Resources

Shadowing opportunities 

  • 欧美口爆视频 Sports Medicine 

    •  If you are interested in shadowing at 欧美口爆视频 Sports Medicine, they have a variety of career interests including physician assistants, orthopedic fellows, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and more. 

    • Contact: cusportsmedshadowing@gmail.com to get involved!

Research

Doing research as an undergraduate:

  1. Consider what your strengths and skills are
  2. Determine what labs exist for your major
  3. See what those labs are doing, or have done
  4. Reach out to the lab director, telling them:
    • Why you are interested in working with their lab specifically
    • What your skills are
    • What coursework you have taken to prepare you for research
    • How much time you can commit to research
    • How research will fit into your overall goals
  5. Get funding!

Summer Research Opportunities

Chaco Canyon National Historic Park

Spend the summer getting hands-on experience in biological anthropology, determining how the Chaco people of New Mexico transported huge beams over 70 km over a thousand years ago.

Contact Dr. Rodger Kram at rodger.kram@colorado.edu for more information or to apply.

Participate as a research subject:

  • Sleep and Chronobiology
    • How sleep loss affects your ability to think and changes the helpful bacteria living in your gut
    • Two laboratory visits of approximately 3.7 days each at the 欧美口爆视频 Sleep and Chronobiology Lab
    • Compensation up to $1,680
    • Must be 18-35 years old and be apparently health
    • Contact sleep.study@colorado.edu (Subject line: Navy study)
  • Navigating the Built Environment
    • How humans prioritize time, energy, and intensity when walking from point to point on flat and inclined surfaces
    • Two sessions lasting up to 1.5 hours on two separate days, one outdoor session, one session at the 欧美口爆视频 Human Locomotion Lab 
    • Compensation of $10 to the nearest half-hour
    • Contact cuwalkstudy@gmail.com
  • Positive Emotion & Psychopathology
    • Option 1: Behavioral Lab Visit (4-5 hours; $15 per hour)
      • Interview about thoughts and feelings, physiological monitoring (heart rate), computer tasks, questionnaires
    • Option 2: fMRI Visit (3 hours each; $25 per hour)
      • View videos and pictures, and think about emotions while in a brain imaging scanner, computer tasks, questionnaires
    • Option 3: Pressure Pain Task Visit (1-2 hours; $15 per hour)
      • One computer task involving tolerable pressure pain, physiological monitoring (heart rate), computer tasks, questionnaires
    • Must be 18-45 years old and have no history of mental health conditions
    • Contact gruberpeplab@colorado.edu (Subject line: MASC Emotion Study) (303) 735-7547
  • Mechanisms of Pain
    • Seeking individuals 18-55 years old for laboratory study on mechanisms of pain
    • Pain is always tolerable
    • 2.5 hours, $12 per hour
    • Contact canL专studies@gmail.com

Pre-requisite Classes

Preparing for the MCAT

Internships and Jobs

  • Assist Athletic Trainers in injury treatment for Rec Center patrons and intramural sports athletes
  • Required to work 3-8 PM at least 2 days per week, unpaid.
  • To apply, email cover letter and resume to RICC@colorado.edu. Applications due February 8th.

  • Work closely with Arts & Sciences faculty who are interested in integrating technology into their courses
  • Undergraduate hourly 8-12 hours/week, $12/hour

  • Paid internship with Synthio chemicals
  • Open to students interested in chemistry or chemical engineering
  • Must have taken organic chemistry labs
  • Email michelle.carlson@colorado.edu to apply

  • Volunteer work with Women's Basketball staff
  • For questions or to express interest, email tad.wedel@colorado.edu

  • Deliver high quality strength and conditioning training for U11 age groups and up
  • Flexible hours Monday-Friday 4:30 PM- 9:30 PM
  • Send resume and relevant certifications to Leigh.Veidman@fcboulder.com (402) 708-0771

  • Gain experience in physical therapy and exercise physiology
  • Unpaid, but potential for academic credit
  • Contact Jon at jmojock@medfit.net (303) 939-0691

Public Interest Internship Experience (Boulder & Denver)

  • Make a positive impact by partnering with local non-profit and government organizations
  • Must be full-time 欧美口爆视频 undergraduate continuing in Fall 2019 (no seniors), with min. 2.5 GPA.
  • Stipend of $4,680 over 360 hours over the summer
  • Applications due February 1st.

  • Provide assistance in designing and implementing adaptive exercise programs for individuals with spinal cord injuries
  • Email resume to Amanda Wilson (Executive Director) amanda.w@scirecoveryproject.org