Summer Intern Program (SIP) in Environmental Health Sciences

环境健康科学暑期实习生计划（SIP）

• 批准号: 8316246
• 负责人: Marianne Wessling-Resnick
• 金额: $ 5.88万
• 依托单位: HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-08 至 2016-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8316246
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed R25 Summer Intern Program (SIP) in Environmental Health Sciences seeks to offer summer research training in environmental health sciences for 10 outstanding under-represented minority undergraduate students from across the nation. These interns will participate in the investigators well-established and comprehensive 9-week laboratory training program at Harvard School of Public Health in conjunction with its Ph.D. Program in Biological Sciences in Public Health. HSPH has pledged to match NIH support to enhance the experience offered by its nationally recognized summer internship. The investigators will provide hands-on training in bench research, develop lasting mentoring relationships between summer undergraduate interns and ten outstanding HSPH faculty, and promote interest in environmental health graduate science careers by organizing curricular and extracurricular activities for interns enrolled in their program. All training program faculty are experienced in serving as mentors for minority students and have worked with their summer program for several years. Additionally, these faculty members have active research programs in a broad spectrum of research areas, including environmental health, genetics, molecular epidemiology and biomarkers, toxicology, and mechanistic disease research. This breadth of interest will benefit their program as each of the faculty will speak to the students about their research and professional development to foster careers in environmental sciences. Prospective applicants from across the nation will be evaluated for their potential based on statement of purpose, coursework and grades at the undergraduate level, and letters of reference. Those accepted into the program will begin their summer experience the second or third week in June. The SIP includes an individualized supervised research project in HSPH faculty laboratories, laboratory safety training, responsible conduct of science, participation in a weekly seminar series focusing on environmental health sciences, formal and informal mentoring lunches with HSPH faculty and graduate students, university-wide lectures bringing together summer interns across the university, afternoon and evening socials, practical preparation for the graduate school admission process, and Harvard University-sponsored Science Symposium for trainees to present the results of their research. The program evaluation will assess how well the SIP enhanced the motivation and academic preparation and participation in environmental health careers. The specific aim is to motivate and enhance the pipeline of underrepresented minority students seeking graduate level training in the environmental health sciences. Public Health Relevance: Excess mortality and disease incidence is preventable by eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities in the United States. To tackle this significant problem, it is necessary to train environmental science researchers from diverse backgrounds so that they may inform and shape solutions for the future. The investigators efforts are focused on strengthening the pipeline of doctoral students with the ultimate goal of improved representation of minorities at the faculty level in environmental health sciences. Unfortunately, laboratory disciplines of the environmental health sciences are not widely taught at the undergraduate level, and many potentially excellent candidates simply do not learn about the possibility of a valuable and fulfilling career path towards the Ph.D. degree in this area. Many minority students who could thrive in a graduate training program choose instead to enter medical school. The best way to recruit qualified students is to educate them about opportunities while they are still undergraduates and before they make their choices regarding graduate school or other career paths. The 9-week program addresses this problem. Directed by Dr. Marianne Wessling-Resnick from the Ph.D. program in Biological Sciences in Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health, ten outstanding and very well-established faculty members will oversee professional development of ten talented, bright and motivated undergraduate summer interns in environmental health sciences. Students apply to the program electronically, submitting their college transcripts, letters of reference, and a statement of purpose. The investigators goal is to recruit summer interns from groups under-represented in environmental sciences. Applicants will be encouraged to contact participating HSPH faculty by email to begin to learn more about specific research problems. The investigators typically "match" students with a faculty laboratory advisor in their field of interest. The summer experience begins the second or third week in June, and includes an individualized supervised research project in HSPH faculty laboratories, laboratory safety training, responsible conduct of science, participation in a weekly faculty seminar series focusing on environmental health sciences, formal and informal mentoring lunches with HSPH faculty and graduate students, university-wide lectures bringing together summer interns across Harvard, afternoon and evening socials to build community spirit, practical preparation for the graduate school admission process, and participation in Harvard University-sponsored Science Symposium for trainees to present the results of their research.

