Letter of Intent

Merial/NIH Veterinary Scholars Program

Letter of Intent

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LETTER OF INTENT

2010 Merial/NIH Veterinary Scholars Program

Students,

We would like to get an idea of how many of you think that you might be interested in the Merial/NIH Veterinary Scholars Program at this early date. Also, we would like to know what type of research experience you would like to obtain, and what area of research you are interested in. If you have not identified a potential mentor this may help us help you in your search. Please provide answers to each of the following questions and submit as soon as possible. For more information, contact Rama Ramachandran (e-mail: ramar@vetmed.lsu.edu):

Personal information:
Name:
Class:
E-mail:
	I have identified a project and mentor. My mentor is
	I am interested but have not yet identified a mentor.
Type of research experience desired: (Choose one of the options below to Indicate the type of research experience that most closely matches your interests and objectives.)
	Mechanism-based, NIH-funded biomedical research at the cellular/molecular level. This will give you a taste of what a career as a funded biomedical researcher would be like.
	Applied clinical research. This will give you a taste of applied research conducted by veterinary school clinicians.
	Other (please describe)
Area of primary research interest: Indicate in the spaces below your top three areas of interest. Areas of possible research include: Physiology: Normal (e.g. physiology, anatomy, diagnostic imaging, biochemistry, etc) Abnormal (e.g. cancer, corrective surgery, organ-specific physiologic diseases, nutritional or metabolic dysfunction, toxicology, etc) Infectious diseases and immunology (e.g. bacterial, viral, parasitic, mycotic) Other (please describe)
1.	(greatest interest)
2.
3.		(least interest but interested enough to spend a summer on it)

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