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2003 News

SWPC Interns Present Findings

Nursing students from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico and The University of Texas at Austin participated in a month-long research internship during July 2003. Each intern was paired with a Nurse Researcher who has a research project funded by the National Institutes of Health. The research studies focus on health disparities or health promotion. The student interns worked closely in collaboration with their faculty mentor to identify a research question they could answer by using the researcher's data. Students engaged in the research process -- developing research questions, selecting variables, and analyzing data. The students presented their findings to faculty, students, and staff as the final exercise in their internship.

Front row (L-R): Sandra Chavira (NMSU), Maxine Ogbaa (UT), Gloria Estrada (NMSU), Dr. Joy Penticuff (Faculty Coordinator for Internship), Dr. Lynn Rew (Director of SWPC). Back row (L-R): Michele Burks (UT), Raquel Tanner (UT), Erika Baldwin (NMSU), Anne Standiford (NMSU), Amy Bush (NSMU)