BMES Internship Panel

November 28, 2017

Agenda
Purpose: Familiarize students with research/industry/medicine
focused summer opportunities and relevant timelines.

● Overview of relevant summer opportunities

● Quick tips on finding the right summer internship
● Panel Q+A
Research Focused
Internships
Overview
Amgen Scholars
● Opportunity to engage in hands-on research experience at many
of the world's leading educational institutions

http://www.amgenscholars.com/us-program

http://www.amgenscholars.com/japan-program
Amgen Scholars
● WHO:
○ Sophomores, Juniors, and returning Seniors
○ Need > 3.2 GPA
○ Looking for PhD/MD-PhD bound students
○ U.S. Citizens
● WHEN:
○ Different institutions have different dates
● APPLICATION TIMELINE
○ Feb. 1st/15th depending on the institution
REU
● Research opportunity through NSF which allows students to
participate in research at a host research institute
○ Many, many different locations (including UW + abroad)!
● https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/
● Each institution has different application materials + deadlines
○ You must get these application materials through each
individual site
○ Undergraduate students supported with NSF funds must be
U.S. citizens or permanent residents
WA NASA Space Grant: SURP
● Opportunity to get paid for research at UW
○ Part time: 20 hrs/wk; 9 weeks; $2,500
○ Full time: 40 hrs/wk; 9 weeks; $5,000
● Applications due ~April 14th
● Student Application and Faculty application
● Eligible students must be U.S. citizens and WA residents
● http://www.waspacegrant.org/for_students/student_internships/w
sgc_internships/SURP_for_faculty.html
Other Research-Focused Opportunities
● DAAD Rise
○ Apply NOW (due 12.15.2017)
■ https://www.daad.de/rise/en/rise-germany/find-an-internship/application-portal/

● Allen Brain Science Institute Internships

○ Apply now through winter quarter
■ https://www.alleninstitute.org/careers/internships/

● Scan Design, Innovations in Pain Research Summer Program

○ Apply Winter Quarter, UWMC research
■ https://www.washington.edu/undergradresearch/summer/pain-research/

● EPFL Summer Research Program (due 1.31.2018)

○ Fully funded research program in Lausanne, Switzerland
■ https://sv.epfl.ch/summer-research
Industry Focused
Internships
Overview
Timeline
● First of all, don’t stress!
● Winter Quarter is the ideal time to secure an industry-focused
internship!
● This winter break:
○ Start looking! What do you want to do this summer?
○ Get 1-2 business formal outfits for career fairs/interviews
○ Update your resume
○ Make some business cards
Events + Resources
● Physio-Control (Stryker) Visit, Dec. 1, 2017
■ RSVP: https://catalyst.uw.edu/catalyst/chooser/bce018b2e831286d0971154d561f9081
● Society of Women Engineers Career Fair, Jan. 18, 2018
■ http://uwswe.com/about-career-fair/
● BioE Networking Workshop, Jan 18, 2018 (3-4PM)
● BioEngage Internship Mixer, End of Jan. 2018
● Science Job & Internship Fair, Feb. 1, 2018
● Winter Job & Internship Fair, Feb. 15, 2018
● Upload your Resume to Husky Jobs!!!
■ https://washington-csm.symplicity.com/students/?signin_tab=0
Medicine Focused
Internships
Overview
INSIGHT Research Program
● Rigorous Injury Prevention research program through Harborview
Hospital
○ Clinical Shadowing at Harborview + UWMC
○ Hospital Tours (emergency helicopter tour in the past)
○ Competitive Poster Symposium
○ $3,200 stipend
● Due Jan 15, 2018
■ https://depts.washington.edu/hiprc/education/insight/
Other Opportunities
● Swedish COPE Health Scholars Program
■ https://copehealthscholars.org/programs/health-scholar/
● Neurological Surgery Summer Student Program
○ Eight week lab placement in one of our neuroscience labs
○ Weekly Neurological Surgery Grand Round Lectures
○ Weekly Neuroscience Faculty Lectures
○ OR Observation
○ $3,200 stipend
■ https://depts.washington.edu/nsssp/
● Study for the MCAT
○ Take a prep course!
Take care of yourself first
● It’s just a summer internship
○ Applying can be stressful
○ Rejection can be hard to deal with it
● There are resources to help you! Here are just a few:
○ Mental Health Clinic @ Hall health
■ hallhealth.washington.edu/students
○ Counseling Center @ Schmitz Hall
■ Free and confidential counseling
○ Let’s Talk Drop-In Counseling
■ Tuesdays, 2-4PM, Ethnic Cultural Center
■ Wednesdays, 2-4PM, Q Center
○ SAFECampus
■ 206.685.SAFE (7233)
Stand on the shoulders of giants
● What summer opportunities students currently in the department
have taken advantage of, application timelines, & contact info!
● How to use it:
○ Get ideas about what opportunities are available to you!
○ Interact with upperclassmen who have been successful in finding
summer research opportunities to learn more about the experience
and the application
○ Jumping off point - we have MANY more peers who have engaged in
summer internship experiences. Use your peers as a resource!
Meet the Panelists!
CALEB PEREZ
● STEP-UP:
○ NIH-funded Short-Term Research
Experience for
Underrepresented Persons
● Summer Research Program (SRP) at
the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de
Lausanne (EPFL)
● Fun Fact:
○ Is not fun.
ADAM LITTLE
● Internship: Amgen Scholars
Japan at University of Tokyo
● Fun fact: My belly button is
neither and innie nor an outie.
MICAELA EVERITT
● Entrepreneurship/Research
Experience for Undergraduates at
University of Connecticut
● Worked to develop a novel ammonia
sensor to detect kidney disease
through breath
● Fun Fact: I’m from Yolo County, CA …
get it … YOLO?!
ARMIN ROUZ
● Internship description:
○ Data visualization / process
engineering for technical operations @
Juno
○ Lots of programming, statistical
analysis, and learning about CAR T
therapy
● Fun fact (about the internship??)
○ South lake union campus gave
sweeping views of entirety of lake
union & downtown Seattle
KIM HUA
● Internship:
○ 12+ weeks at Verathon
implementing FPGA neural
network, developing sensors,
and waaaay more!
● Fun Fact: I thought I could
photosynthesize like plants, but
instead I fell asleep outside in the sun
and later went to the ER for heat
stroke.
Q+A
 THANK YOU!

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