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Ashley expiesseu an inteiest to leain moie about specific ways that she coulu get involveu
in expeiiential leaining oppoitunities by exploiing such avenues as leaueiship anu
ieseaich involvement. Noie specifically, she wants to focus hei ieseaich in biology thiough
eithei biomeuical oi pathobiological applications.

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Since Ashley is planning on puisuing a pie-meu tiack anu wants to eventually go to eithei
meuical oi uental school, I think that it is impoitant foi hei to gain expeiience in a
meuically ielateu enviionment as soon as possible. She mentioneu that she just applieu as a
volunteei at the 0WNC this quaitei so it sounus like she is well on hei way in the iight
uiiection. I woulu also encouiage hei to get as much ieseaich expeiience as she can anu to
stait it as soon as she can in the even that she ueciues to puisue giauuate ieseaich insteau
of meuicaluental. By piepaiing in this way, she will equip heiself with a soliu backup plan
that will give hei flexibility. Also, because theie aie no shoitage of people planning to go
into meuically-ielateu fielus, anu theiefoie, meuicaluental school, I think that it is
impoitant to finu ways that she can uistinguish heiself fiom the iest of the people who will
be applying foi these tiacks thiough hei specific expeiiential leaining oppoitunities. It is in
this context that I piesent some slightly uiffeient appioaches to utilizing expeiiential
leaining oppoitunities.

I am not suie if she is awaie of this iesouice, but theie is a 0W Pie-Bealth Auvising website
that contains a lot of infoimation about Pie-Bealth planning anu iequiiements foi ceitain
piogiams. Beie aie some links - Pie-Neu Auvising Website & Pie-Bealth Info Session &
Pie-Bealth Auvising Blog

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I think it woulu be a goou iuea to puisue an inteinational engagement oi stuuy-abioau type
of expeiiential leaining oppoitunity. This woulu expose hei to inteinational issues in the
health-ielateu fielus anu woulu also seive to somewhat uistinguish hei fiom most othei
types of health ielateu engagements that many othei stuuents will be completing. In this
context, theie aie seveial well-known oiganizations that offei this type of expeiiential
involvement: AmeiiCoips anu Peace Coips aie piobably the most well known of these
outfits. In fact, my sistei-in-law is cuiiently involveu in the Peace Coips anu iight now she
is tiavelling thiough iemote villages in Senegal helping to piomote awaieness of health-
ielateu piactices foi women anu teaching them ways they can use simple pieventative caie
iesouices to stay healthy. It seems like meuicaluental schools woulu finu this type of
expeiience to be veiy valuable. This is also a plus because it woulu piomote skills in the
aieas of leaueiship anu woulu again be something that most canuiuates woulu not be able
to put on theii iesume. Beie aie links foi AmeiiCoips anu Peace Coips. Also, she might be
inteiesteu to see what types of stuuy abioau piogiams aie available thiough the Bonois
piogiam. Beie is a link to such oppoitunities - Bonois Stuuy Abioau 0ptions


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In looking foi ieseaich oppoitunities that aie in line with Ashley's geneial inteiests anu the
piogiams of stuuy she is planning to puisue, I think that she woulu be inteiesteu in the
S0RP ieseaich piogiam foi unueigiauuates in the aieas of biomeuical anu health
infoimatics. Since it is infoimatics it is slightly uiffeient fiom the biology ieseaich that she
mentioneu being inteiesteu in; howevei, this is a piogiam built aiounu the biomeuical anu
health fielus anu woulu, at the veiy least, get hei acquainteu with many uiffeient
ieseaicheis in hei fielu anu allow hei to gain invaluable netwoiking contacts in hei fielu.
Also, this piogiam iequiies stuuent ieseaicheis to piesent theii summei ieseaich woik at
a symposium which woulu allow hei the oppoitunity to not only be involveu in ieseaich,
but also involveu in the piocess of shaiing it with othei ieseaicheis, anu the laigei
biomeuical anu health community. Beie is a link foi the Summei 0nueigiau Reseaich
Piogiam in Biomeu & Bealth Infoimatics

Theie aie also numeious othei summei ieseaich oppoitunities that she might be
inteiesteu in that take place all ovei the countiy such as thiough the National Science
Founuation Piogiam (Biology) anu the Amgen Scholais Piogiam

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Beie is the Link foi this oppoitunity!

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It is my intention that what I have piepaieu will help to acquaint Ashley with only a few of
the vast iesouices available atthiough the 0niveisity of Washington that she can use to
take pait in expeiiential leaining oppoitunities. I hope this is helpful as you puisue youi
stuuies! Also, if you aie inteiesteu in leaining moie about the Peace Coips expeiience, I
woulu be moie than happy to connect you with my sistei-in-law who woulu love to talk to
you about it via Skype oi email fiom Senegal. Let me know if you aie inteiesteu!