BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
EDUCATION AND TRAINING (UNCLASSIFIED)
On September 19, 1957, the AEC announced the establishment of a program of financial
assistance to colleges and universities in acquiring specialized radiation equipment and teach‘ing aids for, courses in radiobiology and the use of radioisotopes. Since the initiation of the |
program, 21 grants have been made: 11 in biology and agriculture; 8 in medicine; and 2 in.
health physics. The states represented are Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan (4 grants), Missouri, New York (2 grants), North Carolina (3 grants}, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2 grants), Texas, and Washington.
Summer training courses in radiobiology and the use of radioisotopes ‘were given to 101
high school science teachers during the summer of 1957 at 5 universities. An additional 7
colleges and universities will be brought into the program for the summer of 1958; each of the
12 summer institutes will be able to accommodate 20 high school teachers.
“It has been tentatively agreed that the School of Public Health ofthe University of Michigan
and the University of Puerto Rico will be designated as alternative centers that: may be.selected by fellows in the radiological physics fellowship program. Already participating in this
program are the University of Kansas, the University of, Rochester, Vanderbilt University, and
the University of Washington.
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Under the joint program with the American Institute of Biological Sciences which provides
lecturers in radiobiology to small colleges and universities, ‘scientific personnel from AEC
laboratories have visited a number of colleges. A number of requests has been received for
lecturers during the spring semester. (End of UNCLASSIFIED section.)
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