Education
Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR)
PJ Utz is one of nine recipients to receive a 2011 Clinical Research Experiences for High School Students (CREHSS) grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for his Stanford Institute of Medical Research Program (SIMR).
The dates for the 2012 program will be from June 11 to August 3, 2012. CLICK HERE TO APPLY. The application deadline is Feb. 24, 2012. Selected students will be notified by April 13, 2012. There will be a poster session on August 2, 2012.
Click here for another program that will be offered at Stanford next summer, Stanford EXPLORE: A Lecture Series on Biomedical Research.
The program is an eight-week program in which high school students from diverse backgrounds are invited to perform basic research with Stanford faculty, postdoctoral fellows, students and researchers on a medically-oriented project. The goals of the program include increasing interest in biological sciences and medicine in high school students, helping students to understand how scientific research is performed, and increasing diversity of students and researchers in the sciences.
Intern Program and Benefits
Students learn about basic laboratory techniques including safety, learn the basics in the field they are studying (like stem cells or neuroscience) and gathering, analyzing and presenting scientific data. In addition, the students make scientific connections with faculty, students and postdoctoral fellows.
However, during most of the time (interns work a minimum of 40 hours; many choose to work more), interns work doing basic research along side their mentors. Interns also participate in regular lab activities like lab meetings. more
SIMR News:
March 10, 2009 - Julia Dory Ransohoff, a SIMR graduate, and one of t 40 finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search was Washington for the competition's final rounds.
January 16, '08 - Two more students from the 2007 CCIS/ITI Summer Program were named yesterday as National Semifinalists in this year's Intel Competition, and are still in the running to make it to the National Finals. Participation in the Intel and Siemens competitions has often served as a precursor to impressive accomplishments in science. Past finalists hold more than 100 of the world's most coveted science and mathematics honors including six Nobel Prizes, three National Medals of Science, 10 MacArthur Foundation Fellowships and two Fields Medals. Congratulations to Kanika Agarwal (working in PJ Utz' lab with Angela Landrigan) and Rebecca Chen (working in Mark Davis's lab with Michael Kuhns) on this fantastic accomplishment.
October 19, '07 -
Two students from this past
summer's CCIS/ITI Summer Program have been named as National Semifinalists
in this year's Siemens Competition, and are still in the running to make it
to the National Finals. They are: Trit Garg (working in Shoshana Levy's lab) and Bonnie Wong (working in Olivia Martinez's lab).
Participation in this competition has often served
as a precursor to impressive accomplishments in science.
The Summer Internships took place from June 18 until August 10, 2007. This year, 22 high-school-aged students performed experiments at the School of Medicine to uncover some of the remaining mysteries in the realm of immunology. The students participated in the eighth year of the summer student intern program sponsored by the Center for Clinical Immunology Studies and the Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection (ITI). Led by P. J. Utz, MD, associate professor of immunology and rheumatology, the program mentors students paired with a graduate student, fellow or faculty member. This summer’s 22 interns were juniors and seniors at local high schools ranging from San Jose to San Francisco, plus one home-schooled student. They landed spots in the labs of immunologists, microbiologists and pediatricians exploring the immune system. On August 9, a Poster Session was held showing the excellent work of our students.
Please check back for the application for 2008 in the fall of 2007.
In July 2007, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) awarded a grant of $150K per year for 5 years starting in 2008 to the High School Summer Internship Program.
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