Enhancing Virology Training Summer Research Program (ENVIT)

The overall goal of “Enhancing Virology Training (ENVIT) through Summer Research” is to prepare and increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) students in virology-focused careers through didactic, hands-on, mentored, and career-development training.

• Program at a Glance
  1. Provide students with a 10-week virology research training that include didactic lectures in fundamentals of virology and career-development topics for a virology-focused research and education career.
  2. Promote evidence-based education in virology by training the students on the methods in fundamental virology research and specialized research techniques in a laboratory setting.
  3. Engage each student with leading virology researchers (faculty mentor, students, postdoctoral fellows and staff) to stimulate their interest to consider further education and training in the area of virology.
  4. Develop oral and poster presentation skills of students through scientific presentations of their research internally at MMC Virology Summer Symposium and externally at one national conference.

• Program Benefits
  1. Provide students with a 10-week virology research training that include didactic lectures in fundamentals of virology and career-development topics for a virology-focused research and education career.
  2. Promote evidence-based education in virology by training the students on the methods in fundamental virology research and specialized research techniques in a laboratory setting.
  3. Engage each student with leading virology researchers (faculty mentor, students, postdoctoral fellows and staff) to stimulate their interest to consider further education and training in the area of virology.
  4. Develop oral and poster presentation skills of students through scientific presentations of their research internally at MMC Virology Summer Symposium and externally at one national conference.

• Program Mentors