The University of
Oklahoma's Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) is one of only four comprehensive
health centers in the nation. With six health
professional Colleges and the Graduate College, it is the State of
Oklahoma's major health professions educational institution. As the
state’s only comprehensive academic graduate center it provides
advanced degrees for biomedical and health science researchers.
SURPs
The Graduate College at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
Center (OUHSC) has developed and hosts a number of summer undergraduate
research programs (SURPs) aimed at better preparing and encouraging
undergraduate students to pursue careers in biomedical research or
health related sciences. Studies show that undergraduate research programs
are beneficial to the success of applying to and completion of a graduate
degree program. These programs are designed to offer outstanding undergraduate
students intensive, hands-on research
opportunities in the laboratories of select OUHSC biomedical faculty mentors. A significant dimension of these programs is to introduce
students to the rigorous academic preparation required for biomedical
research careers and to encourage them to select OUHSC for their graduate
education. The three programs currently housed on the OUHSC campus are
