Monday, November 28, 2011

Research Opportunity: Summer Research Program for Undergraduates at Columbia Univeristy!

Biostatistics Enrichment Summer Training (BEST) Diversity Program at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health

BEST is a rigorous eight-week program that is focused on expanding and diversifying the behavioral and biomedical sciences’ workforce by introducing undergraduates from underrepresented populations to biostatistics and cardiovascular and pulmonary disease research.

Students are currently being recruited for the 2012 program (May 29-July 20) and have extended the application deadline.

Application Deadline: February 1, 2012!

Qualified applicants must:
  • Be enrolled and have completed at least one year of undergraduate work at an accredited school or university OR be enrolled at a community or junior college, completing at least 3 courses per academic term.
  • Have completed at least 1 semester of college calculus
  • Be U.S. citizens or non-citizen nationals of the U.S. OR lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

For more information about the program and the online application, students can visit the following website:
http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/academic-departments/biostatistics/best-diversity-program

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