This program will employ a variety of activities
to achieve the overarching goal of providing a comprehensive
summer research experience to prepare students to enter a high-caliber
graduate program. Nine participants will be selected from a
pool of highly qualified applicants and will be placed in the
laboratory of the Center Director or the laboratory of one of
the Co-PIs, according to the students’ stated research interests.
All program activities will build camaraderie among these young
scientists and encourage their pursuit of urologically-oriented
biomedical research careers.
In addition to developing and conducting their research projects, students will
- begin with an orientation
program during which they will be trained in laboratory safety
procedures and research ethics. Students placed at Johns Hopkins
will also complete a mandatory volunteer training session,
- attend mandatory weekly
meetings with Dr. Charles Bieberich to ensure that participants
receive training in scientific communication and ethics in
science, as well as other professional development attributes
necessary to become a successful research scientist,
- meet weekly with Dr. Bieberich
to track program progress and discuss issues related to careers
in biomedical research. All participants will present scientific
posters at a national conference in August, and
- develop a scientific poster,
with the aid of their mentor. Students will attend a national
scientific conference at the end of this experience, at which they will present their poster.
