UB does not directly endorse any programs and interested students should thoroughly research any programs before deciding to participate.
Currently accepting applications for January 2008 through December 2008. Rolling application deadline - the first qualified applicants are accepted.
Volunteer Abroad With Unite For Sight in fall, winter, spring, and summer
Make A Difference!
Those who are blind in Africa have a four times higher mortality rate
60-80% of children who become blind die within 1-2 years
80% of blindness is curable or preventable
How Do I Apply? For the application as well as complete details about Unite For Sight’s international opportunities click on the link.
What is Unite For Sight’s Mission?
Unite For Sight is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness. Unite For Sight’s work to prevent blindness and restore sight is featured weekly on CNN INTERNATIONAL from September 2007-August 2008
What Do Volunteers Do?
The goal of Unite For Sight and its partner eye clinics and communities is to create eye disease-free communities. Unite For Sight’s volunteers (local and visiting) work with partner eye clinics to provide eye care in communities without previous access. Visiting volunteers from North America range from undergraduate and medical students, educators, nurses, and public health professionals to optometrists and ophthalmologists. The eye clinic’s eye doctors and Unite For Sight volunteers jointly provide community-based screening programs in rural villages. The clinic’s eye doctors diagnose and treat eye disease in the field, and surgical patients are brought to the eye clinic for surgery. Patients receive free surgery funded by Unite For Sight so that no patient remains blind due to lack of funds
Who Is Eligible to Participate?
The Unite For Sight internship is open to individuals 18 years and older, and there is no upper age limit. Volunteers range from undergraduate students to medical students, public health students and professionals, nurses, educators, optometrists and ophthalmologists.
Aspiringdocs.org
The AspiringDocs.org campaign toolkit for schools helps support underrepresented minority students.
Explorehealthcareers.org
There is a huge array of information at this site. You can link to the main site or link different sections of your website to sections of this one, since it covers a plethora of different health professions, internships, professional profiles, and more.
NAAHP.org
The NAAHP website has a section devoted to Diversity in the Health Professions. A section on summer programs and listings of various student professional associations may be of particular interest.
The Gateways to Laboratory Program sponsored by the Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program in New York City is a ten week program allowing freshman and sophomore (class of 2010 or 2011) underrepresented minority and/or disadvantaged students to experience life as a MD-PhD student. The federal NIH definition (which we adhere to) of underrepresented minority (in the sciences) and/or disadvantaged is available online.
The Gateways students experience an exciting summer as they conduct independent research projects in a lab at one of our three institutions, while participating in a number of clinical activities including scrubbing into surgeries. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience, first hand, life as a physician-scientist.
At the end of the summer, the Gateways students give oral, written and poster presentations of their research. Last year, we were able to raise funds to pay for travel and lodging expenses so that each Gateways student could have at least one family member come, as our guest, to New York City in order to attend the final presentations.
The Gateways to the Laboratory Program awards a stipend of $4300 and reimburses the students for their travel expenses. On campus housing is available.
The on-line application is available.
The application deadline is February 1, 2008 (as is the deadline for most summer programs). Early completed applications are strongly encouraged.
The Gateways to the Laboratory Program is open to underrepresented minority students AND/OR disadvantaged students. We use the federal NIH definition of underrepresented minority and/or disadvantaged:
The Univ of Cincinnati Summer Research Scholars Program (SRS) is a eight week research experience (June 17-August 10) for undergrad or post-bac students with careers goals in the health sciences (MS, PH, MD/PhD or MS). Students must have completed their sophomore year of college at an institution with an active undergraduate research program, and belong to an ethic or socioeconomic group traditionally underrepresented in the basic and clinical sciences. The program features participation in research with a member of the UC College of Medicine faculty and opportunities for academic enrichment, professional mentoring and career exploration.
The completed application is due by Feb 1, 2008. Accepted students will be notified by April 16, 2007. Applications are available by clicking on the link. Information about other summer programs are also available on this site.
Informational brochures are available on top of the gray file cabinet in 108 Norton Hall.
The Open House features:
Q and A with Admissions
Shuttle ride to Times Square
Lunch with NYCPM alumni in Times Square
Entrance into the Clinical Conference
Optional sit-in on workshops such as
Monitoring Recovery after Ankle Injury: When Can I Return to Sports?
