Harvard Four Directions Summer Research ProgramSponsoring Institution
Harvard University
http://www.harvard.edu/Application Deadline
February 16, 2004; award notification on April 1, 2004Dates of Internship
June 18- August 14, 2004Stipend
Airfare, transportation, and lodging will be covered through HMS and National Institutes of Health grants. Each participant will receive a stipend that is sufficient enough to cover food and incidentals.Synopsis
Harvard University's Four Directions Summer Research Program began in 1994 and is run by medical students and members of the Native American Health Organization. The vision is that a handful of talented individuals will leave Harvard Medical School with new skills, experiences, and knowledge that they can use to help themselves, their communities, and future generations of Native Peoples from all of the Four Directions.Participants will engage in a full-time research program at Harvard Medical School that runs for eight weeks. At the end of the summer, participants will share their experiences and research in a short presentation to other members of the program and to faculty members of HMS. They will also be given other opportunities to explore their interests through activities which could include the shadowing of doctors, shifts in the emergency room, and visiting surgeons in the operating room. In past years, research projects have included Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Immune System Development, Nervous Tissue Regeneration, and Pain Processing Pathways.
Applications
Application forms and additional information are available at the Harvard Four Directions web site at http://www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/diversity/fdsrpintro.html.Contact
Ashleigh Guadagnolo
(617) 541-5890
AGUADAGNOLO@LROC.HARVARD.EDUWalter Lech
wlech@caregroup.orgPatrick Linson
(617) 983-2933
plinson@hotmail.com
Address
Four Directions Summer Research Program
Harvard Medical School/ Division of Medical Sciences
260 Longwood Avenue, MEC 432
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 1-800-367-9019 ext.2
E-mail: SHURP@hms.harvard.edu
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