Summer Opportunities for Disadvantaged and Minority Students

An excellent website for minority students interested in health careers, internship opportunities, scholarships, and more is www.explorehealthcareers.org.

Pre-Medical

University of Miami Health Careers Motivation Program • 7 week Summer enrichment program for minority students • Participation is limited to Florida residents • Provides participants with challenging curriculum composed of several pre- clinical medical school courses (biochemistry, histology, gross anatomy and microbiology) • Each participating student receives a stipend

MCAT program • 14 weekday and Saturday sessions during the summer • Designed so participants receive no lower than 8 on the 3 major sections of the exam.

For more information contact: Office of Minority Affairs (R-128) University of Miami School of Medicine PO Box 016960 Miami, Fl 33101 305-243-5998 [email protected]

University of Florida Short term summer research training for minority students • Designed to increase the number of ethnic minority students entering research and academic careers. • Fifteen slots are available annually Students will be compensated with a stipend, housing and travel allowance.

For more information contact: University of Florida College of Medicine, Office of Minority Affairs P.O. Box 100202 Gainesville, FL 32610 (352) 392-3015 [email protected]

Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP): Rolling admissions www.smdep.org/start.htm

• Case Western Reserve University Schools of Medicine & Dental Medicine • Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and School of Dental and Oral Surgery • David Geffen Schools of Medicine and Dentistry at UCLA • Duke University School of Medicine • Howard University Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Dentistry and Medicine • The University of Texas Dental Branch and Medical School at Houston • UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical and New Jersey Dental Schools • University of Louisville Schools of Medicine and Dentistry • University of Nebraska Medical Center, Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry • University of Virginia School of Medicine • University of Washington Schools of Medicine and Dentistry • Yale University

Brandeis University: McNair Scholars Program www.brandeis.edu/ses/mcnair

Caltech Pasadena- Minority Undergraduate Research Fellowships (MURF) www.its.caltech.edu/~murf/

Cornell Graduate School Minority Program Internship for Under-Represented Minority College Students biomedsci.cornell.edu/graduate_school/html/14805.cfm

Cornell-Travelers Fellowship for Minorities (Premedical Summer Research Program) www.med.cornell.edu/education/programs/tra_sum_res.html?name1=Travelers+Summer+Resear ch+Fellowship+Program&type1=2Active

Harvard University: Project Success: Opening the Door to Biomedical Careers (College Program)www.mfdp.med.harvard.edu/college/project_success/index.htm

Howard University Advanced Health Careers Enrichment Program: www.howard.edu/asp/keywordsearch/EnrichmentPrograms.asp?keyword=all

Massachusetts General Hospital: Summer Research Trainee Program (SRTP)www.mgh.harvard.edu/mao/summer.html

Medical College of Wisconsin: Summer Research Training Program www.mcw.edu/display/router.asp?docid=619#Q3

Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine: Pre-Professional Internship Program www.ocpm.edu/departments/student_affairs/admissions/internship.asp

Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine: Summer scholars program www.oucom.ohiou.edu/SummerScholars

Rutgers University: Project Learn www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu/projectlearn/ Stanford University School of Medicine- Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP): deadline March 14, 2004 hcop.stanford.edu/

UCLA Premedical Enrichment Program (UCLA PREP)www.medstudent.ucla.edu/prospective/premedical/?pgID=181

UC Los Angeles (RAP) www.medstudent.ucla.edu/prospective/premedical/?pgID=183

University of California, San Francisco: Summer Research Training Program (SRTP) for Undergraduate Minority Students student.ucsf.edu/summerprogram/applicants/

University of California, Berkeley: Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)www.grad.berkeley.edu/diversity/srop.shtml

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine- Summer Premedical Enrichment Program (SPEP)www.med.uc.edu/admissions/summerenrich.cfm

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign: The Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellows (HURF) Program www.life.uiuc.edu/hughes/hurf/

University of Kansas Medical Center Health Careers Pathways Program www2.kumc.edu/oced/hcpp.htm

University of Massachusetts Medical School- Summer Enrichment Program (SEP): Applications taken online from December 1 to February 15th. www.umassmed.edu/outreach/sep.aspx.

University of New Hampshire- McNair Summer Fellowship: deadline is February15 www.unh.edu/mcnair

UNC-Chapel Hill: The North Carolina Health Careers Access Program (NC-HCAP) nchcap.unc.edu/sep.html

UNC-CH School of Medicine: The Medical Education Development (MED) Program www.med.unc.edu/medprogram

University of Pittsburgh- Summer Premedical Academic Enrichment Program (SPAEP) deadline: March 1 of each year www.medschool.pitt.edu/future/future_03_office.asp

Wesleyan University: Health Professions Partnership Initiative Clinical Program www.wesleyan.edu/hppi/frames.htm

Research

Albert Einstein College of Medicine- Summer Research Fellowship Program www.aecom.yu.edu/home/community_programs.asp Email: [email protected]

Baylor College of Medicine/Rice University- Honors Premedical Academy (See Baylor College Located in Pre-Professional Section) Boston University- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship: deadline February 6 www.bu.edu/urop/forstudents/funds/surf/index.html

Caltech Pasadena- Minority Undergraduate Research Fellowships (MURF) (See Caltech Pasadena in Pre-Professional Section)

Case Western Reserve- National Institutes of Health/ National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Summer Research Program for Minorities www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/redbook/brtpug.htm

