MD Anderson Cancer Center Summer Program in Cancer Research-PAID

Description

The MD Anderson Cancer Center Summer Program in Cancer Research is available to freshman, junior, and senior undergraduate students interested in scientific investigation. You must be a U.S. citizen/permanent resident to be eligible for this program. For 10 weeks during the summer, students selected for the SPCR undertake hypothesis-driven, project-based investigations and attend a weekly lunch lecture series covering topics such as DNA structure and repair, epigenetics, stem cells, signal transduction and apoptosis, and emerging analytical techniques. Other student activities include social events designed to integrate summer interns into the research community, as well as tours of the MD Anderson Houston and Bastrop campuses. The program culminates in the SPCR Scientific Symposium, during which interns will present their research by describing their research hypotheses, approaches and results.