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Summer Lab Internship (10 Weeks)

The Summer Lab Internship Program at Quest Diagnostics offers students the opportunity to gain experience in the clinical and toxicology laboratory environments while working at the world’s leading provider of diagnostic testing, services, and information that patients and doctors rely on to make better healthcare decisions. Summer Lab Interns work with whole laboratory specimens to perform a wide range of tests ranging from simple to complex, applying a combination of manual lab procedures/ techniques and state-of-the-art instruments. Interns will also have the opportunity to apply their background and skills gained in education to various process improvement projects.

Program Eligibility & Qualifications:

To be eligible to participate in the Summer Lab Internship Program, students must meet the following qualifications by the start date of the program:

• Completed Junior Year in a four-year baccalaureate program in medical laboratory science, chemistry, human biology, microbiology, molecular biology, molecular genetics or another human biomedical science-related field
• A minimum of 90 credit hours from an accredited institution with a 3.0 or better overall GPA
• Credit hours completed must include:
  • 15 Hours of Biology
  • 15 Hours of Chemistry
  • 3 or more hours in Math

Required documentation to upload when applying:

• Resume
• Cover Letter, including the reason for applying and what the candidate is expecting to learn from the internship
• Transcripts from Registrar's office
• A Reference Letter from a college professor

The intern’s laboratory experience may include exposure in one or more of the following areas:

Immunology and Toxicology

The eligible candidate will work in both Immunology and Toxicology area on a Scientific Project addressing the needs and work with the Medical Lab Technologists and Directors to learn the modern lab technologies and principles (Capillary Electrophoresis, HPLC- Mass Spectrometry, Immunoassays etc.

Immunology

Intern focus on blood cancer that forms in white blood cells that are inside the bone marrow like Multiple myelomas, Plasma cell dyscresia’s. Plasma cell dyscrasias (PCDs) are a spectrum of disorders characterized by the expansion of a population of monoclonal bone-marrow plasma cells that produce monoclonal immunoglobulins. The intern learns how various technologies like Serum Protein Electrophoresis, Immunotyping, Immunofixation and Free Light chain assay to detect various monoclonal gammopathies. Also they will learn interpretations of these chromatograms and participate in a project to evaluate various types monoclonal bands and its prevalence in the population.

Toxicology

Gabapentin is commonly used to treat and prevent seizures in people with epilepsy or to treat nerve pain that can occur after a shingles virus infection. Gabapentin is used off-label use for many conditions like fibromyalgia, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, resistant depressants, mood disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, alcohol withdrawal, postoperative analgesia, migraine prophylaxis, interstitial cystitis, painful diabetic neuropathy, social phobia, generalized tonic-clonic seizures, pruritus, insomnia, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and refractory chronic cough and postmenopausal vasomotor symptoms. Despite its legitimate uses, Gabapentin can also be misused. Our earlier studies indicated that misuse of opiates in patients whoa are being treated with Gabapentin. The intern will learn various technologies lab uses to detect Gabapentin and various opiate drugs and work on a project to see other drugs present in Gabapentin users.

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