描述（由申请人提供）： 拟议的 R25 环境健康科学暑期实习计划 (SIP) 旨在为来自全国各地的 10 名杰出少数族裔本科生提供环境健康科学方面的暑期研究培训。这些实习生将参加哈佛大学公共卫生学院的研究人员完善且全面的为期 9 周的实验室培训计划及其博士课程。公共卫生生物科学项目。 HSPH 承诺配合 NIH 的支持，以增强其全国认可的暑期实习所提供的经验。研究人员将提供基础研究的实践培训，在暑期本科实习生和 10 名优秀的 HSPH 教员之间建立持久的指导关系，并通过为参加其项目的实习生组织课程和课外活动来提高他们对环境健康研究生科学职业的兴趣。 所有培训项目的教师在担任少数族裔学生的导师方面都有丰富的经验，并且已经在他们的暑期项目中工作了几年。 此外，这些教职人员在广泛的研究领域拥有积极的研究项目，包括环境健康、遗传学、分子流行病学和生物标志物、毒理学和机械疾病研究。这种广泛的兴趣将使他们的项目受益，因为每位教师都会向学生讲述他们的研究和专业发展，以促进环境科学领域的职业发展。 我们将根据目的陈述、本科课程作业和成绩以及推荐信对来自全国各地的潜在申请人的潜力进行评估。 被该项目录取的学生将于六月的第二周或第三周开始他们的夏季体验。 SIP 包括 HSPH 教职员工实验室的个性化监督研究项目、实验室安全培训、负责任的科学行为、参加每周一次的环境健康科学系列研讨会、与 HSPH 教职员工和研究生举行的正式和非正式辅导午餐、将全校暑期实习生聚集在一起的全校范围内的讲座、下午和晚上的社交活动、研究生院录取过程的实际准备以及哈佛大学赞助的科学活动。 研讨会为学员展示他们的研究成果。该项目评估将评估 SIP 在多大程度上增强了环境健康职业的动力、学术准备和参与。其具体目标是激励和加强代表性不足的少数族裔学生寻求环境健康科学研究生水平培训的渠道。 公共卫生相关性：通过消除美国的种族和民族健康差异，可以预防过高的死亡率和疾病发病率。为了解决这个重大问题，有必要培训来自不同背景的环境科学研究人员，以便他们能够为未来提供信息和制定解决方案。 研究人员的工作重点是加强博士生的培养，最终目标是提高环境健康科学教师中少数群体的代表性。 不幸的是，环境健康科学的实验室学科并没有在本科阶段广泛教授，许多潜在的优秀候选人根本不了解通往博士学位的有价值且充实的职业道路的可能性。该领域的学位。 许多可以在研究生培训项目中茁壮成长的少数族裔学生选择进入医学院。招收合格学生的最佳方法是在他们还是本科生时以及在他们选择研究生院或其他职业道路之前对他们进行机会教育。 为期 9 周的计划解决了这个问题。 由博士生 Marianne Wessling-Resnick 博士指导。在哈佛大学公共卫生学院公共卫生生物科学项目中，十名杰出且非常有名气的教职人员将监督十名才华横溢、聪明且积极进取的环境健康科学本科暑期实习生的专业发展。 学生以电子方式申请该项目，提交大学成绩单、推荐信和目的陈述。 调查人员的目标是从环境科学领域代表性不足的群体中招募暑期实习生。 我们鼓励申请人通过电子邮件联系参与的 HSPH 教师，以开始了解有关具体研究问题的更多信息。 研究人员通常将学生与他们感兴趣的领域的实验室顾问“匹配”。暑期体验从 6 月的第二周或第三周开始，包括在 HSPH 教职人员实验室进行个性化的监督研究项目、实验室安全培训、负责任的科学行为、参加每周一次的以环境健康科学为重点的教职人员研讨会系列、与 HSPH 教职人员和研究生一起参加正式和非正式的指导午餐、将哈佛各地的暑期实习生聚集在一起的全校范围内的讲座、下午和晚上的社交活动，以建立社区精神、为 研究生入学流程，并参加哈佛大学主办的科学研讨会，供学员展示他们的研究成果。