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SUMMER INTERNSHIP CULTIVATES FUTURE RESEARCHERS
Nineteen high school and undergraduate students conducted research at the UH Cancer Center in summer 2017 .
The summer interns were selected through a highly competitive process . Each student was paired with a mentor , who had a similar research interest either in population- or laboratory-based research . The students completed independent research projects and provided a poster presentation of their fndings at the end of their internship .
A 2017 follow-up of 72 interns showed :
• 73 percent obtained an undergraduate degree in a science feld ;
• 5 percent completed a medical degree ;
• 5 percent fnished graduate school in a research-oriented feld ;
• 34 percent are enrolled in an undergraduate science program ;
• 13 percent are enrolled in a master ’ s program ; and
• 23 percent are enrolled in a medical school .
2017 Summer interns
The Center ’ s internship program was supported in part by the National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant ( CCSG ) Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences ( CURE ) Supplement , an endowment from the Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company and the Friends of the UH Cancer Center .
Internship poster presentations
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