Heffernan takes over leadership of NSF Research Education for Undergraduates (REU) Program for Trauma Research with Veterans

Kevin Heffernan (EXE) PI
Extramural Sponsored Project – National Science Foundation (NSF)

Kevin Heffernan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Exercise Science, will take over leadership of the Research Education for Undergraduates (REU) program started by Brooks B. Gump, Ph.D., MPH, Falk Endowed Professor of Public Health, in 2012. This program is for undergraduate veterans and non-veterans (five openings for each) interested in becoming trauma researchers. As one of many on-going interdisciplinary collaborations in the Falk College, the REU program also includes faculty members from the Aging Studies Institute and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. The grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) will support the REU program and is now recruiting undergraduate veterans and non-veterans to participate. Students can earn $3,000 for participating in an intensive four-week summer program each June at Syracuse University.