Once You've Been Accepted Into the Program

Mentor Selection Process

Once you have received the list of research opportunities please contact Robin Catino at 310.825.8253 to set up a brief phone meeting with site director. They will advise you about selecting a mentor to best match your interests.

Student Expectations

• Conduct a research project in 8-12 weeks

• Meet weekly with your research mentor

• Attend seminar series

• Attend clinical rotations (if at UCLA)

• Complete evaluations

• Make an oral presentation of your research

• Submit a written report 90 days after your program completion date

• Submit an abstract of your research to a scientific meeting

For more detail on expectations of students and mentors see Expectations and Requirements.

Oral Presentation Sample 

Forms/Certifications

Once you've been accepted into the program it is a requirement of the National Institute of Aging for all students to complete both the PHS 2271 and PHS 6031 forms, have an updated IRB approval notice for your project and obtain HIPAA certificates in order to receive your stipend. The PHS forms can be found below and/or Robin Catino, Program Administrator can send these to you. Please contact your site director on where you can complete the HIPAA certificates. Each mentor should have an IRB Approval Notice on the projects you will be working on.

• PHS 2271
• PHS 6031

Evaluation forms

All students are required to fill out evaluation forms about clinical, seminar and program experiences. We ask all students to fill out an evaluation after each clinical and seminar. At the end of the program Robin Catino, Program Administrator, will give you the program evaluation. Below are blank evaluation forms for the clinical and seminars.

• Seminar evaluation
• Clinical evaluation