What is the NIEHS and what sort of research do they do?
Mission Statement
Human health and human disease result from three interactive elements: environmental factors, individual susceptibility and age.
Location
NIEHS is located on 509 rolling acres of rhododendron, oak and pine in Research Triangle Park, roughly 12 miles south of Durham and ten miles east of Chapel Hill. The NIEHS Main Campus entrance is located at 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park.
Size
100 distinct research groups
One interconnected research entity
New Clinical Research Unit, opening summer 2007
Research in the Division of Intramural Research
Activities within the Division
National Toxicology Program Research
Toxicogenomics
Epidemiological studies to identify environmental factors
Intervention and prevention studies to reduce exposure
Molecular medicine
DIR scientists are involved in research that contributes to our:
Basic understanding of biological and chemical processes
Understanding of the role of environmental agents in human disease and dysfunction
Knowledge of underlying mechanisms of environmentally associated diseases.
The DIR is organized into three programs:
Environmental biology
Environmental toxicology
Environmental disease and medicine
What does the program entail?
One-year program, which can start any time after acceptance – usually late summer
Laboratory, epidemiological or clinical research related to environmental health issues
Under the direction of a principal investigator at the NIEHS Division of Intramural Research
Most projects take place at the NIEHS central campus at Research Triangle Park, NC
Some NIEHS investigators are located at the NIH central campus in Bethesda, MD
NIEHS provides successful applicants with a stipend of $28,000 paid to their medical school student account and administered by the medical school’s financial aid office.
How do I apply?
Review Principal Investigators and their research areas of opportunity, using the NIEHS Web site at http://www.niehs.nih.gov
Choose a preceptor and confer with that person regarding the project opportunities they have and their interest.
Apply by mid-January of each year for admission in the following summer.
The usual letters, transcripts, etc.
Brief research proposal
Stipend:
$28,000 per year paid into your student account (lump-sum; no travel nor supplements)