December 15, 2008
Greetings,
My name is Dr. Jabbar Bennett and I�m writing to tell you about a new and exciting summer research opportunity at Brigham and Women�s Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School for your underrepresented minority (URM) undergraduate juniors and seniors or first year medical students. The Office for Multicultural Faculty Careers at BWH is recruiting its inaugural cohort of scholars to participate in the Summer Training in Academic Research and Scholarship (STARS) Program.
Briefly, students are invited to join us for 8 weeks to engage in basic, clinical or translational research projects under the supervision of BWH and Harvard Medical School faculty advisors. At the end of the 8 weeks students will share their findings during a program ending research presentation day.
As well as conducting laboratory research, students will also receive professional development training, meet faculty from across the hospital and medical school, and participate in social networking events.
The BWH STARS Program will cover students� travel costs to and from Boston , provide housing free of charge, and give them a stipend for the summer.
This is a great opportunity for your students to train in the Harvard Medical School environment. Please review the attached brochure and visit the program website at <http://www.brighamandwomens.org/cfdd/omc/stars.aspx> www.brighamandwomens.org/cfdd/omc/stars.aspx for more information and to download an application. The application deadline is Monday, February 9, 2009 and students will be notified of their selection by Monday, March 16, 2009.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or call (617) 525-9324.
We look forward to hearing from you and your students.
Jabbar R. Bennett, PhD
Lecturer on Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, BWH STARS Program
2009 BWH STARS Program Overview
Eligibility Requirements
The applicant must:
* Be a member of an underrepresented minority group [Per Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) guidelines, at BWH, this means African-American, Alaskan/Hawaiian Native, Hispanic American, Native American]
* Be a US citizen or non-citizen national with a permanent residence visa
* Be an undergraduate junior or senior, or 1st year medical student
* Express an interest in pursuing a career in academic medicine
Program Details
Duration
8 weeks (June 15 � August 6, 2009)
Participants
6 � 10 URM undergraduate juniors and seniors, and 1st year medical students
Housing
Included (Vanderbilt Hall, Harvard University Student Residence Housing)
Travel
Included (To and from Boston )
Stipend
$3200
Learning Materials
Included
Program Components
Advising
Clinical Shadowing (Optional)
Community Building � Social Networking
Laboratory Research
Reflections � Professional Development
Research 101 � Instruction
Roundtable
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Emil Thomas Chuck, Ph.D.
Health Professions/Premedical Advisor & Term Assistant Professor of Biology
Assistant Coordinator, Undergraduate-Faculty Apprenticeship Program
George Mason University
Office address: 209 Science & Technology I
Advising website: http://prehealth.gmu.edu/
NAAHP #3871, AAMC #12630509
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