Border Latino and American Indian Summer Exposure to Research (BLAISER)

Border Latino and American Indian Summer Exposure to Research (BLAISER) was created to address health disparities in Arizona’s ethnically diverse and fast-growing communities. This cutting edge 10-week, undergraduate research experience provides an extraordinary laboratory training opportunity, pairing the junior and senior level student-scholars with preeminent UA health sciences researchers.

Program Highlights

·         Mentorship by a UA biomedical researcher or medical scientist working on translational research

·         Master the medical and graduate application process

·         Learn about minority health disparities

·         Participation in workshops on GRE and MCAT in order to make students more competitive

·         Travel to Nogales AZ and Sells AZ in order to learn about health disparity issues in the border region.

·         Create and present a research poster

·         Share experiences with students that are pursuing similar goals and objectives

·         Present research at the UA Summer Research Conference

 

Please share this announcement with your networks to help with recruitment. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Kind regards,

Viridiana Johnson

Recruitment Specialist / Program Coordinator

Tel: 520-626-0726

http://diversity.uahs.arizona.edu/blaiser