Creighton University- Summer Research Training Program www.creighton.edu/hsmaca/summer_research_training.htm

Cornell University- The Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program for Premedical Minority Students www.med.cornell.edu/education/programs/tra_sum_res.html?name1=Travelers+Summer+Resear ch+Fellowship+Program&type1=2Active (See Cornell Located in Pre-Professional Section)

Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering: Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program- Summer Program, Gateways to the Laboratory www.med.cornell.edu/mdphd/summerprogram

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: CURE Program www.dfhcc.org or call Karen Burns White at (617) 632-3244

Dartmouth Medical School: Immunology Summer Research Internships Phone: (603) 650-4522

Harvard Medical School- Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/diversity/shurpintro.html

Joslin Summer Research Program: Joslin Diabetes Center www.joslinresearch.org/HomeDir/summer_research_program.asp

MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP): deadline December 15 due-web.ugs.uci.edu/urop/off_campus/off_campus_web_list.asp

Mount Sinai School of Medicine- Summer Research Fellowship Program (SRFP): deadline April 30 www.mssm.edu/gradschool/surp/index.shtml

National Institutes of Health

• Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (UGSP) ugsp.nih.gov/home.asp?m=00 • Minority Access to Research Careers www.nigms.nih.gov/Minority/MARC/ • Minority International Research Training Program (MIRT) www.fic.nih.gov/programs/training_grants/mirt/ New York University Minority Internship Program www.med.nyu.edu/sackler/programs/summer.html

The Ohio State University College of Optometry IDOL Program (Improving Diversity of Optemetric Learners) optometry.osu.edu/IDOL

Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences- Tufts University- Summer Research Program for Undergraduate Minority Students: deadline February 15 www.tufts.edu/sackler/programs/summer.html (www.tufts.edu/sackler/prospStudents/admissions.html#programEligibility)

SUNY- Downstate- Summer Research Program: Applications due March 1 sls.downstate.edu/minority_affairs/docs/srapp.pdf

The Leadership Alliance Summer Research-Early Identification Program www.theleadershipalliance.org/matriarch/MultiPiecePage.asp_Q_PageID_E_36_A_PageName_E _SummerResearchStructure

UCSF- Summer Research Training Program (See UCSF Located in Pre-Professional Section)

UMDNJ- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School- Summer Research/Study Program- Biomedical Careers Program (BCP) www2.umdnj.edu/osaaweb/biomedical_careers_program/

UNCF- MERCK Undergraduate Science Research Awards www.uncf.org/merck/programs/undergrd.htm

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine- Summer Research Scholars Program (SRS)www.med.uc.edu/admissions/summerenrich.cfm

University of Iowa- Committee on Institutional Cooperation Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP): deadline February 27 www.grad.uiowa.edu/students/SROP/Iowa.htm

University of Minnesota: 2004 Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs (LSSURP) www.cbs.umn.edu/main/summer_research/

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill- Summer Pre-Graduate Research Experience (SPGRE) www.uncres.org/

UNC-CH School of Medicine: The Medical Education Development (MED) Program www.med.unc.edu/medprogram (See UNC-CH Located in Pre-Professional Section)

University of Pittsburgh Carnegie- Mellon MD/PhD Program- Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Minority Students (SURPMS): deadline February 1 www.mdphd.pitt.edu/sprogram_brochure.asp

Yale University School of Medicine: Bio STEP (Biomedical Science Training and Enrichment Program)info.med.yale.edu/omca/programs/biostep.htm

Other Health Professions

Community Based Dental Education: Summer Programs at various locations www.dentalpipeline.org/au_aboutus.html

• Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine: Joint medical/ dental enrichment programs • Howard University College of Dental Medicine • Loma Linda University School of Dentistry • Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry • Temple University School of Dentistry • The University of North Carolina School of Dentistry at Chapel Hill • The Ohio State University College of Dentistry • University of Connecticut Health Center School of Dental Medicine • University of California at Los Angeles School of Dentistry • University of California at San Francisco School of Dentistry • University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry • University of the Pacific School of Dentistry • University of Southern California School of Dentistry • University of Washington School of Dentistry • West Virginia University School of Dentistry

Cornell University: ACCESS Advancing Cornell Career Experiences for Science Students biomedsci.cornell.edu/graduate_school/html/14805.cfm

Harvard University- Summer Program in Biostatistics & Summer Research Internships in Public Health www.hsph.harvard.edu/biostats/diversity/summer/

Howard University- Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program: www.kff.org/about/jordanscholars.cfm

Public Health Fellowship for Minority Students (Undergraduate juniors and seniors and recent graduates within 6 months)

Designed to encourage and prepare fellows to pursue graduate education and careers in public health during an intensive 8-week summer internship

Contact: Tina Rasheed, Program Director, 404-752-1924

UNC-Chapel Hill: The North Carolina Health Careers Access Program (NC-HCAP) nchcap.unc.edu/sep.html

University of Wisconsin-Madison- Summer Research Program in Biostatistics (SIBS) www.biostat.wisc.edu/trainingandstudentinfo/SIBS/

Comprehensive sites: hpap.syr.edu/spstate.htm www.swarthmore.edu/Admin/health_sciences/summer_opportunities.html www.sciencenet.emory.edu/undergrad/summer_research.html www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/SROP/index.shtml www.smdep.org/ www.everettinternships.org/search/internships.cfm www.AspiringDocs.org