Summer Education Experience for Research

毒理学暑期研究教育体验（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教育系列研讨会。直接目标是在职业决策的关键时刻为学生提供研究经验，发展研究技能，并使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进入毒理学博士项目。学生将在为期9周的时间内动手完成研究项目，并得出合理的结论，85%的时间将在实验室度过。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师提供。学生将与毒理学研究生中心的核心教员和联合教员以及NIEHS T32毒性分子机制培训补助金教员或超级基金培训补助金教员一起工作。学生将从波多黎各大学（UPR）招募，作为普遍定期审议学生项目的延续，该项目由肯塔基大学（英国）和普遍定期审议共同赞助了约9年，并由2001年至2006年的NIEHS T35项目提供支持。我们将与来自普遍定期审议的经验丰富的教师合作，为毒理学项目的SEER项目确定和招收学生。申请人必须提供他们的学生成绩单，并将由普遍定期审议教员面试，以确定那些成熟和学术卓越的学生，以在夏季研究经历中取得成功。普遍定期审议教师将把最优秀学生的申请发给Vore博士，Vore博士将与其他两名英国教师导师一起审查这些申请，并选出前6名申请人。这个小组还将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的兴趣相匹配。还举办了一系列研讨会，使学生了解环境卫生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。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分钟的展示。已经制定了一项评估学生满意度、导师和项目有效性的计划，并将在随后的几年里用于加强项目。

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 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. We will work with experienced faculty from the UPR to identify and recruit students for the SEER in 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-min 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.