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<p class="MsoNormal">Applications open on November 1<sup>st</sup>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2024 University of Washington’s Neurological Surgery Summer Student Program (NSSSP) — spread the word!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="624" height="77" style="width:6.5in;height:.802in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D9F2E9.30BA2E70"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Julie Bould<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="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="line-height:10.8pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">NSSSP Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="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="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="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><a href="mailto:nsssp@uw.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">nsssp@uw.edu</span></a><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"><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black">PROGRAM WEBSITE</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">:
</span><a href="https://neurosurgery.uw.edu/education/summer-student-programs"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue">neurosurgery.uw.edu/education/summer-student-programs</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.8pt"><b><span style="color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Sylvia Zavatchen, MEd</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="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="line-height:10.8pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Associate Director of Education</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F"> |
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">UW Medicine</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.8pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Departments of Neurological Surgery & Neurology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="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:9.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">OFFICE</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">: 206-744-7077
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.8pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray">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;color:blue"><a href="mailto:szavatch@uw.edu"><span style="color:blue">szavatch@uw.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#595959"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.8pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray">WEB</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">:
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue"><a href="https://neurosurgery.uw.edu/education"><span style="color:blue">https://neurosurgery.uw.edu/education</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"> |
<span style="color:blue"><a href="https://depts.washington.edu/neurolog/education/"><span style="color:blue">depts.washington.edu/neurology/education/</span></a></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On behalf of:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Co-Director, Neurological Summer Student Program<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Co-Principal Investigator Grant R25NS095377<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Director, Neurological Summer Student Program
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Principal Investigator Grant R25NS095377<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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Dear STEM student,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applications for the NIH sponsored
</span><a href="https://neurosurgery.uw.edu/education/summer-student-programs"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Summer Research Experience in Translational Neuroscience and Neurological Surgery</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
program is anticipated to open <b>November 1<sup>st</sup>, 2023!<br>
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If you have an interest in the neurosciences and desire lab experience in neurological biomedical research, please apply!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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 due to facility age restrictions). Out of area students will have program sponsored housing (as long as they indicate on their application that they require program sponsored housing) but
are responsible for their own meals, transportation to/from Seattle, and local transit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Program participation includes:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">• Eight-week lab placement in one of our neuroscience research labs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">• Weekly Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds lectures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">• Weekly Neurological Surgery Resident Education Hour discussions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">• Weekly neuroscience faculty lectures, specifically developed for the students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">• Neurological surgery OR observations (up to 2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">• Neurological surgery clinical shadowing observations (up to 2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">• Student capstone presentation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To date, 185 rising freshmen and college undergraduate students aged 18 and older from 96 different schools from across the U.S. have participated in the program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Over 35 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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The application period will close on
<b>Tuesday, January 2<sup>nd</sup>, 2024</b>. Application is free. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We look forward to reviewing your application!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NSSSP Directorship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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