EXCEED THE SPACE PROVIDED. The primary objective of the Minority Summer Research Experience in Environmental Toxicology is to provide five students with an opportunity to participate actively in an ongoing research project. Students will have 'hands- on' responsibilities in research projects in which reasonable conclusions can be obtained in a 9-week period, and will spend 85% of their time in the laboratory. Research opportunities in Environmental Toxicology are available in the specialty areas of metabolism and transport of xenobiotics, mechanisms of toxicity of halogenated hydrocarbons, mechanisms of oxidative stress-induced toxicity, DNA repair and mutagenesis, neurotoxicology and immunotoxicology. Students will work with faculty who are Core and Joint Faculty in the Graduate Center for Toxicology who are also Training Grant Faculty on the T32 Environmental Toxicology NIEHS Training Grant (a total of 30 faculty). Students will be recruited from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) as the continuation of a program for students from UPR which has been cosponsored by the University of Kentucky (UK) and UPR for the last three summers. We will continue to work with Dr. Braulio Jimenez, the Director of the Center for Environmental and Toxicological Research at the Medical Sciences Campus of UPR to identify and recruit students for the summer program. Applicants will be asked to provide their student transcripts and will be interviewed by Dr. Jimenez; the best candidates will send their transcripts, an essay describing their research interests and why they wish to work in Toxicology, and one letter of recommendation. Dr. Vore and 3 additional members of the Training Grant Faculty will review the candidates, and select the top five. This group will also match the interests of the applicants with those faculty who are able to work with the students in any given summer. Dr. Vore will closely monitor the satisfaction of the students and mentors during and at the end of the program. Students will attend a seminar series in which they discuss their research, and hear presentations on the use of animals and ethics in research, and how to prepare for Graduate School. Finally, students will make a 15 minute presentation and discussion of their research results. PERFORMANCE SITE ========================================Section End===========================================
