CaRES projects for summer 2021 are listed below. Read each project description. Email your CV to the preceptors having projects that interest you and request a virtual interview. Often preceptors will accept a student who is excited about the project and wants to learn but does not currently possess all of the qualifications listed in the project description. Interview for as many projects as you wish. Each preceptor will invite the student who is his or her first choice, for an in-person interview. At this interview, finalize plans to work on the project, complete the CaRES Mentoring Contract and email it, along with your CV, to Program Director Dr. John Waterbor at <h2obor@uab.edu>. Within 48 hours your name will be posted under the project title. CaRES can fund 30 projects this summer.
Please note:
–CaRES internships are to be for 10, 11, or 12 consecutive weeks, according to the availability of the student and the preceptor.
–Students whose academic calendar allows only 8 or 9 weeks for internships, may request an exception to the 10-week minimum. Under no circumstances will CaRES fund internships shorter than 8 weeks. Requests for an exception should be emailed to Program Director Dr. Peter Smith at <prsmith@uab.edu>.
–Students whose academic calendars allow for internships longer than 12 weeks, may request an extension of support for up to 3 additional weeks. Under no circumstances will CaRES fund internships longer than 15 weeks. Requests for an exception should be emailed to Dr. Smith.
Internship positions available for CaRES 2021: 33
Internship positions filled: 33
Internship positions remaining: 0
Contact Dr. John Waterbor at h2obor@uab.edu for questions or updates.
We have filled our program with 32 students. If any students withdraw from CaRES we will replace them with students drawn from our waiting list. Preceptors should email me the CVs of students they select who agree to be on our waiting list. Thank you!
–Dr. John Waterbor, CaRES Program Director, <h2obor@uab.edu>. March 5, 2021
- 01TH – Daughters, dUdes, mothErs & others fighting cancer Together (DUET)Filled – Jessica Cushing-Murray
- 02TH – Daughters, dUdes, mothErs & others fighting cancer Together (DUET)Filled – Abbie Sims
- 03WD – Harvest for HealthFilled – Lauren King
- 04WD – Harvest for HealthFilled – Rainer Jones
- 05DP – Testing Scalable, IVR-Supported Cancer Prevention Interventions in the Rural Alabama Black BeltFilled – Lauren Boone
- 06MP – AMPLIFI Recruitment and Retention Core – Recruitment experiments and resultsFilled – Eboni Swafford
- 07MP – AMPLIFI Assessment and Analysis Core – Cost of oral and prescription drugs and health care utilization among cancer survivors.Filled – Kaitlin Beyler
- 08DP – Assessing the built environment for physical activity participation in rural Alabama Black Belt countiesFilled – Peter Abdelmessih
- 09SB – Blood or Marrow Transplant Survivor StudyFilled – Jessica Wu
- 10JB – Developing a Community Gardening Intervention to Enhance Supportive Care among Metastatic Cancer SurvivorsFilled – James Perrigan
- 11JB – Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among metastatic cancer survivorsFilled – Thomas Kirby
- 12ML – Addressing Financial Hardship Among Cancer PatientsFilled – Elizabeth Ward
- 13NY – TLR4 polymorphisms and predisposition for skin cancer developmentAvailable
- 14EB – Progression-free survival among patients with multiple myelomaFilled – Sherona Ingalls
- 15EB – Risk factors associated with relapsed and refractory multiple myelomaFilled – Sara Ferguson
- 16JD – Impact of immune check point blockade on sphingolipid metabolismAvailable
- 17SL – Investigating Biomechanical-Induced Changes to Chemotherapeutic ResponsesFilled – Bryan Mortimer
- 18GR – Health Services Research InternshipFilled – Fallon Lalor
- 19RO – AMPLIFI Assessment and Analysis Core – Challenges of conducting zoom assessments of study participants.Filled – Emily McCoy
- 20KK – AMPLIFI – From survey to data analysisFilled – Jeffery Asiedu
- 21LR – Exercise and the gut microbiome in breast cancer survivorsFilled – Abby Cook
- 22CE – Topical Chemoprevention of Non-melanoma Skin CancerFilled – Yuri Kwon
- 23BR – Cancer Stem Cells and Tumor Vascular MicroenvironmentAvailable
- 24BR – Cancer Stem Cells and Tumor Vascular MicroenvironmentAvailable
- 25KH – Oncologists’ recommendation to promote healthy eating behaviors among cancer survivorsFilled – Alexis Koch
- 26JH – Yeast phenomic analysis of cytotoxic chemotherapy.Filled – Ray Waliagha
- 27AM – Morphometric Brain Changes Associated with Treatment of Gliomas and MeningiomasFilled – Bhargav Earla
- 28YS – Emotional Well-being and Economic Burden Network (EMOT-ECON) Research NetworkFilled – Liliana Franklin
- 29YS – Advancing Surgical Cancer Care and Equity in the Deep South (ASCENDS)Filled – Dahye Park
- 30SS – Comorbidities in Anal Cancer: An Analysis of Electronic Medical Record from UAB HospitalFilled – Afan Swan
- 31SS – Epidemiology Trends and Risks of HPV-associated Cancers and Comorbidities Among Patients Receiving Solid Organ Transplants.Available
- 32AS – Significance of metabolic activation of lumisterol in the skinAvailable
- 33AS – Antifibrotic activities of novel vitamin D3 derivatives in fibroblasts isolated from skin.Available
- 34JD – COVID-19 and response to immunotherapyFilled – Jenny Jung
- 35RA – Effect of Treatment Modalities and Patient Characteristics on Survival in Gynecologic CancerFilled – McKenzie Foxall
- 36SG – Evaluation of Body Composition among older adults with lymphoid neoplasmsAvailable
- 37SB – Breast Cancer Survivor StudyFilled – Geoffrey Bostany
- 38RW – Effects of Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase I modulation on ovarian cancer cell drug sensitivityFilled – Keana-Kelley Swanner
- 39KH – Elucidating strategies to elicit oncologists’ recommendation to promote healthy eating behaviors among cancer survivorsFilled – Katelyn Johnson
- 40SG – Development of an electronic health record based frailty classification for older adults with cancerAvailable
- 41JH – Yeast phenomic analysis of a metabolism-specific growth-arresting P53 variantFilled – Katie Sage Jordan
- 42PK – RNA regulator tristetraprolin in macrophages and its role in promoting glioblastoma progression through modulation of the tumor microenvironmentAvailable
- 43GR – Health Services Research Internship 2Filled – Rachel Frazier
- 44CW – Investigation of mechanisms of radiation resistance in advanced patient derived models of glioblastomaAvailable
