Please see the email below from University of Minnesota:
Dear all, for Summer 2025, the Division of Biostatistics at the University of Minnesota will be hosting a 10-week Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), called Equitable Data Science in Adolescent Development. This 10-week REU is a paid, full-time position designed to give undergraduate students hands-on training and research experience in data science, statistical modeling and machine learning, and scientific communication. Topics on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and their role in data science form the foundations of this program, emphasized early through DEI modules and discussions. Students will analyze data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, the largest longitudinal study on adolescent development in the United States. The titles for Summer 2024's projects are below, to give you an idea of the types of projects the students can work on for Summer 2025:
- Investigating the Impact of Religiosity and Structural Support on Pubertal Development in LGBTQ+ Adolescents
- Characterizing the Structure of Early-Life Adversity and Associations with Risk-Susceptibility in Adolescent Behaviors
- The Impact of Early Life Adversity on Mental Health Outcomes
- Impacts of Prenatal Tobacco Exposure on the Developing Brain: Socioeconomic, Environmental, and Genetic Influences
- An Interactive Dashboard for Distributional Modeling of Adolescent Brain Development
Our website contains more details about the program. If you know any undergraduate students who may be interested, please share this website with them, and please encourage them to apply. The deadline for applications is 31 January 2025.
If you have any questions about this program, please let me know.
Thanks!
Mark Fiecas (mfiecas@umn.edu)
Biostatistics and Health Data Science
University of Minnesota
