Summer for Sickle Cell Science Program
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) offers through the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center Program an opportunity for High School students to participate in an outstanding Science Training Opportunity. This eight-week program is designed to support up to 3 High School students per Center, for the Summer to learn, discover and have hands-on experience in a research laboratory environment. The program is sponsored by the NHLBI, NIH. The goal of this program is to expose young students to a laboratory research environment in a medical center, to cultivate continued interest in scientific research related to sickle cell disease.
Each student will be assigned to a faculty mentor to work in his or her laboratory. However, before being allowed to enter laboratories, some of which utilize biologically or chemically hazardous or radioactive materials, all students must attend safety classes dealing with these hazards. Once in the laboratory, students will be assigned mini-research projects or work with laboratory staff on ongoing research. Students who complete sufficient research in one or more summers will be encouraged to present at local or national scientific meetings and may successfully contribute to papers published in peer review journals.
