The eighth annual summer course in Human Anatomy for Undergraduates will be offered by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine this year. The course will run for four weeks in June, 2008, on the Medical School campus in Baltimore, and will include both lectures and demonstrations using human cadavers. Applications will be accepted from all currently enrolled undergraduates who have completed their sophomore year of college. Total tuition for the course will be $3700. All course materials, including the textbook and an atlas, are included in the tuition. Four (4) academic credits will be awarded upon successful completion of the course. Accommodations are available on the main undergraduate campus of Johns Hopkins University. A completed application form, a non-refundable application fee of $50, and supporting materials (college transcript, letter of recommendation from an academic advisor) are due by March 15, 2008. Successful applicants will be notified by April 1, with full tuition due by May 1. More course details, including a downloadable application form, can be found here. Â
For further information, please contact Ms. Arlene Daniel at adaniel@jhmi.edu.
This message is from Jennifer Stabel, president of APMS
Welcome back to UB! Our next meeting is THIS Wed. Jan. 23 in Rm. 215 NSC at 5:30 pm
PROGRAM:Â
Shadowing update
Princeton Review raffle
Free food and Refreshments
Video: MD: The Making of a Doctor” (55 min)*
* The NOVA video goes behind the scenes of real ERs and hospitals with seven students struggling to become doctors. This intimate drama follows a group of Harvard medical students throughout the rigors and rewards of their medical training.
APMS hoodies ($10) and APMS shirts ($5) will also be sold
We look forward to seeing you!
2008 NIH Summer Research to Increase Diversity Among Biomedical Researchers AND Summer Undergrad Research Experience (SURE) Â
The NIH program is restricted to under-represented, disadvantaged and disabled students ONLY . Students may apply from any racial or ethnic group. Â
Ten Week Program - June 2nd - August 8th, 2008
2007 NIH and Howard Hughes Institute Summer Research Fellows University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester
Program details for both NIH and SURE Programs:Â Â Participants must be undergraduates over 18 years old.
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Restricted to U.S. citizens or permanent residents
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Approximate number of participants (NIH 25, SURE 10) 35
Required to be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate or graduate program
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March 16, 2008 application deadline.Â
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Travel allowance to/from Worcester up to $500
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Participants are required to stay in arranged housing
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Stipend $4000 for ten weeks
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Immunization Records and Physical Examination (within last 12 months) required
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Social Security Number Required
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Final Abstracts Required
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Participation in final poster session required
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Required start date on June 2nd 2008 Yes
Must participate the entire 10 weeks
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Proof of health insurance is required
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Required attendance at all seminars, lectures, group discussions, luncheon lectures, socializers and field trips.
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For more information contact:
Karen J. Zirpola
Program Coordinator
Phone: 508- 856-5033
Toll free: 877- 395-3149
E-mail: summer.research@umassmed.edu
Website
Our department is searching for a work-study student to assist with office duties in the Prehealth area of Student Advising Services.  Â
Requirements:
• Must be eligible for work-study
• Must be a prehealth student (pre-med, pre-dental, veterinary, chiropractic, podiatric, optometry)
• Strong verbal communication skills necessary
• Organized, dependable and mature
Hours: 5-10 hours per week, flexible. Our office is open M-F 8:30am-5:00pm.
Duties:
• keep inventory of prehealth library and make copies when necessary
• assist with prehealth workshops for the 2 prehealth advisors
• marketing—post fliers, posters, writing information on chalkboards in science lecture classrooms for prehealth events
• assist with updating the prehealth bulletin (blog)
• attend Open Houses & Discovery Days if schedule permits
Salary:Â current starting Work Study rate - $7.50 per hour
Please send resume to: Karen Barrera at  barrera@buffalo.edu
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.
FAST-FOOD DANGER: Eating a typical fast-food meal of a burger, fries, large beverage and apple pie puts more stress on the lining of blood vessels, raising heart-attack risk, in the obese than in individuals of normal weight, according to UB researchers. Learn more about this fast-food danger.
FOCUS ON WORMS: A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences is focusing on microscopic worms to learn more about conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease related to aging in humans. Read more about these microscopic worms.
