FRESNO – UCSF Fresno is accepting applications for its 24th Summer Biomedical Research Internship (SBI) Program, which provides Central San Joaquin Valley high school students an opportunity to gain experience with careers in medicine and valuable research skills. Students in their junior year of high school from Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and Tulare counties are eligible to apply.
Selected students will work with UCSF Fresno faculty members from June through August 2011 on research projects in the Fresno area. Last year, eight students were assigned to research involving lung disease, pertussis, sepsis, genetics, breast cancer and Down syndrome.
In addition to conducting research, students in the Summer Biomedical Research Internship Program visit the University of California, San Francisco campus and observe surgery at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno.
More than 200 high-achieving students have graduated from the program, which began in 1988. Many of the students are now health professionals working in the Valley.
Students are selected based on academic merit, their responses to a questionnaire, and letters of recommendation from their teachers. Thanks to the generous support of EHS Medical Group, every participant will receive a stipend. EHS Medical Group presented UCSF Fresno with a $10,000 gift in November to continue the SBI program this year.
The application deadline is Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. To obtain an application or for more information, please visit http://www.fresno.ucsf.edu/sbi/ or contact Karin Olson at (559) 499-6426.
