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: 8660697
• 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/8660697
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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夏季实习生计划（SIP）在环境健康科学旨在提供夏季研究培训环境健康科学为10名优秀的代表性不足的少数民族本科生来自全国各地。这些实习生将参加哈佛公共卫生学院的研究者完善和全面的9周实验室培训计划，并获得其博士学位。在公共卫生生物科学计划。HSPH已承诺匹配NIH的支持，以提高其国家认可的暑期实习提供的经验。调查人员将提供实验室研究的实践培训，在暑期本科实习生和10名优秀的HSPH教师之间建立持久的指导关系，并通过为参加他们计划的实习生组织课程和课外活动来促进对环境健康研究生科学事业的兴趣。 所有培训项目的教师都有担任少数民族学生导师的经验，并已与他们的暑期项目合作多年。 此外，这些教师在广泛的研究领域，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积极的研究计划。这种广泛的兴趣将有利于他们的计划，因为每个教师将向学生讲述他们的研究和专业发展，以促进环境科学的职业生涯。 来自全国各地的潜在申请人将根据目的陈述，课程和本科水平的成绩以及推荐信来评估他们的潜力。 那些被录取的人将在6月的第二周或第三周开始他们的夏季体验。 SIP包括HSPH教师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，参加每周一次的研讨会系列，重点是环境健康科学，与HSPH教师和研究生的正式和非正式指导午餐，全校范围的讲座，汇集了整个大学的暑期实习生，下午和晚上的社交活动，为研究生院的录取过程做实际准备，以及哈佛大学主办的科学研讨会，让学员介绍他们的研究成果。该计划的评估将评估如何以及SIP增强的动机和学术准备和参与环境健康事业。具体目标是激励和加强代表性不足的少数民族学生寻求环境卫生科学研究生水平培训的渠道。 公共卫生相关性：在美国，通过消除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。为了解决这一重大问题，有必要对来自不同背景的环境科学研究人员进行培训，以便他们能够为未来提供信息和制定解决方案。 调查人员的工作重点是加强博士生的渠道，最终目标是提高少数群体在环境卫生科学系一级的代表性。 不幸的是，环境健康科学的实验室学科在本科阶段并没有得到广泛的教学，许多潜在的优秀候选人根本没有了解到一个有价值的和充实的职业道路的可能性。在这个领域的程度。 许多少数民族学生谁可以在研究生培训计划中茁壮成长，而不是选择进入医学院。招聘合格学生的最佳方法是在他们还是本科生时，在他们选择研究生院或其他职业道路之前，教育他们有关机会的知识。 9周计划解决了这个问题。 由博士Marianne Wessling-Resnick博士指导。在哈佛公共卫生学院的公共卫生生物科学项目中，十位杰出的、非常成熟的教师将监督十位才华横溢、聪明、积极进取的本科生暑期实习生在环境卫生科学方面的专业发展。 学生以电子方式申请该计划，提交他们的大学成绩单，推荐信和目的声明。 调查人员的目标是从环境科学代表性不足的团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HSPH的教师，开始了解更多关于具体研究问题的信息。 调查人员通常会将学生与他们感兴趣领域的教师实验室顾问“匹配”。夏季的经验开始于六月的第二或第三周，包括HSPH教师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，参加每周一次的教师研讨会系列，重点是环境健康科学，正式和非正式的指导午餐与HSPH教师和研究生，全校范围的讲座汇集了整个哈佛的暑期实习生，下午和晚上的社交活动，以建立社区精神，实际准备研究生院的录取过程，并参加哈佛大学主办的科学研讨会，为学员介绍他们的研究成果。