Summer Research Internship Program 2012 - James Graham Brown Cancer Center

Position Title: Summer Research Internship Program 2012
Employer Name: James Graham Brown Cancer Center
Paid Position: Yes
Address 1: 529 South Jackson Street
Address 2:
City: Louisville
State: KY
Zip: 40202
Phone: 502-562-4790
Fax:
Email: donaldmi@ulh.org
WebAddress: http://www.uoflhealthcare.org/ulh-news/summer-research-internship-program-2012-at-the-james-graham-brown-cancer-center/
Contact/Supervisor: Dr. Don Miller
Supervisor e-mail (if different):
Alternate Contact/Supervisor: Diane Konzen
Alternate Contact's e-mail: dkkonz01@louisville.ed
Student from previous year (if applicable) :
Student from previous year's email (if applicable):


Brief Description of Agency or Firm's Mission:
The mission of the James Graham Brown Cancer Center is to generate new knowledge relating to the nature of cancer, and to create new and more effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and therapy, while delivering medical advances with compassion and respect to cancer patients throughout our region.



Guided by a strategic plan emphasizing strong translational research, the best quality treatment for our patients and by creating detection and prevention programs, we have experienced rapid growth and are attracting some of the best minds available to help us win this war.



We are dedicated to finding the answers to cancer. We have many successes to prove it. And we are on the verge of many more.



As a result, the James Graham Brown Cancer Center is emerging as one of America’s finest cancer treatment and research institutions. And that is something that is critical to the future health and prosperity of all Kentuckians.


Describe the value of the proposed Internship to the Agency/Firm:


Describe the value of the proposed Internship to the Intern:
The goal of the program is to afford students an opportunity to obtain hands-on research experience through working with James Graham Brown Cancer Center (JGBCC) research faculty in their laboratories.


Job Description (should include: hours of work, job responsibilities, reporting structure -- chain of command, a description of the intern's "typical" day):
Attached to your Bulldogs application, please submit the following forms from the James Graham Brown Cancer Center website: http://www.uoflhealthcare.org/ulh-news/summer-research-internship-program-2012-at-the-james-graham-brown-cancer-center/.







SRIP Application 2012



SRIP Consent and Release Form 2012



Recommendation letter from a primary science professor







The James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville hosts a Summer Research Internship Program that is open to high school sophomores, juniors and seniors in Louisville and the Jefferson Metro as well as college undergraduate students (who have a home-base in Louisville or within easy driving distance). This year the program will accept up to 12 high school students and 3 college undergraduates for an 8-week research internship (Monday, June 11 through Friday, August 3).







The goal of the program is to afford students an opportunity to obtain hands-on research experience through working with James Graham Brown Cancer Center (JGBCC) research faculty in their laboratories. Interns will be expected to commit a minimum of 20 hours per week for the entire 8-week period to the program.







In addition, a seminar series – organized specifically for this program – will be held at noon each Tuesday. Speakers from the research faculty at UofL will discuss their current cutting-edge research projects or, in some cases, the hottest topics in cancer research today. Interns also are welcome to attend the regular departmental and JGBCC seminar series.


Management Goals: (should include: role of supervisor, frequency of intermediate reviews, expectations of intern, and an explanation of how the intern fits into the organization's goals -- please indicate whether supervisor works full-time or part-time):


Special Job Requirements (i.e. transportation, language, technical or other skills):
Near the end of the 8-week period, interns prepare posters of their research for presentation at a special poster session organized during the last week of the program, as well as at the Annual James Graham Brown Cancer Center Retreat [Friday, October 26] and at Research!Louisville [Tuesday, September 17], an annual celebration of research at the University of Louisville. Many previous interns have gone on to local, state and national science fairs (and won), a number have presented their work at national scientific meetings, and some are co-authors on scientific publications resulting from their work.







This year the program is funded by the James Graham Brown Cancer Center, which will provide a modest stipend for the interns.


Additional Information:
Decisions will be announced May 1







Transportation: Students are responsible for coordinating their own transportation to and from the workplace.