[Plsugs] research opportunity in environmental health science

[Quist, Tanya M - (tquist)]

Interested in health?
 Looking for an opportunity to conduct research and learn more about environmental health science?

Announcing EHS-TRUE: Environmental Health Sciences Transformative Research Undergraduate Experience
Summer 2015

(A decision on the funding of this program by NIH will be made in late January 2015; students are encouraged to apply for opportunities in addition to EHS-TRUE.)

Arsenic in drinking water: it's colorless, odorless, tasteless, and responsible for one in five deaths in Bangladesh today. Chemicals in plastics can mimic sex hormones.  Early-life exposure to farm animals prevents childhood asthma.

Environmental health scientists at the University of Arizona (UA) work at the cutting edge of understanding the relationships between environmental exposures, altered biological processes, and human disease.  Now you have the opportunity to work with them in researching environmental health problems, through the EHS-TRUE program.

The UA EHS-TRUE program is a prestigious, National Institutes of Health-funded undergraduate research training program, targeting students from backgrounds under-represented in the sciences, that will pay you to conduct environmental health science research with some of the leading experts in environmental health science.  The program offers each participant two years of paid year-round training and research experience (35 hours/week for 12 weeks in both summer 2015 and summer 2016, and 15 hours/week during the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 academic years) in EHS-TRUE faculty mentors' research groups to help students develop an understanding of environmental health sciences, to apply classroom learning to research in environmental health, and to aid in deciding on a career path. Students take an introduction to environmental health sciences course and an introduction to biomedical research careers course during their two years in the program and participate in activities (workshops, retreats, scientific conferences) to expand their research experience.  The goal of EHS-TRUE is to prepare undergraduates from under-represented backgrounds to enter graduate programs in the environmental health sciences.

Eligibility:

  *   Interest in environmental health science research (students of any major are eligible)
  *   Current sophomore or junior attending the University of Arizona, with an anticipated graduation date of May 2017 or later
  *   Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
  *   US Citizen or Permanent Resident of the United States
  *   From a background underrepresented in environmental health sciences (see https://ubrp.arizona.edu/programs/ehtrue/eligibility/ for details)

Application Process:

  *   Visit https://ubrp.arizona.edu/programs/ehtrue/application/ to apply online. The application deadline is 5:00PM on February 1, 2015.
  *   Selected applicants will be contacted for an interview.

Program Dates: Summer 2015 (starting May 18, 2015)

For more information, please visit https://ubrp.arizona.edu/programs/ehtrue/ or contact:
Carol Bender, University Distinguished Outreach Professor
Director, UBRP and BRAVO!
bender at email.arizona.edu<mailto:bender at email.arizona.edu>
(520) 621-9348
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Jennifer Cubeta, M.Ed.
Assistant Program Director, Undergraduate Biology Research Program
Recruitment & Development, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
The University of Arizona
(520) 621-8510
cubeta at email.arizona.edu<mailto:cubeta at email.arizona.edu>
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