Summer Education Experience for Research

描述(由申请人提供) 毒理学暑期教育研究体验(SEER)的主要目标是为6名学生提供积极参与正在进行的研究的机会，以及提供环境健康科学研究背景的一系列教育研讨会。眼前的目标是在职业决策的关键时刻为学生提供研究体验，发展研究技能，让学生接触到研究职业的潜力和兴奋。长期目标是招收这些学生参加毒理学博士项目。学生将在9周内得到合理结论的研究项目中亲身实践，并将85%的时间花在实验室里。在氧化应激、DNA修复和突变、生化毒理学、氯化有机物和心血管毒性等专业领域的研究机会由17名具有指导研究生和本科生经验的教职员工提供。学生将与主要是毒理学研究生院核心和联合学院的教职员工合作，他们是NIEHS T32培训助学金或超级基金培训核心培训助学金的毒性分子机制培训助学金。将从波多黎各大学(UPR)招收学生，作为针对UPR学生的计划的继续，该计划由肯塔基大学(英国)和UPR共同发起约9年，并在2001-2006年得到NIEHS T35计划的支持。调查人员将与来自普遍定期审议的经验丰富的教师合作，识别和招收SEER毒理学项目的学生。申请者必须提供他们的学生成绩单，并将接受UPR教职员工的面试，以确定那些成熟和学术优秀的人，以便在夏季的研究经验中取得成功。UPR教职员工将把最好的学生的申请发送给沃尔博士，沃尔博士将与其他两名英国教师导师一起审查这些申请，并选出排名前6名的申请者。这个小组还将使申请者的兴趣与能够在任何给定的暑期与学生一起工作的教职员工的兴趣相匹配。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，以及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。在暑期结束时，学生将以专题讨论会的形式，用15分钟的时间介绍他们的研究成果。已经制定了一项评估学生满意度、导师和该计划有效性的计划，并将在接下来的几年里用于加强该计划。

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.