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2010 Summer Research Students: For a complete list of names, please visit us online at www.ndmed.org.Summer Vacation?UND’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences Summer ResearchProgram gives budding scientists a slice of life in the labBy Laura ScholzEACH YEAR, THE SCHOOL OFMedicine and Health Sciences hostsapproximately 50 undergraduatestudents for a summer of hands-onexperience in laboratory research, allunder the leadership of UND’sprofessors, graduate students, andsenior undergraduates.“This is a unique opportunity forstudents to hone their research, writing,and presentation skills, and we reallyfocus on recruiting undergraduate studentswho may not have those opportunitieson their own campuses,” said VanDoze, PhD, associate professor in theDepartment of Pharmacology,Physiology, and Therapeutics, and leadorganizer of the summer research program.Students are selected for thecompetitive program based on theiroutstanding test scores, academicachievements, intellectual curiosity, andfuture career goals, and are then matchedwith labs and senior faculty based ontheir interests and particular field of study.In the summer of 2010, the universityhosted 50 undergraduate researchersfrom in-state institutions such as MinotState University and Dickinson StateUniversity as well as colleges anduniversities across the country, includingCollege of St. Benedict and St. John’sUniversity, Concordia College, IllinoisWesleyan, Oglala-Lakota College, St.Olaf College, and the University ofCalifornia–Santa Cruz.Once students arrived on campus,they received specific research training inthe laboratory under the guidance of ateam of faculty advisors, seniorundergraduates, graduate students,postdoctoral fellows, and labtechnicians. They worked on projectswithin the Departments of Anatomy and16 NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Holiday 2010