Summer Research Experience in Biological and Computational Sciences

这项拟议的夏季研究计划是约翰·P·赫斯曼人类基因组研究所(HIHG)生物和计算科学JJ·万斯纪念暑期实习的竞争性更新。Hihg的部分使命是培养下一代研究人员。出于这个原因，在过去的五年里，它举办了生物和计算科学JJ·万斯纪念暑期实习(JJ Vance Interactive)，该项目为迈阿密地区高中的新生提供了一个直接参与科学研究的独特机会。该计划非常成功，在5年的资助期间，总共收到了来自迈阿密-戴德县和布罗沃德县94所不同高中的541份申请，每年只有12-13个职位。在此期间被选中的63名实习生中，47%是西班牙裔/拉丁裔，15%是非裔美国人，30%是白人非拉美裔，8%是亚洲人。97%(97%)的高中毕业学生(两个班级仍在高中)上过大学，STEM专业占前实习生大学专业学习的87%，20%目前正在攻读额外的研究生课程。这些项目的设计将学生纳入由HHG教职员工领导的持续工作研究小组，专注于实践和指导体验。我们努力培养对科学和研究的热情；使学生不仅能够体验科学的创造力，而且了解实现这些目标所需的职业步骤。我们提供实验室和基于计算机(生物信息学、统计遗传学、数据管理编程)的体验。

This proposed Summer Research Program is a competing renewal of the JJ Vance Memorial Summer Internship in Biological and Computational Sciences at the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (HIHG). Part of HIHG’s mission is to train the next generation of researchers. For this reason, it has hosted, for the last five years, the JJ Vance Memorial Summer Internship in Biological and Computational Sciences (JJ Vance internship), a program that has offered rising seniors from Miami-area high schools a unique opportunity to be directly involved in scientific research. The program has been highly successful, receiving a total of 541 applications during the 5-year funding period from 94 different high schools in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, for only 12-13 positions per year. Of the 63 selected interns during this time, 47% were Hispanic/Latino, 15% were African American, 30% were white non-Hispanic and 8% were Asian. Ninety-seven percent (97%) of students that have graduated from high school (two classes are still in high school) have attended college, and STEM majors represent 87% of the ex-interns’ college major fields of study with 20% currently attending additional graduate study. The programs’ design incorporates the student into ongoing working research groups led by faculty members at the HIHG, focusing on a hands-on and mentoring experience. We strive to create a passion for science, for research; to enable the student to experience not only the creativity of science but understand what career steps it takes to get them there. We offer both laboratory as well as a computer-based (bioinformatics, statistical genetics, data- management programming) experience.