PG Fellowship at the AUC
Training program Description
During the 8 weeks, the students will be offered the following:
1) Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology:
Two PG courses of 3 CH each a) GHHE 5330: The EARTH Lab b) GHHE 5195: Advanced Good Laboratory Practices and Laboratory Management consisting of theoretical and lab sections. In addition to the above courses, the students in the third week of their program will be qualified and able to work on their research at the lab for one day/week.
The students will earn a certificate of completion of the above courses from the AUC.
2) School of Continued Education:
SCE will offer 4 modules, 2 days/week – total 80 hrs:
- a) The Problem-Solving Approach and Critical Thinking,
- b) Development of Professional Life Skills,
- c) Cooperative Group Interaction Techniques,
- d) Formal Presentations and Demonstrations
The students will earn a certificate of completion of the above courses from the AUC.
Duration
a) Spring Semester: February – March 2024
b) Summer Semester: June – July 2024
Objective
Offer 50 opportunities to the COE scholarship students (PG) to pursue research at the AUC labs in addition to attending 2 courses of 3 C.H each and four personal skills modules.
Eligibility Criteria
1) CoE scholarship awarded students.
2) Successfully completed the pre-master’s year and registered the thesis topic,
3) Should submit an approved work plan by the supervisor,
4) Students who have not benefited from traveling abroad for a training workshop,
5) Students who haven’t participated in the semester abroad program in the US.
Financial Benefit
2) Transportation from home university for non-ASU students
3) Monthly stipend (2300 EGP/month)
4) Tuition fees of 2 PG courses + 4 modules
NOTE: Monthly transferred housing allowance for non-ASU students will be freezed during the 8 weeks program as their accommodation is already covered in Cairo.
| GHHE 5330: The EARTH Lab (3 Cr) | GHHE 5195: Advanced Good Laboratory Practices and Laboratory Management (3 Cr) |
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Environmental Assessment of Risk and Toxics on Health [EARTH] is an environmental quality
and health monitoring and assessment laboratory that exposes and enables the student to
common hands-on techniques and instrumentation used in environmental and biological
monitoring. Students learn laboratory, field, and analytical skills through a solid introduction
to experimental research in environmental sciences and engineering. Students are provided
with applications in limnology, aquatic chemistry, analyses of environmental and biological
specimens, and industrial hygiene measurements. Tests for volatile organic compounds,
heavy metals, particulate matter and persistent pollutants will be covered. |
This course provides training in the principles of good laboratory practice for personnel of
laboratories who wish to produce test results that are fit for the purpose and which would
stand up to the scrutiny of inspection. This allows for the reliability, retrieval and
accountability for test results. These procedures are applicable to diagnostic laboratory
procedures, research, forensic and in the drug safety and development sector. Topics
include safety, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1988 (CLIA) government regulations,
and quality assurance in the laboratory. Students will learn and apply management and
quality assurance skills and concepts applicable to different laboratory settings, including
specimen collection, and performance per CLIA’88-and /or moderate-complexity testing.
Students will also demonstrate competency in a wide variety of techniques used to collect,
process and test specimens. |