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: 8316246
• 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/8316246
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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暑期实习计划（SIP）在环境卫生科学领域旨在为来自全国各地的10名杰出代表性不足的少数族裔本科生提供夏季研究培训。这些实习生将与其博士学位一起参加哈佛公共卫生学院的良好和全面的为期9周的实验室培训计划。公共卫生生物科学计划。 HSPH已承诺与NIH的支持相匹配，以增强其全国认可的暑期实习所提供的经验。调查人员将在板凳研究中提供动手培训，发展夏季本科实习生与十个杰出的HSPH教职员工之间的持久指导关系，并通过组织课程和课外活动来促进对参加其计划的实习生的课程和课外活动，从而促进对环境健康研究生科学的职业的兴趣。 所有培训课程都在担任少数族裔学生的导师方面经验丰富，并从事夏季计划工作了几年。 此外，这些教职员工在各种研究领域都有积极的研究计划，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。这个关注的广度将使他们的计划受益，因为每个教职员工都会向学生谈论他们的研究和专业发展，以促进环境科学的职业。 将根据本科级别的目的，课程和成绩以及参考书的目的声明，课程和成绩来评估来自全国各地的潜在申请人的潜力。 接受该计划的人将在6月的第二周或第三周开始他们的夏季经历。 SIP包括HSPH教职员工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，正式和非正式的指导午餐，与HSPH教职员工和研究生的研究生，大学范围的研究生，在大学范围内进行暑期培训，实用的夏季，实践，实用的夏季，实践，练习，实用的大学班级实习生，实用的课程，研讨会供学员介绍他们的研究结果。该计划评估将评估SIP的增强能力，学术准备和参与环境卫生职业的程度。具体的目的是激励和增强在环境健康科学领域寻求研究生培训的代表性不足的少数族裔学生的管道。 公共卫生相关性：通过消除美国的种族和种族健康差异，可以预防死亡率和疾病发病率。为了解决这个重大问题，有必要培训来自不同背景的环境科学研究人员，以便他们可以为未来提供信息和塑造解决方案。 调查人员的努力致力于加强博士生的管道，其最终目标是改善在环境健康科学领域的教职员工一级代表少数民族。 不幸的是，环境健康科学的实验室学科并没有在本科层面上被广泛教授，许多潜在的优秀候选人根本没有了解有价值和充实的职业道路的可能性。该领域的学位。 许多可以在研究生培训计划中壮成长的少数民族学生选择进入医学院。招募合格学生的最佳方法是在他们仍然是本科生的同时和他们在研究生院或其他职业道路上选择机会的同时对机会进行教育。 为期9周的计划解决了这个问题。 由博士学位的Marianne Wessling-Resnick博士执导哈佛大学公共卫生学院的公共卫生生物科学计划，十位杰出且成就良好的教职员工将监督10个才华横溢，明亮和有动力的本科暑期实习生在环境健康科学领域的专业发展。 学生以电子方式申请该计划，提交他们的大学成绩单，参考书和目的声明。 调查人员的目标是招募来自环境科学不足的小组的暑期实习生。 鼓励申请人通过电子邮件与参与的HSPH教职员工联系，以开始了解有关特定研究问题的更多信息。 调查人员通常将学生与他们感兴趣的教师实验室顾问“匹配”。夏季的经验开始于6月的第二周或第三周，其中包括一个个性化的监督研究项目，在HSPH教师实验室，实验室安全培训，负责研究生院的入学过程，并参加哈佛大学赞助的科学研讨会，以供受训者介绍其研究结果。