Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 10, Number 3, 1 March 1993 — Undergraduate medical research opportunites available at UH [ARTICLE]

Undergraduate medical research opportunites available at UH

The Pacific Biomedical Research Center at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa is inviting applications through March 15 from full- or part-Hawaiian, Filipino, Samoan, and Americannational Pacific Islander undergraduates who want to pursue careers in biomedical sciences. Applicants must be enrolled fulltime at UH Mānoa campus by fall 1993. Thirty-two students will be selected by the two programs: the Haumana Biomedical Program, and the Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Honors Program. Both programs eommenee on June 1 and require a two-year commitment by the student. Students will work full time in a research laboratory over the summer with a selected university faculty member on a biomedical-

ly-related research project. During the school year, they will continue their research efforts on a part-time basis while carrying a minimum of 12 university course credits. Both programs are funded by the National Institutes of Health and allow participating students to earn up to $6,000 in the Haumana (the Hawaiian word for "student") Program; and stipends up to $6,732 plus tuition and fees in the MARC Honors Program. MARC students must maintain a 3.0 grade-point average over their two-year commitment in the program. For further information and application forms, eall Healani K. Chang, program director, at 9568268. Applications will be accepted through March 15, 1993.