Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PLM) Summer Research Internship

Description

The PLM Summer Research Internship is available to rising junior and senior high school students in Rhode Island who identify as coming from historically marginalized communities or economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Interns will spend a half day each week shadowing pathologists at local university affiliated hospitals in order to gain an understanding of how surgical pathology and laboratory medicine are intimately involved in patient care and closely linked to translational research. The main focus of the experience is an immersive six-week exposure to translational and basic science research in diverse areas of disease pathogenesis including vaccine development, malaria pathobiology, neural and cardiac development, and neurodegenerative disease. Students will be assigned individually to research labs, where they will work on a specific research project as part of a team of scientists. Interns will also participate in career development roundtables to learn about different biomedical career paths as well as how to successfully prepare for them. At the end of the summer, students will give a brief presentation to their peers and faculty highlighting their work.