Ever wondered what a biomedical scientist does every day? For 16 current and former Jefferson State students, that is exactly what they experienced this summer.
Jefferson State, in partnership with UAB, was awarded a five-year Bridges to the Baccalaureate grant from the National Institutes of Health. The goal of the program is to increase the number of individuals who enter the biomedical research workforce. The approach to achieving this goal is three-fold: 1. provide biomedical research opportunities through paid summer internships, 2. support students through completion of an Associate’s degree, and 3. support students through transfer and completion of a Bachelor’s degree.
Each year, students are selected and paid to participate in a 10-week summer biomedical research internship at UAB.
The internship provides each student with the opportunity to not only see what a scientist does every day, but also to work alongside mentors on their own biomedical or engineering research project.
During the first two weeks of the summer program, students participate in a biomedical research bootcamp class. Students learn about biomedical research, research ethics, how to keep a research notebook, and how to perform standard research techniques through hands-on experiences. Following the bootcamp, students spend eight weeks in their assigned research lab working on an independent research project.
The summer program culminates with a research symposium where each student prepares a poster summarizing his or her research project including background information, experimental results, and conclusions.
The JSCC/UAB Summer Research Internship program has been running continuously for 11 years.
For more information about the program, visit jeffersonstate.edu/biomedical-research.
2024 Summer Research Interns
Biomedical Sciences
- Arlo Diaz-Ponce
- Kayleigh Wyatt
- Madelyne Jackson
- Natasha Velasco
- Braden Willis
- Mallory Fowler
- Elizabeth Istre
- Cynthia Sanchez
- Jaden Adams
- Rylie Scarbrough
- Krisiten Buettner
Engineering
- Moises Paredes
- Jacob Wilson
- Lauren Holl
- Matthew Willard
- Ronald Rowe
