The 2007 Summer Program in Quantitative Sciences was held from June 2 to July 1, 2007.The annual program lasts four weeks and is designed to expose undergraduates to the use of quantitative methods for biological, environmental, and medical research. The program also provides advice about graduate school and the application process through GRE preparation and lectures led by HSPH faculty members.
This year's students came from Arizona State University, Georgia State University, St. John's University, Johns Hopkins, Boston College, and Harvard College.
Back row, l-r: Melissa Naylor and Luke Purvis, both project mentors; Hassnain Syed; Antonio Benavidez; Kimberly Pearson (project mentor); Dana Mars; Rebecca Betensky (program director). Front row, l-r: Nina Yeboah; Catherine Haskell (program coordinator); Jacqueline Hairston; Saritza Mendoza, Andy Houseman (course instructor).
In addition to learning data collection and analysis methods, participants learned research collaboration efforts by engaging in group projects with other participants and graduate students. Group projects were designed and mentored by faculty members and graduate students in the Department of Biostatistics. Projects included the genetic determinants of alcohol abuse, the effects of endotoxin exposure in households, and phthalate exposure and its effect on sperm quality.
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