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.
Registration for the 2010 Symposium is closed.
2010 Symposium
The Nineteenth Annual High School Science Student Symposium will be held on Monday, March 15, 2010 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 7 concurrent sessions. Each attendee must pre-register for two of the 7 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
- Clinical Psychology, and Child Life Therapy
- Biomedical Research Careers (basic, clinical, translational)
- Tips for preparing to apply to Medical, Dental, and Graduate School by the Assistant Dean for Admissions at UC College of Medicine
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; Matt Schwendeman, OTR/L
- Pediatric Pharmacy Tour - Kelli Lanter, PharmD
- Speech Pathology Lab - Natalie Scheibler, MA, CCC-SLP; Christina Yeager, MA, CCC-SLP
- Genetic Counseling - genetic counseling graduate students
- Cystic Fibrosis treatment - Jeanne Weiland, RN, MSN
- Heart Development Lab: Zebrafish - Joshua Waxman, PhD
- Allergy and Immunology Lab - Nives Zimmerman, MD
- Eye Development Lab: Drosophila (fly) - Tiffany Cook, PhD
- Brain Stimulation Research in Tourette’s and ADHD - Steve Wu, MD
The day will conclude with a group luncheon featuring short presentations describing outreach opportunities for students and teachers to participate in biomedical research and clinical shadowing programs at Cincinnati Children's and UC and a featured speaker form the BioOhio Organization announcing a new scholarship opportunity.
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.
