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Summer Research Programs

Date: late May 2008 — late July 2008

Description

The UK College of Pharmacy offers two different ten-week programs for talented undergraduate and professional students to participate in paid research in Pharmaceutical Policy or in Traditional Pharmaceutical Sciences. Participants perform independent research , under the supervision of faculty mentors, graduate students or postdoctoral fellows, develop a poster presentation that describes their accomplishments, and have the opportunity to contribute to front-line research in either of these areas.

Students interested in Pharmaceutical Policy (Pharmaceutical Policy Application Form [pdf]) will have the opportunity to apply methods and techniques of public policy planning and analysis to issues involving pharmaceuticals, pharmacy, pharmacists and pharmacies under the guidance of our nationally recognized faculty.

In the Traditional Pharmaceutical Sciences area (PS Application Form [pdf]), students can work with faculty who are engaged in research in areas ranging from pre-clinical studies of drug actions, to fundamental mechanisms of drug actions at the molecular level, to the design, synthesis, development and formulation of new drug products. This program allows undergraduate students to obtain hands-on laboratory experience in state-of-the-art research facilities.

Deadline

Complete applications must be received by February 22, 2008 for the Traditional Pharmaceutical Sciences area and March 21, 2008 for Pharmaceutical Policy.

Who Should Apply

Current professional (PharmD) students or undergraduates who have completed their junior year by the beginning of the summer are encouraged to apply, but highly qualified sophomore students will also be considered. Completion of courses in general biology, organic or analytical chemistry will help the student get the most from these experiences. Ideal candidates are students who are interested in entering a PhD doctoral program, who have better than a 3.3 GPA and, for the Traditional program, are pursuing an undergraduate major in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biology, or other Life Science.

Stipend

Students will receive a stipend of $3,000 for 10 weeks of work.

NOTE: This program IS NOT intended for students interested in pursuing the Pharm.D. degree at a College of Pharmacy.

Research Projects of Students from the Summer 2007 Program

Transdermal Capabilities of Clonidine for Opiate Withdrawal [pdf] - Dr. Audra Stinchcomb's lab

Exploration of 7DHCR Expression [pdf] - Dr. Todd Porter's lab

Optimization of Immunoproteasome-Specific Inhibitor UK-101 [pdf] - Dr. Kyung Bo Kim's lab

Memory Deficits in Relation to Neurodegeneration in a Model of An Alcohol Use Disorder [pdf] - Dr. Nixon's lab in collaboration with Dr. Melissa Burns-Cusato's lab at Centre College

Dopamine Transporter Expression in a "Two-Hit" Rat Model of Parkinsonian Syndrome [pdf] - Dr. Jim Pauly's lab

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