Short-Term Research Training for Minority Students

描述（由申请人提供） 这是“少数民族学生短期研究培训”项目的续签申请，该项目位于约翰霍普金斯彭博公共卫生学院（BSPH）的环境健康科学系。该计划的核心目标是为合格的本科生增加学生的多样性，并希望继续在环境健康科学领域进行研究生学习。 次要目标包括：1）提高这些本科生对公共卫生环境中环境卫生领域培训和职业机会的认识; 2）通过接受来自全国各地不同学院和大学的学生，增加了解这些职业机会的本科生人数。自2001年以来，包括2005年入学的学生在内，这项赠款已资助了23名代表性不足的学生。本科生从申请者中招募到霍普金斯差异暑期实习计划（DSIP）。选择和任命这项培训补助金的标准包括学习成绩（GPA > 3.0），完成至少2年的大学学业，对与人类健康有关的环境健康感兴趣，推荐信，以及通过课程工作或研究获得的一些实验室经验。 除了在他们的教师赞助商的研究计划工作，在这个培训计划的学生参加由参与教师主办的每周研讨会系列。他们还与DSIP的其他学生一起参加，他们与BSPH其他部门的教师以及医学院的教师一起工作，参加欢迎招待会，单独的研讨会系列和最终的海报会议。学生收到一封信和评价表从主任，每年他们被联系，并要求通过他们的学术生涯和目前的状态提供有关他们的进展信息。

DESCRIPTION (provide by applicant) This is a renewal application for the "Short-Term Research Training for Minority Students" program, based in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH). The central goal of this program for qualified undergraduates is to increase the diversity of students with knowledge of and who wish to go on to do graduate study in the field of environmental health sciences. Secondary goals include: 1) increasing the awareness in these undergraduates of opportunities for training and careers in the field environmental health within a public health setting; and 2) increasing the numbers of undergraduates aware of these career opportunities by accepting students from different colleges and universities across the country. Since 2001, and including incoming 2005 students, this grant has supported 23 under-represented students. Undergraduate students are recruited from applicants to the Hopkins Disparity Summer Internship Program (DSIP). Criteria for selection and appointment to this training grant include academic performance (GPA > 3.0), completion of at least 2 years of college, interest in environmental health as related to human health, letters of recommendation, and some prior laboratory experience through course work or research. In addition to working in the research program of their faculty sponsor, students in this training program participate in a weekly seminar series sponsored by participating faculty. They also participate with other students in DSIP who are working with faculty in other departments of the BSPH and with faculty in the School of Medicine, in a welcoming reception, a separate seminar series and a culminating poster session. The students receive a letter and evaluation form from the Director, and each year they are contacted and asked to provide information on their progress through their academic careers and current status.