Creation of a Massive Pipeline Program: Overcoming Socio-Economic Barriers For Healthcare Workforce Diversification
We received word today that we were awarded a ~$2M Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). With this grant, we will now double our number of students at the high school level (to >25 students/yr between SARE…
Read MoreChristopher Gets Published!
Christopher Miller become a published author! See his paper here.
Read MoreSARE Gets Peer Reviewed and Published!
To ensure that SARE is top flight and to help make SARE scalable, we sought the advice of experts in the science education field through peer review. Please see Kabacoff et al. 2013.
Read MoreGift of Science, Gift of Self
Before Stephanie Keyaka, then a rising high school sophomore, came to Johns Hopkins for a summer of research, she thought scientists were “strict, mean and all cooped-up.” Instead, she found that Johns Hopkins scientists are “down-to-earth and look just like everyone else walking down the…
Read MoreKnocking Down the Ivory Tower
Doug Robinson didn’t set out to create an outreach program. His family volunteered at Boys Hope Girls Hope in northeast Baltimore, a nonprofit that provides housing and a structured environment to help students achieve their dream of attending college. Robinson, a Johns Hopkins professor of…
Read MoreHigh schoolers to show off their summer research
The Summer Academic Research Experience (SARE) pairs specially selected teens who come from academically disadvantaged homes with university mentors who guide them through a mini research project. The students gain valuable work skills, learn about scientific careers, get tutoring help, practice their writing, gather data…
Read MoreSummer scholars celebrate first high school graduates
To encourage promising high school students to pursue careers in academia and research, Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine welcome scholars from Baltimore’s Boys Hope Girls Hope (BHGH) to work in university laboratories. From June through August each summer…
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