High School Science Symposium
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The purpose of the annual Symposium is to stimulate outstanding high school science students' interest in pursuing biomedical careers by allowing them to meet and learn first-hand about the work of doctors, scientists and allied health professionals who are finding new treatments and cures for childhood diseases and improving the outcomes for children today. The students learn about careers in the allied health sciences and biomedical research and tour clinical and research facilities at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Our goal is that participants will leave with a greater interest in pursuing a career in health care or research.
All Cincinnati Tri-State Area High Schools are invited to participate. Since participation in this event should be viewed as an honor bestowed upon their best science students, schools are encouraged to select students who are:
- outstanding science students
- juniors or seniors in high school
- interested in careers in science and medicine
Students must be accompanied by a science faculty member or other adult representative from their high school. The letter sent to Cincinnati area high school science teachers is attached.
Online registration is required. We only have space for 45 schools so early registration is encouraged. Registration will be closed when we reach capacity or at midnight on February 23, 2009. Only 1 group of 3 will be accepted from each school.
Registration for the 2009 High School Science Symposium is now closed.
2009 Symposium
The Eighteenth Annual High School Science Student Symposium will be held on Monday, March 16, 2009 from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm. Directions to the Sabin Education Center will be provided to all registered participants.
The morning session on career opportunities in pediatric health care consists of 6 concurrent sessions. Each attendee must pre-register for two out of the 6 sessions on different health care professions. Specialists in each field will talk about the training requirements, job descriptions and career opportunities in:
- Nursing Careers
- Occupational and Physical Therapy
- Speech Pathology and Audiology
- Respiratory Therapy and Radiology Technology
- Psychology and Child Life Therapy
- For those interested in pursuing higher degrees, the Assistant Dean for Admissions at UC College of Medicine will present tips for preparing to apply to Medical / Dental and Graduate School.
In the second part of the program students will re-assemble with their school into small groups to participate in 3 tours / hands-on activities including:
- Orthopedic Sports Medicine/ Physical Therapy Michael Allen, PT
- Craniofacial Anomalies/ Dentistry Iris Sageser, RDH, MS
- Radiology Department Manish Patel, MD
- Cytogenetics Lab/ Chromosomal Abnormalities Carole Jayne, BA, CLSp(CG)
- Emergency Department Tour Judy Belli, RN
- Clinical and Histopathology Labs Dianna Howard, MT(ASCP)
- Microarray Core/ mRNA Expression Profiling Steven Potter, PhD
- Occupational and Physical Therapy Molly Woosley, MPT and Christa Aylward, OTR/L
- Pediatric Pharmacy Tour Kelli Lanter, PharmD
- Speech Pathology Lab Katrina Zeit, MHA, MA, CCC-SLP
- Genetic Counseling genetic counseling graduate students
- Heart Development Lab: Zebrafish Thomas Bartman, MD, PhD
- Early Organ Development Lab: Xenopus (frog) Aaron Zorn, PhD
- Eye Development Lab: Drosophila (fly) Tiffany Cook, PhD
- Brain Stimulation Research in Tourette’s and ADHD Don Gilbert, MD
The day will conclude with a short presentation describing outreach opportunities for students and teachers to participate in biomedical research and clinical shadowing programs at Cincinnati Children's / UC and a panel discussion with biomedical professionals answering questions from the audience during the group luncheon.
If you have any questions or problems with the application process, please contact Wanda Downton (513) 636-9281 or by e-mail at wanda.downton@cchmc.org.
