Class of 2009 - left to right: Front Row: Keren, Sidra, Sharon, Christine, Ms. Grant. Back Row: Mr. Saturen, Shannon, Jose, Omobukola. Eno, Wendy

The Summer High School Research Internship Program serves minority students who attend Newark schools or live in the City of Newark, and their teachers. The Program nurtures through intense hands-on laboratory research experience an acute interest in science. Mr. Yaakov Saturen directs the program, working with Newark teachers, principals, and others to recruit highly motivated, talented, under-represented minority students into the program each year.


The students begin with a two-week workshop that introduces them to the vocabulary of molecular biology and medicine, as well as to basic laboratory skills, tools and techniques. They meet PHRI-NJMS Principal Investigators, who give a series of lectures. They are then assigned to a Principal Investigator’s laboratory, paired with a mentor, and spend six weeks working in a state-of-the-art research laboratory on his or her own research project. Over the course of the summer, they meet weekly to discuss their projects and each student writes a short research paper on his or her project. They also attend field trips to sites where they can see how medical and other research is being applied for the benefit of society. Finally, they explore educational and career options in science, and develop analytical and critical thinking skills that can be used throughout their lives.

The 2009 PHRI Summer High School Research Intern Program

The following are student interns: Shannon Marie Brown, Sharon Clark, Christine McIntyre, Jose Morel, Sidra Siraj, Omobukola Solebo, Eno Totoh, Keren Joi Walcott. Three of the students are “rising juniors” and five will returning to high school for their senior year. There is one Teacher intern, Ms. Kay Dean Grant. Three Newark high schools are represented in the summer program this year, namely—West Side High School, Science Park High School and St Vincent Academy. The program staff include, a former high school intern, Ms. Wendy Orrellana, as Teaching Assistant and a former teacher intern, Mr. Yaakov Saturen, as Program Director. Financial support for the program, this year, comes from PHRI, PSE&G, Victoria Foundation, American Chemical Society-Project SEED and an NIH training grant that has been awarded to Dr. Issar Smith, of the PHRI-Center.

Please follow the following links to download PDF copies of the 2009 Internship Program,
2009 Internship Program Newsletter, and 2009 Internship Program Symposium Announcement.





The following links allow you to download PDF copies of the 2006 Internship Program Progress Report, 2007 Internship Program Progress Report, 2006 Internship Program Symposium Announcement, and 2007 Internship Program Symposium Announcement.




For more information call or write:

Mr. Yaakov Saturen
Director, High School Research Internship Program
Public Health Research Institute Center
UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
225 Warren Street
Newark NJ 07103
Email: satureya@umdnj.edu
Tel. (973) 854-3100
Fax. (973) 854-3101