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Graduate student works with National Cancer Institute, contributes to report
Issue date: 9/25/07 Section: Campus
Miami University graduate student, Michelle Porcellino, gained both experience and confidence through her internship with the National Cancer Institute, according to her Miami faculty mentor.
Graduate students in Miami's masters in technical and scientific communication (MTSC) program must do an internship as part of their graduation requirement.
Porcellino's internship-she was in Washington D.C. from January to June 2007-took her to from writing papers in Oxford to writing drafts of letters to President George Bush.
"The National Cancer Institute is the largest division of the National Institute of Health, a large government agency that deals with a lot of the health research that goes on in the U.S.,"
Porcellino said.
Porcellino worked on the President's Cancer Panel, a federal advisory group that reports directly to the president of the United States. The three-member panel monitors the entire National Cancer Program, as well organizes four meetings a year on different topics related to cancer.
Reports are written up after the meeting by members of the panel with the aid of the federal advisory group and are intended to be easy to understand so that anyone could learn from them, according to Porcellino.
The report Porcellino worked on focused on cancer prevention through a healthy lifestyle. She said she feels believes strong in the content of the report, especially what it has to offer Americans.
"I think the message of the report is that prevention is really important and if you make healthy choices you can definitely reduce your risk of cancer," Porcellino said. "America is in need of a cultural change and we need to reevaluate our lives."
Porcellino contributed in various ways throughout the production process, working with the writers of the report, gathering research, editing and working on formatting.
Porcellino was also responsible for writing the first draft of the letter to the president that accompanies the report.
Graduate students in Miami's masters in technical and scientific communication (MTSC) program must do an internship as part of their graduation requirement.
Porcellino's internship-she was in Washington D.C. from January to June 2007-took her to from writing papers in Oxford to writing drafts of letters to President George Bush.
"The National Cancer Institute is the largest division of the National Institute of Health, a large government agency that deals with a lot of the health research that goes on in the U.S.,"
Porcellino said.
Porcellino worked on the President's Cancer Panel, a federal advisory group that reports directly to the president of the United States. The three-member panel monitors the entire National Cancer Program, as well organizes four meetings a year on different topics related to cancer.
Reports are written up after the meeting by members of the panel with the aid of the federal advisory group and are intended to be easy to understand so that anyone could learn from them, according to Porcellino.
The report Porcellino worked on focused on cancer prevention through a healthy lifestyle. She said she feels believes strong in the content of the report, especially what it has to offer Americans.
"I think the message of the report is that prevention is really important and if you make healthy choices you can definitely reduce your risk of cancer," Porcellino said. "America is in need of a cultural change and we need to reevaluate our lives."
Porcellino contributed in various ways throughout the production process, working with the writers of the report, gathering research, editing and working on formatting.
Porcellino was also responsible for writing the first draft of the letter to the president that accompanies the report.
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