UCSF-Fresno offers summer biomedical internships for Valley high school students
Fresno, Jan. 25

UCSF-Fresno is accepting applications from San Joaquin Valley high school students who are interested in careers in medicine and health care for its 14th Summer Biomedical Internship (SBI) Program. Students in their junior year of high school may apply to work with members of the UCSF-Fresno faculty on a variety of research projects. As part of the program, students will visit the UCSF campus in San Francisco, observe an operation, and tour UCSF-Fresno research sites. This year, students will also have the opportunity to shadow a resident physician for the day.

Applicants will be judged on academic merit, responses to a questionnaire, and letters of recommendation from instructors. Students from Fresno, Madera, Merced, Kings, Tulare, and Mariposa Counties are eligible to apply. The program runs from mid-June to mid-August. For an application, visit www.ucsfresno.edu/ospr/sbi.htm or call 559-243-3607. Send applications to: UCSF-Fresno OSPR, 2615 E. Clinton Ave., Fresno, CA 93703. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, February 28, 2001.