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. A letter to science faculty members is attached.
Online registration is required. We only have space for 48 schools so early registration is encouraged. Registration will be closed when we reach capacity or at midnight on February 25, 2008. Only 1 group of 3 will be accepted from each school.
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The Seventeenth Annual High School Science Student Symposium will be held on Thursday, March 13, 2008 from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm. Directions to the Sabin Education Center will be provided to all registered participants.
The morning session on career opportunities in pediatric health care has been expanded to 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
- Clinical 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:
- Microarray Core/ mRNA Expression Profiling Steven Potter PhD
- Craniofacial Anomalies/ Dentistry Iris Sageser RDH MS
- Radiology Department Steven Kraus MD
- Cytogenetics Lab/ Chromosomal Abnormalities Carole Jayne BA CLSp(CG)
- Virology Research Lab Nancy Sawtell, PhD
- Clinical and Histopathology Labs Sharon Versoza MT(ASCP),Dianna Howard MT(ASCP)
- Speech Pathology Lab Katrina Zeit MHA MA CCC-SLP, Jessica Buringrud MA CFY-SLP
- Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Jeannie Weilad, RN MSN CPNP
- Pediatric Pharmacy Tour Kelli Lanter Pharm D
- Respiratory Therapy Tanya Scholl RRT, Shelly Smith RRT OTR/L, Brandy Seger RRT
- Genetic Counseling genetic counseling graduate students
- Heart Development Lab: Zebrafish Tom Bartman MD PhD, Tyler Martin MS
- Lung Development Lab: Transgenic Mouse Genetics John Roflow BS
- Eye Development Lab: Drosophila (fly) Tiffany Cook PhD
- Brain Stimulation Research in Tourette's and ADHD Don Gilbert MD
- Occupational and Physical Therapy Molly Woosley MPT and Christa Aylward OTR/L
The day will conclude with a short presentation describing the outreach opportunities for students and teachers 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.
