Virtual Internship Program

VIP 2024 begins June 4, 2024. This year we will be accepting up to 25 students into our summer program. This 4-week, online-only program allows students the opportunity to learn from NRI principal investigators and other research staff, participate in group mentoring sessions, and complete an independent nutrition research project and presentation.  

All high school students, rising ninth graders to rising college freshman, are invited to apply to our Virtual Internship Program. The application deadline is March 29.

 

Agenda subject to change.

VIP Schedule 2024

Week One

Tuesday, June 4
1 PM - 2:30 PM
Welcome and Orientation
Nutrition 101
Jenna Baker
VIP Coordinator

Sandra Mooney, PhD
Associate Professor of Nutrition
Thursday, June 6
1 PM - 2 PM
The Importance of Good Nutrition, Health Behaviors, and the Risk FactorsDeborah Tate, PhD
Professor of Nutrition

Week Two

Tuesday, June 11
1 PM - 2 PM
The Importance of Folate in Promoting Health and Preventing DiseasesNatalia Krupenko, PhD
Associate Professor of Nutrition
Thursday, June 13
1 PM - 2 PM
Mentoring Session

MLA + Presentation Guide
Evan Paules, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Jenna Baker
VIP Coordinator

Sandra Mooney, PhD
Associate Professor of Nutrition

Week Three

Tuesday, June 18
1 PM - 2 PM
Research MethodsHannah Petry
Graduate Research Assistant, Mooney Lab
Thursday, June 20
1 PM - 2 PM
Career Paths in NutritionTBD

Week Four

Tuesday, June 25
12 PM - 2 PM
Student PresentationsStudents
Thursday, June 27
12 PM - 2 PM
Student PresentationsStudents