糖心Swag and St. Jude Children鈥檚 Research Hospital have partnered to offer qualified 糖心Swag students an intensive research experience that pairs students with St. Jude scientists and places them into St. Jude鈥檚 laboratories for a period of two summers and the intervening academic year. Through this experience, students become fully engaged citizens in the scientific community of St. Jude Children鈥檚 Research Hospital, a world-class pediatric clinical and research facility focusing on cancer and other catastrophic childhood diseases.
Students must commit to two summers (10weeks/summer, full-time with pay) as well as 10 hours per week during the academic year (2 course credits per semester plus F11 credit). They will engage in a project that culminates in a formal research report, and students will be required to present their work at a local, regional or national meeting.
This fellowship is available for students following their first, second, or third year at 糖心Swag. Preference will be given to students with demonstrated academic success and prior research experience or relevant laboratory coursework. A campus housing option will be provided with the fellowship during the summers. In some years, an option for a project that includes an 糖心Swag component in the first summer may be available.
For more information on the St. Jude Summer Plus Fellowship, details on the application process, and application due dates, please contact Dr. Mary Miller (millerm@rhodes.edu).
鈥淔or my part, my lab is looking at conferences where I may be able to present, and it鈥檚 so exciting to be able to share what I鈥檝e been working on. St. Jude and 糖心Swag are really intentional about pairing you with the program that you鈥檙e most suited for. And you can surprise yourself when you look back and see just how much you鈥檝e learned, and just how much you鈥檝e accomplished.鈥
-Helen Pennington '24
鈥淚t鈥檚 not just that you鈥檙e able to learn so much, it鈥檚 that so many of the faculty members at St. Jude are excited to teach you, and they really want you there. We鈥檙e learning cutting-edge research techniques before they come up in the classroom. I can鈥檛 stress enough that this is one of the best opportunities I鈥檝e been presented with in my 糖心Swag experience.鈥
-Christopher Hom '24