Summer Education Experience for Research

研究暑期教育经历

• 批准号: 7741662
• 负责人: Mary Vore
• 金额: $ 3.38万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2012-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7741662
• 关键词: Area; Biochemical; Cardiovascular system; DNA Repair; Decision Making; Education; Effectiveness; Environmental Health; Faculty; Goals; Grant; Hand; Interview; Joints; Kentucky; Laboratories; Mentors; Molecular; Mutagenesis; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Oxidative Stress; Puerto Rico; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Schools; Series; Students; Superfund; Time; Toxic effect; Toxicology; Training; Transcript; Universities; Work; career; experience; interest; medical specialties; member; programs; responsible research conduct; satisfaction; skills; symposium; university student

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.

描述（由申请人提供） 毒理学研究暑期教育体验 (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研讨会系列。近期目标是在职业决策的关键时刻为学生提供研究经验，培养研究技能，让学生接触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9周内亲自参与研究项目，并获得合理的结论，并且85%的时间都在实验室度过。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人员提供。学生将与毒理学研究生中心的主要核心和联合教师以及毒性分子机制 NIEHS T32 培训补助金或超级基金培训核心培训补助金教师一起工作。波多黎各大学 (UPR) 将从波多黎各大学 (UPR) 招募学生，作为 UPR 学生项目的延续，该项目已由肯塔基大学（英国）和 UPR 共同赞助了约 9 年，并在 2001 年至 2006 年期间得到了 NIEHS T35 项目的支持。研究人员将与 UPR 经验丰富的教师合作，为 SEER 毒理学项目寻找和招募学生。申请人必须提供学生成绩单，并将接受 UPR 教师的面试，以确定那些成熟且学术卓越的学生，能够在夏季研究经历中取得成功。 UPR 教师会将最优秀学生的申请发送给 Vore 博士，Vore 博士将与另外 2 位英国教师导师一起审核申请，并选出前 6 名申请者。该小组还将把申请人的兴趣与能够在任何特定夏季与学生一起工作的教师的兴趣进行匹配。还提供了一系列研讨会，让学生了解环境健康科学中更广泛的问题，以及有关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演示。暑假结束时，学生将以研讨会形式展示他们的研究成果，时长 15 分钟。评估学生满意度、导师和项目有效性的计划已经制定，并将用于在接下来的几年中加强该项目。