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he best way to lure the brightest young minds to biomedical research is to give them the opportunity to work in the laboratories of some of the nation’s top scientists, in the most exciting and growing fields of medicine. Let them participate in solving the mystery of why cancers metastasize or let them image the brain and shed light on what makes a grandmother develop Alzheimer’s disease. Let them taste the excitement of seeing how their education affects the real world, real patients and real diseases. The Methodist Hospital Research Institute has created just that environment for students from around the country, who participate in the Research Institute Summer Internship Program. “Through this experience, our interns really see how their field of study can affect patients, whole populations and the world,” said Dr. Patricia Chévez-Barrios, ophthalmic pathologist director of the program. “They better appreciate the importance and the value of what they’re learning in school.
Jim Elder, a sophomore at Rice University, was one of 22 students who interned in The Methodist Research Institute’s Summer Internship Program.
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