The STARS Summer Research Program gives science teachers and students an opportunity to work in a research environment. During the summer of 2009, 10 secondary science teachers from around the state of Texas, 17 high school juniors from the Dallas ISD, and 6 Eastfield College students participated in an eight-week summer internship working in research laboratories on the UT Southwestern Campus and affiliated institutions. Under the guidance of a faculty host, participants complete a research project and present their findings at the end of the summer.

Amanda Collins Host: Zhenyi Ma, Ph.D. Internal Medicine - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine		Identification of p66 Binding Partners
Sruthy Issac Host: Sherwood Brown, M.D., Ph.D. Psychiatry		The Effects of Corticosteroids on the Human Brain
Thara Issac Host: Juan Arenas, M.D. Surgery		Surgical Transplantation Research
Sara Linehan Host: Harold Garner, Ph.D. Center for Human Growth & Development		Microsatellite Polymorphisms in Human Disease
An Lu Host: Joel Pessa, M.D. Plastic Surgery		Anatomic Study of Sub-Platysmal Fat
Daniel Stanley Host: Xiankai Sun, Ph.D. Radiology		Scanning Multiple Mice in a Siemens Inveon Multi-modality CT/PET Scanning System