INEXPENSIVE TESTING: UB medical researchers have shown that a simple and inexpensive technique employed currently to assess glaucoma could be used instead of expensive magnetic resonance imaging to monitor the progression of multiple sclerosis and to assess the effectiveness of new and current MS treatments. Learn more about this testing
This message is from the Office of New Student Programs
New Student Programs has announced the Orientation Aide recruitment process for summer 2008. We are looking for students who are motivated and excited about UB that would enjoy welcoming new students and their families to the UB community. During New Student Orientation (July 7 – August 1, 2007), the Orientation Aides play an integral role by serving as mentors and sharing their experiences as successful students. In addition, they work closely with faculty and staff on campus to implement orientation. Â
We offer paid employment for New Student Orientation Aides with several other benefits. The details, application, and important dates are posted on our website.
In addition, we have Parent Orientation Aide positions available. For more information, please contact Toby Shapiro at 645-6125 or tshapiro@buffalo.edu.
If there is any one who speaks the language of Cambodia or knows of someone, please contact Isidore Dinga Madou at id@buffalo.edu. Translation services are needed to assist in caring for an individual traveling to the Buffalo area for medical care.
This message is from Kaplan Test Prep
Anyone who enrolls in a Kaplan MCAT course in January will receive an automatic free repeat for any other test date in 2008. In other words, students who sign up in January in preparation for an April, May or June test date can re-sit classes over the summer in preparation for a late summer test date (July, August, or September) as well for no additional charge (normally $499). This is especially beneficial for students who were planning to take the exam this summer but want to get an early start. Students can start now as we have classes beginning January 22 and January 23 and do whatever their available time will allow them and return to take advantage of the entire program this summer. Â
Students can enroll by calling 1-800-KAP-TEST, visiting the Kaplan website or by stopping by the Kaplan Center located in Suite 201 of the UB Commons.
This message is from the Princeton ReviewÂ
HYPERLEARNING MCAT
The Princeton Review’s Hyperlearning MCAT course is the most complete and intensive MCAT program available. We are so supremely confident that our program is the most effective way to master the MCAT; we are allowing students to evaluate our MCAT course worry-free.
Here’s how it works:
Enroll in a course - call 800-2Review (800-273-8439) or visit the website by clicking on the link. Attend the course for the first week. If you’re not convinced by the end of the first week that Hyperlearning MCAT is exactly what you need to prepare for the MCAT, withdraw by the end of the first week, return your materials, and receive a 100% refund. It’s that simple.
Why The Princeton Review?
Score Improvement - The best in the industry. An average score improvement of 10 points, with the top half averaging over 30 with 12.8 avg. points of improvement. The top quarter averages an improvement of 14.6 points.
Live Instruction Hours - 102.5 (41 classes)
More Verbal – 22 hours of verbal preparation - more than any other course
Subject-Specific, Expert Instructors – You’ll be taught by a team of instructors each extensively trained in his/her area of expertise (Biology, Organic Chemistry, General Chemistry, Physics and Verbal)
Online Resources/Computer Based Testing Experience - Integrated CBT strategies, unlimited access to all AAMC practice exams, 17 Practice Tests in computer-based interface, complete online drills and annotations
Classes start January 17 at UB North (Clemens Hall) and January 21 at Canisius College (Health Sciences Center).
For more information or to enroll, call 800-2-Review or click on the links above.Â
This summer, the Departments of Environmental Health Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Microbiology, Pathology, Physiology and Biophysics, and Pharmacology and Toxicology and the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are sponsoring an 8-week program in which selected undergraduate students will conduct laboratory research under the guidance of individual UAB faculty members. Students will also have the opportunity to shadow a physician-scientist during their daily clinical work. Recipients of this competitive fellowship receive a stipend of $2,000 for the summer. Students will receive free on campus housing, but will be responsible for their own meals, travel to and from Birmingham, and other expenses. The program dates will be June 2, 2008 - July 25, 2008.
We expect applicants to SIBS to have completed at least their sophomore year of undergraduate coursework. We anticipate that successful candidates will typically demonstrate grade point averages of 3.0 or higher, especially in science, math and related areas. Our goal in offering this fellowship is to give talented students the opportunity to experience the challenges and rewards of intensive, hypothesis-driven laboratory research. This experience should help students make well informed decisions about future career plans. Previous research experience is not required.
Students can learn more about SIBS and obtain the Application Form online or by contacting our SIBS coordinator, Cynthia Ballinger, at cknight@uab.edu.
