Stipends Available to Study Type-2 Diabetes
with NAHS Dean Toney for Summer 2009

A Research Corporation Cottrell College Science Award awarded to Dr. Jeffrey Toney, Dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences, has been transferred to Kean University. The title of the grant, An Interdisciplinary Study of the Beneficial Effects of Peanuts in Preventing Onset of Type 2 Diabetes, explores nutritional biochemistry and Type-2 diabetes. This funding will support up to three undergraduate students during summer 2009 to join Toney in learning about diabetes. The stipend is $3500 for 10 weeks. Undergraduates with an interest in science or medical research are encouraged to apply. Entering junior in Fall 2009 are preferred.

To apply, please send a cover letter describing you research interest and career goals, and a copy of your transcripts.

Contact:
Dean Toney at 908-737-3609
or jetoney@kean.edu
Kean University
Bruce Hall, Room 104
Union, NJ 07083