Summer Research Experience in Biological and Computational Sciences

这个提议的暑期研究项目是约翰·p·赫斯曼人类基因组学研究所（HIHG） JJ万斯纪念生物和计算科学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JJ万斯纪念生物和计算科学暑期实习（JJ Vance Internship），这个项目为迈阿密地区高中即将毕业的高年级学生提供了一个直接参与科学研究的独特机会。该项目非常成功，在5年的资助期内，共收到来自迈阿密戴德县和布劳沃德县94所不同高中的541份申请，每年只有12-13个职位。在这段时间被选中的63名实习生中，47%是西班牙裔/拉丁裔，15%是非裔美国人，30%是非西班牙裔白人，8%是亚洲人。高中毕业的学生中有97%（两个班仍在高中）上了大学，STEM专业占前实习生大学专业的87%，其中20%目前正在进行额外的研究生学习。该课程的设计将学生纳入由HIHG教师领导的正在进行的工作研究小组，重点是实践和指导经验。我们努力营造一种对科学、对研究的热情；使学生不仅能够体验科学的创造力，而且能够理解实现这一目标所需要的职业步骤。我们提供实验室和计算机为基础（生物信息学，统计遗传学，数据管理编程）的经验。

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.