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Welcome to the website for the Vanderbilt Student Research Training Program.
The Vanderbilt Student Research Training Program (SRTP) is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and allows medical students to conduct research under the direction of an established scientist in the areas of diabetes, obesity, kidney disease, or digestive disease at Vanderbilt during the summer between the first and second year or second and third year of medical school.
SRTP offers three areas of emphasis: Diabetes and Obesity, Kidney Disease and Hypertension, and Digestive Disease.
Diabetes and Obesity: Research areas include pancreatic islets/insulin secretion, neuroscience related to obesity and diabetes, carbohydrate physiology, hormone action/signal transduction, immunology related to diabetes, complications of diabetes, exercise physiology, and patient education or behavior related to diabetes. Click HERE » for more information.
Kidney Disease and Hypertension: Research areas include diabetic nephropathy, immune-mediated kidney disease, kidney fibrosis, hypertension, vascular disease, hypoxia and cellular signaling, metabolism and inflammation in acute and chronic kidney disease, and psychosocial aspects of kidney disease. Click HERE » for more information. Students selected for this program will participate in the O'Brien Kidney Research Center Medical Student Program in Nephrology and Hypertension. An additional 3-5 slots will be available for applications made through the SRTP. (Note: students selected for this emphasis area should be available to arrive in Nashville on May 14th or June 1st, participate in the core curriculum from June 4th to July 27th, and participate in the Research Symposium in Nashville on August 1-2, 2012.)
Digestive Disease: Research areas include epithelial integrity, gastrointestinal development and function, gastrointestinal physiology, inflammatory bowel disease, Helicobacter pylori infection, and GI-related cancer. Click HERE » for more information.
Program staff will assist students in selecting an appropriate research project and preceptor. Prior research experience is not required. In addition to working on his/her own research project, each student attends a series of seminars addressing various clinical and research aspects of diabetes mellitus and its complications, kidney disease and hypertension, and digestive disease.
Each student receives a stipend of approximately $400/week. Students spend 2-3 months at Vanderbilt University Medical Center », but commencement and conclusion are reasonably flexible depending upon the specific emphasis area. All students accepted into the program must work on a research project for 2-3 months and participate in the research symposium at Vanderbilt on August 1-2, 2012.
Application deadline for summer of 2012 is February 6, 2012.
Click here » to access the online application.
Additional Information and Application:
Vanderbilt Student Research Training Program (SRTP)
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Room 7465 Medical Research Building IV
2213 Garland Avenue
Nashville, TN 37232-0475
Phone: (615) 936-1760
E-mail: stu.res@vanderbilt.edu
www.vanderbiltsrtp.org
The Medical Student Summer Research Training Program is supported by the Vanderbilt Short Term Research Training Program for Medical Students (NIH grant DK007383) and the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (NIH grant DK20593).