For Immediate Release February 14, 2005

For More Information Contact: Joe Stuteville, 317-274-7722 jstutevi@iupui.edu

Cancer Center Offers Summer Research Internships

INDIANAPOLIS - High school and undergraduate students planning cancer research careers have a hands-on opportunity to work with physicians and researchers at the Indiana University Cancer Center.

Applications are being accepted for the IU Cancer Center Summer Research Program, June 7 to Aug. 6. The program seeks to increase the number of cancer researchers among underrepresented groups.

Students are assigned mentors affiliated with the center. Participant selection is based on interest in biomedical or behavioral science, grades and personal interviews.

Information about the program and applications are available through the center's Web site at http://iucc.iu.edu/srp/. The deadline for submitting applications is March 1. Applicants will be notified by April 1.

"It's a unique opportunity for students to experience the latest developments in cancer research care," says IU Cancer Center Director and H.H. Gregg Professor of Oncology Dr. Stephen Williams. "They also attend workshops related to gaining admission to graduate and professional programs of study."

The center, affiliated with the IU School of Medicine, is the only National Cancer Institute-designated clinical cancer center in Indiana.

High school students applying must have completed at least their junior year and have maintained a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Undergraduates applying for the program must have completed 24 hours of college credit, be majoring in a biomedical or behavioral science and have maintained a grade point average of 3.2.

Members and collaborators of the IU Cancer Center are on the faculties of the IU schools of medicine, nursing, dentistry, health and rehabilitation sciences, as well as the science departments at IU and Purdue University.

For additional information, contact Gwendolyn L. Johnson, program administrator, IU Cancer Center, at iuccsrp@iupui.edu. ###