<p>it doesn't matter what the research is on. Sometimes you can write reviews, summing up past research in a few. It has to be novel though. You can't write a book report and then expect a recognized journal to publish it.</p>
<p>Asthmatic children would fall under clinical research where you'd be looking at data rather than doing actual experimentation.</p>
<p>hmm, well I was thinking of doing more of a study type research.</p>
<p>i want to get started in research at u of m (its close) but should i just contact a professor that is doing something i'm intrested in? won't it seem dumb for some high school kid to try and help with some research project?</p>
<p>that's why i said start small. ask him if you can do anything around the lab.</p>
<p>it's very unlikely that he will take a high school student when there are undergrad and grad students available!</p>
<p>static- so how exactly did you get started? You called a prof, did small tasks, and then what? After learning about reserach did you start your own project? Did you work with a professor on his/her project?</p>
<p>i applied for a summer internship</p>
<p>Standford has a research program you can participate in, the folding of cells. Its a program called "Folding@home", and it uses your pc power to calculate cell structure and more. Everyone is allowed to participate.</p>
<p>nosx-lol the stanford program is just a download, you don't do anything</p>
<p>stanford also has a very competitive program in immunology for high school students called "CCIS Summer Internship Program." </p>
<p><a href="http://ccis.stanford.edu/2004intern.html%5B/url%5D">http://ccis.stanford.edu/2004intern.html</a></p>
<p>I got in it but I couldn't go because I had RSI. TOo bad summer wasn't long enough for both.</p>
<p>that stanford program looks good
so there generally isnt a way to get started during the year?</p>
<p>ya, but it's more difficult if you don't have a network already established.</p>
<p>for me, my summer internship at CHORI impressed the president. He in turn help me find a position in a lab during the school year.</p>
<p>It's all about networking, something they don't teach you in school but is a very very useful tool.</p>
<p>wuts CHORI?</p>
<p>even though may be a download, your still doing something ! lol</p>
<p>nosx- how is your research going?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chori.org%5B/url%5D">www.chori.org</a></p>
<p>children's hospital of oakland research institute</p>
<p>i'm heading a project that is a collaboration between Watson's gene therapy and Shackleton's mass spectrometry lab.</p>