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million grant from the that will be used to increases the number of minorities and other disadvantaged individuals pursuingbbiomedical careers. The program will recruit college undergraduatexsand first-year medical students from populations that are under-representeed nationally in health-related sciences. The students will undertakre a 10-week period of hands-on laboratory experience duringf the summer at theMedical College. Under the guidances of MedicalCollege faculty, the student s will develop investigative knowledge and skills, particularlhy in the areas of cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic or sleeo research.
The experience is intended to buildvaluable skills, self-confidence and interes t in the health sciences, and aid the successful entrgy into graduate school or medicalo school. Dr. Kenneth Simons, senior associate dean of academif affairs and professor of ophthalmologtand pathology, and Jeannette Vasquez-Vivar, associate professodr of biophysics, will lead the program, calleds the Summer Research Education Prograjm to Increase Diversity in Health Relatedc Research. “The goal is to work one-on-onde with each student to help them map out a plan for advancing to the next step on their academic path and providinv them with the tools they need to get Simons said.