All required qualifications must be documented on application materials

Required Qualifications:

• Successful candidates will have a strong undergraduate academic record, with interests in pursuing a career in computational biology, academic medicine and/or completing a combined MD/PhD degree program.
• Students will work up to 40 hours per week; schedule and hours will be arranged with the assigned faculty mentor (or delegate).
• This is not a clinical shadowing opportunity.
• Research opportunities will be available with one of the following researchers within the Divisions of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Pediatric Epidemiology and Clinical Research and Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy.

We are currently looking for exceptional undergraduate students to complete an 11 week, intensive research experience, designed to provide immersive research training for students interested in a career in academic research/medicine.

Today, more than 80 percent of children diagnosed with cancer in the United States before the age of 20 years will survive at least five years, a dramatic increase from the 1970s where only about 50% of children diagnosed with cancer before the age of 20 years survived. (http://seer.cancer.gov/, posted April 2014)

These dramatic improvements in outcomes are only possible through scientifically sound research. Much work remains to improve survival to 100%, to find a cure for every child.

Responsibiltities:

• Each student will conduct a small, independent research project focused on a scientific question using computational biology.
• Over the course of the summer, students will be expected to informally discuss their research results in laboratory and group meetings.
• A student’s work will be directly supervised by a faculty member or a designated post-doctoral associate working in the laboratory.

At the end of the summer, students will present their research to faculty from the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, the Division of Pediatric Epidemiology and Clinical Research, the Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, and other selected guests.

The University of Minnesota is home to leading clinical and translational research programs focused on improving outcomes for children diagnosed with cancer and blood diseases. We support comprehensive clinical, research and education programs with a focus on five core areas: epidemiology, leukemia, brain tumors, solid tumors (sarcomas) and childhood cancer survivorship.

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