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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img width=624 height=77 style='width:6.5in;height:.802in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D7CFF5.E707BC60"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We are reaching out to you with the goal that you would please help spread the word about the NIH sponsored 2023 University of Washington’s Summer Research Experience in Translational Neuroscience and Neurological Surgery program throughout your network. We want to make sure as many students, from all states and all walks of life, as possible know about this opportunity! Would you be willing to share the message below and/or the attached flyer via email, on a blog, or on social media?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We are especially interested in applicants from those underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic (STEM) fields.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>If you have any questions please let me know. Thank you in advance for your support in encouraging the next generation of STEM leaders, who will surely help make our world a better place.<br><br>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:black'>Julie Bould<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:black'><img width=33 height=23 style='width:.3437in;height:.2395in' id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image002.png@01D7CFF5.E707BC60"></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:10.8pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Summer Program Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:10.8pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Program Operations Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:10.8pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Department of Neurological Surgery<b> </b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#404040'>|</span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'> UW Medicine</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:10.8pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F'>325 Ninth Avenue | Box 359924 | Seattle, WA 98104</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#7F7F7F'>OFFICE</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F'>: 206.897.5732 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:10.8pt'><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:black'>EMAIL</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>: </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#595959'> </span><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'><a href="mailto:nsssp@uw.edu">nsssp@uw.edu</a></span></u><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> <span style='color:#595959'> </span></span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:black'>WEB</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>: </span><a href="https://neurosurgery.uw.edu/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'>neurosurgery.uw.edu</span></a><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:black'>Sylvia Zavatchen, MEd</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><img border=0 width=33 height=23 style='width:.3437in;height:.2395in' id="Picture_x0020_18" src="cid:image003.png@01D7CFF5.E707BC60"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:10.8pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Summer Program Administrator</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:10.8pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>A</span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>ssociate Director<span style='color:black'> of Education</span></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F'> | </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>UW Medicine</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:10.8pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F'>Department of Neurological Surgery<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:10.8pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F'>325 Ninth Avenue | Box 359924 | Seattle WA 98104</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#7F7F7F'>OFFICE</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F'>: 206-744-7077 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:10.8pt'><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:black'>EMAIL</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>: </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#595959'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="mailto:szavatch@uw.edu">szavatch@uw.edu</a><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:#595959'> </span></span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:black'>WEB</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>: </span><a href="https://neurosurgery.uw.edu/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'>neurosurgery.uw.edu</span></a><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>On behalf of: <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Christine Mac Donald, PhD (Professor and Vice Chair of the UW Department of Neurological Surgery)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Co-Director, Neurological Summer Student Program<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Co-Principal Investigator Grant R25NS095377<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Richard Ellenbogen, MD, FACS (Professor and Chair of the UW Department of Neurological Surgery)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Director, Neurological Summer Student Program <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Principal Investigator Grant R25NS095377<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br>************************************************************************************************************<br>Dear STEM student,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Applications for the NIH sponsored <a href="https://neurosurgery.uw.edu/education/summer-student-programs">Summer Research Experience in Translational Neuroscience and Neurological Surgery</a> program is anticipated to open <b>Tuesday, November 1<sup>st</sup>, 2022!<br><br></b><br>If you have an interest in the neurosciences and desire lab experience in neurological biomedical research, please apply!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Applicants chosen to participate in the program will receive stipends of $3,200 over the duration of the 8-week program. (Note: high school or recent high school graduates must be 18 years of age or older by the first day of the program in order to participate.) Limited housing stipends (no meals or transportation) are available for out-of-area students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Program participation includes: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>• Eight-week lab placement in one of our neuroscience labs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>• Weekly Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds lectures<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>• Weekly Neurological Surgery Resident Education Hour discussions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>• Weekly neuroscience faculty lectures, specifically developed for the students<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>• Neurological surgery OR observations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>• Neurological surgery clinical observations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>• Student capstone presentation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Over 25 students from our earlier classes have now been accepted into medical school and other clinical training programs. Many students just entering college have gone on to neuroscience, pre-med studies, medical school or PhD neuroscience programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The application period will close on <b>Monday, January 2<sup>nd</sup>, 2023</b>. Application is free. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please email </span><a href="mailto:nsssp@uw.edu"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>nsssp@uw.edu</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> with any questions you may have about the application process.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We look forward to reviewing your application!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>NSSSP Directorship<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>