些学生进入毒理学博士课程。学生将在研究项目中承担实践责任，在9周的时间内可以获得合理的结论，并将在实验室中花费85%的时间。在氧化应激，DNA修复和诱变，生化毒理学，氯化有机物和心血管毒性的专业领域的研究机会是由一组17名教师在指导研究生和本科生的经验提供。学生将与教师谁是主要的核心和联合教师在毒理学研究生中心，谁是培训补助金教师的毒性NIEHS T32培训补助金或超级基金培训核心的分子机制。学生将从波多黎各大学（UPR）招募，作为UPR学生计划的延续，该计划由肯塔基州大学（英国）和UPR共同赞助约9年，并由NIEHS T35计划从2001 - 2006年支持。研究人员将与来自UPR的经验丰富的教师合作，为SEER毒理学计划确定和招募学生。申请人必须提供他们的学生成绩单，并将由UPR教师进行面试，以确定那些具有成熟度和学术卓越的人在夏季研究经验中取得成功。UPR教师将把最好的学生的申请发送给Vore博士，他将与其他2名英国教师导师沿着审查他们，并选择前6名申请人。这个小组还将匹配申请人的兴趣与那些能够在任何给定的夏天与学生一起工作的教师。还提供了一系列研讨会，让学生接触到环境健康科学中更广泛的问题，沿着关于负责任的研究行为的研讨会，以及如何准备和申请研究生院的介绍。学生将在夏季结束时以专题讨论会的形式对他们的研究成果进行15分钟的演讲。已经制定了一项评估学生满意度、导师和方案有效性的计划，并将用于在今后几年加强方案。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The primary objective of the Summer Education Experience in Research (SEER) in Toxicology is to provide 6 students with an opportunity to participate actively in ongoing research together with an educational seminar series that provides a background in research in environmental health sciences. The immediate goals are to provide a research experience for students at a critical time of career decision-making and to develop the research skills and expose the students to the potential and excitement of research careers. The long-term goal is to recruit these students into the Toxicology doctoral program. Students will have hands-on responsibilities in research projects in which reasonable conclusions can be obtained in a 9-week period, and will spend 85% of their time in the laboratory. Research opportunities in specialty areas of Oxidative Stress, DNA Repair and Mutagenesis, Biochemical Toxicology, and Chlorinated Organics and Cardiovascular Toxicity are provided by a group of 17 faculty members with experience in mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Students will work with faculty who are primarily Core and Joint Faculty in the Graduate Center for Toxicology and who are Training Grant Faculty on the Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity NIEHS T32 Training Grant or the Superfund Training Core. Students will be recruited from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) as the continuation of a program for students from UPR that has been cosponsored by the University of Kentucky (UK) and UPR for about 9 years, and was supported by an NIEHS T35 program from 2001 - 2006. The investigators will work with experienced faculty from the UPR to identify and recruit students for the SEER Toxicology program. Applicants must provide their student transcripts and will be interviewed by the UPR faculty to identify those with the maturity and academic excellence to succeed in a summer research experience. The UPR faculty will send the applications of the best students to Dr. Vore, who will review them along with 2 other UK faculty mentors, and select the top 6 applicants. This group will also match the interests of the applicants with those of the faculty who are able to work with the students in any given summer. A seminar series that exposes students to the broader issues in the environmental health sciences is also provided, along with seminars on the responsible conduct of research, and a presentation of how to prepare and apply for Graduate School. Students will make a 15-minute presentation of their research findings in a symposium-type format at the end of the summer. A plan for evaluating student satisfaction, the effectiveness of mentors and the program has been developed and will be used to enhance the program in ensuing years.