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Visit the SOT 2011 Annual Meeting Web site — Mark your calendar SOT March 6–10, 2011.

View the Celebration Events on the 50th Anniversary Web site.

Special Hosting Opportunities for the SOT 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting.

Student Interns Participate in Toxicology Research

SOT serves as matchmaker for students and internship sponsors by listing positions on the SOT Web site. At least twenty students were placed this year at eight sponsors via this resource.


*Tara Shulte*	*Ilaaf Durrat*	*Cody Aull*

Comments from students underscore the value of the internship experience. Lisa Guied, a fourth year student at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, worked at the Dow Chemical Company and will be pursuing a Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology. "This summer has been an excellent opportunity to work with a well-seasoned team on a project relevant to my own research," she said. Tara Schulte, also planning on graduate school, reported, "I think that I would really like doing research. This is a great program for anyone considering a career in pharmacology or toxicology and it really helped me decide if I was cut out for research."

Intern mentors also find the program rewarding. Beverley Greenwood served as Cody Aull's mentor at the University of Oklahoma. She said, "The value of this program is that it gives a young student a wonderful opportunity to experience life in a working laboratory. Moreover, since I had numerous students in my lab, Cody was able to develop friendships and learn a lot about other cultures of people not originally from Oklahoma."

During his time in my laboratory Cody realized that he really enjoyed science that was clearly related to a clinical problem. Moreover, in addition to learning numerous scientific, computer and verbal communication skills, he developed his interpersonal skills and became a key player in my laboratory team.

"To me personally, I love the interaction with strong and energetic students. Furthermore, over the past 15 years a passion for me is to mentor and advise students and share with them some of my scientific knowledge."

SOT encourages toxicologists to provide these experiences. Sponsors can submit information about their openings using the Summer Internship Sponsor Form .

Intern	Sponsor	Mentor
Stephanie Alexander	Mount Sinai School of Medicine	Luz Claudio
Cody Aull	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	Beverley Greenwood van-Meerveld
Amy I. Chen	Pfizer Global Research and Development	Thomas Davies
Tania Cossio	Mount Sinai School of Medicine	Robin Herbert
Ilaaf Darrat	Eli Lilly and Company	David Watson
Magdia DeJesus	Mount Sinai School of Medicine	Jia Chen
Lisa Gued	The Dow Chemical Company	Ronald Thomas
Julie Heck	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	Randy Gallucci
Camille Henson	Johns Hopkins University	David Jett
Alexandra Hlavacova	Pfizer Global Research and Development	Jiri Aubrecht
Diego J. Levy	Mount Sinai School of Medicine	Andrea Gore
Dorothy Louis	Mount Sinai School of Medicine	Luz Claudio
Kim Mai	Johns Hopkins University	Shyam Biswal
Justin A. May	GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals	Jennifer Leonard
Kelly McGrath	Johns Hopkins University	Timothy Buckley
Emily Nguyen	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	Rae Matsumoto
Nathalie Phelut	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	Larry Fisher
Mustak Pirbhai	CIIT Centers For Health Research	Brian Wong
Christelle Quereuil	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	Larry Fechter
Tara Schulte	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	J. Thomas Pento

SOT is dedicated to creating a safer and healthier world by advancing the science of toxicology.