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<Title>Summer Research Opportunity in Biomedical Sciences</Title>
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    <p>Highlights include...</p>
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<Title>Researcher of the Week: Uvonne Andoh</Title>
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<Title>Natural History Research Experiences</Title>
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    <p>The <strong>Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT)</strong>
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    and Uganda. Students spend 10 weeks during the summer at their 
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    carnivore conservation, and/or public health.</li><li>MHIRT is a paid internship. All expenses 
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     Health.</li><li>The Mid-South Coalition For Minority 
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    Brothers University, and the following participating universities: 
    LeMoyne Owen College, Rhodes College, Tennessee State University, and  
    University of Memphis.</li><li>Preference is given to students from 
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    <p>All <a href="http://www.cbu.edu/mhirt/applynow.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">applications materials</a> must be e-mailed to Julia Hanebrink (<a href="mailto:jhanebri@cbu.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">jhanebri@cbu.edu</a>).</p></div>
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<Title>Researcher of the Week: Mina Attia</Title>
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    <p><br></p><p>The online application for SROP at the University of Michigan will be available on December 1st. The application deadline is February 10th, 2013, but we encourage you to complete your application as early as possible. If admitted into the program you will receive:</p><p><br> </p><p>•A stipend of $4,000 for the summer</p><p>•Round-trip
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