You could work here!

Recently, biology students worked at:

• Animal Emergency and Referral Center
• Chicago Botanic Garden Plant Science Center
• Highland Park Hospital
• Illinois Bone and Joint Institute
• Lake Forest Hospital
• Lake Forest Openlands
• Lake Forest Pediatric Dentistry
• Lincoln Park Zoo 
• Prairie Crossing
• Rosalind Franklin University Medical School 
• Shedd Aqaurium
• Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm

Please contact:
Prof. Lynn Westley, x6048, westley@lakeforest.edu

What do our scholars say?

Since 2009, Lake Forest College began a unique summer research training program for our science majors at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS), located just 10 minutes away from campus by car or train.

Biology Internships for the Academic Year

Our biology students have done internships and research in some of the most prestigious institutions and labs in the country.

Academic-year internships in the natural sciences provide LFC students with a wide range of options for gaining valuable professional experience outside the classroom.  Students work off-campus under the supervision of a mentor for 150 hours/semester (10 hours/week) per academic credit.  Some internships are primarily research experiences that may result in the publication of scientific journal articles and/or participation at scientific meetings.  Other internships give students hands-on experience in professional medical or museum settings or involve students in service or educational projects.  Many internships provide gateways to future employment.  

Internship Contact for the Academic Year: 

Lynn Westley, PhD.
Email: westley@lakeforest.edu
847-735-6048

For more information about internships at Lake Forest College, please visit the Internships page. 

Summer Internships at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Each student works in specific medical school professor’s lab carrying out original medical research in the areas of cell and molecular pharmacology, neuroscience, cell biology and anatomy, biochemistry and molecular biology, pathology, microbiology and immunology, and physiology and biophysics.  The student is eligible to receive summer housing and participate in cafeteria meal plans at Lake Forest College.

In the past two summers, more than 20 biology, chemistry, neuroscience, and psychology majors have been accepted into this program. Several have already conducted significant research that led to win undergraduate poster prizes at scientific conferences and become co-authors on scientific manuscripts published in major journals. Additionally, they have gained exceptional professional mentors among the faculty at a major medical school.

To learn more about the LFC-RFUMS summer fellows program, click here.

Program Contact:

Dr. Shubhik DebBurman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology
Email: debburman@lakeforest.edu
Phone: 847-735-6040
Room 201, Johnson Science Center

For summer 2011 applications: 

The deadline is March 1, 2011. However, given the high popularity of the program, students should strive to indicate their interest by late fall semester and apply in January.

Download the Lake Forest College application form

Note: Several students in this program also conduct academic year internships at RFUMS, either in the same lab or in a different one.  It is not unusual for a student to start with summer research, and continue in the same lab during the academic year, or vice versa.