Anyone with NIH Summer research background? Please post experiences

2o_o7
Sat, 19 May 2007 16:46:01 +0000

I spent the summer at the NIEHS down in NC through the Summers of Discovery program. This was last year, before my senior year of high school.


Which area you completed your research in: I was in the Laboratory of Respiratory Biology, studying the genetics of asthma in mice.
Strengths of the program, what you liked: Very flexible, I feel like it was pretty much what you made of it. I was lucky to have a great mentor and PI, so I was very involved. We got an abstract out of the work this summer; in fact, I am in San Francisco as I type this -I will be presenting my research at the ATS annual conference tomorrow!
Some weaknesses, any issues you didn’t like (too much time in glassware washing less time spent on meaningful research? Mentors were MIAs?): I feel like this is pretty much the luck of the draw. From what I heard from others in the program, there were pretty positive experiences all around.
General advice about living arrangements/safety: If you are going to be on the Bethesda campus I can’t say much…pretty sure that you have to supply your own living arrangements, but I’m sure that they have someone you could contact to help you out.


Cheers.