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In my town, there is a local community sustainability program that has a 5 acre plot in which they grow local produce and supply them to community health programs and the local university. Over the course of a year, they submitted soil samples to our chemistry department, and I worked to test soil samples to see what treatment was needed.
This included preparation of sample (drying/grinding/sieving etc); and multiple analyses such as carbon content, nitrogen content, phosphorus content w/ a colorimetric assay, metals using ICP-AES.
Obviously this isn't directly health-related (although the mission behind the sustainability program is rooted in public health), but just curious whether it would be considered research experience for an admissions committee. I would say I spent about 200 hours or so doing it.
This included preparation of sample (drying/grinding/sieving etc); and multiple analyses such as carbon content, nitrogen content, phosphorus content w/ a colorimetric assay, metals using ICP-AES.
Obviously this isn't directly health-related (although the mission behind the sustainability program is rooted in public health), but just curious whether it would be considered research experience for an admissions committee. I would say I spent about 200 hours or so doing it.