Boosting Patient Satisfaction and Outcomes Through Ancillary Services
30 Winning Practice Strategies
Treating the Professional Dancer
Walk through exhibitions displaying the newest technologies in podiatric medicine
Network with hundreds of DPMs in the Northeast region
The day will begin at 9 a.m. at NYCPM and you can leave from the Conference when you are finished.
There are no costs associated with this event, so you should consider taking advantage of this opportunity.
If you are interested in attending, simply register online .
Friends and family are welcome to attend the Open House at NYCPM, but due to the high cost of registration, only prospective students can be admitted into the Conference. If you have attended an Open House in the past but are interested in attending the Conference, you can come to NYCPM after the Open House for the free shuttle ride to Times Square. Please RSVP for the Conference by January 14th.
If you have questions, please call Joanne Snapp at 212-410-8474.
ANTI-CANCER DRUG: An anti-cancer drug developed by Kinex Pharmaceuticals of Buffalo and a UB faculty researcher has begun clinical testing with patients with advanced cancer who have not responded to other therapies.
Read more about this anti-cancer drug discovery
TACKLING DEADLY TOXIN: A discovery by UB biologists that may explain the evolution of a lethal toxin that was implicated last year in deaths and illnesses involving individuals who ate bagged spinach could lead to more effective treatments for humans who fall victim to the toxin. Learn more about this discovery
PAYING FOR DONOR ORGANS: UB economist Julio Elias has co-authored a study indicating that allowing the purchase of donor organs for kidney and liver transplants would help eliminate the long waiting lists of patients in need of a transplant while increasing transplant cost by only 12 percent. Read more about this study
SPIRITUALITY AND HEALING: A study led by UB sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund suggests that pediatric oncologists most of whom describe themselves as “spiritual” might help their young patients and their families more by learning ways to engage them on a spiritual basis. Learn more about this spiritual healing method.
Vanderbilt offers many summer programs for undergraduates interested in an 8-10 week research experience.
These Programs are independent, but grouped under the Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy:
For more information, please click on the above link.
They are looking for students between sophomore/junior and junior/senior years. The students that come for the sophomore/junior year are given preference to return for their junior/senior summer with the same faculty mentor.
ROSE Program - Research, Observation, Service, Education
What is R.O.S.E.?
The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine offers a unique early admissions program called R.O.S.E. (Research, Observation, Service, and Education.) R.O.S.E. students enjoy:
Two (consecutive) summer research internships with a biomedical focus. Internships last 8-10 weeks and are paid and take place in Cincinnati. An early assurance guarantee for our M.D. program provided that they earn an MCAT Score of 30+ (no less than a 9 in any category) and an AMCAS calculated BCPM of 3.45+ and 3.40 cumulative. Mentorship from our faculty and support from our Office of Student Affairs and Recruitment. Shadowing opportunities with UCCOM faculty, students, and alumni.
Who can apply?
R.O.S.E. is designed for high ability, intellectually curious pre-medical college students. To be considered for R.O.S.E., students must meet all of the following criteria:
Applicants must be Ohio residents but can attend college anywhere in the world. Students must have taken or earned equivalent credit for at least one semester or one quarter or Organic Chemistry. Students must have a solid academic record (Only students with a B+ or above in all college level science courses will be considered.) Students must be at the sophomore level (have at two full summers available for the internship as a college student).
When do students need to apply?
Students will be evaluated in the order in which their application materials are received; submitting the application and supplemental materials early is highly advisable. All application materials must be received by March 1, 2008 to be considered for the program.
Where can students find more information on R.O.S.E.?
Please click on the link above. The online application is also located here. Please refer all questions to ROSEProgram@uc.edu or call 513-558-5581.
You are cordially invited to attend:
An Open House at:
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Saturday, January 5, 2007 at 10:00 a.m.
Registration begins at 10:00 AM
Tour the facilities of the basic science and clinical campuses in Piscataway and New Brunswick
Meet the Deans
Learn about opportunities for Research Training
Hear the perspective of our medical students
Speak with our Admissions Personnel
Join us for a lunch on Campus
R.S.V.P: lyonsme@umdnj.edu
Open House is for undergraduates and 2 guests
(Deadline for Registration is December 31, 2007-limited accommodations)
For Further Information: 732-235-4587
Link on link for directions to
675 Hoes Lane Piscataway, NJ. Park in Lot C
