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Ayoob, Joseph C.; Boyce, Richard D.; Livshits, Solomon; Bruno, Tullia C.; Delgoffe, Greg M.; Galson, Deborah L.; Duncan, Andrew W.; Atkinson, Jennifer M.; Oesterreich, Steffi; Evans, Steve; Alikhani, Malihe; Baker, Tobias A.; Pratt, Sheila; DeHaan, Kenneth J.; Chen, Yuanyuan; Boone, David N. – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2022
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center Academy (Hillman Academy) has the primary goal of reaching high school students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds and guiding them through a cutting-edge research and professional development experience that positions them for success in STEM. With this focus, the…
Descriptors: Program Development, Cancer, High School Students, STEM Education
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Lisa M. Harlan-Williams; Marcia Pomeroy; W. Todd Moore; Karin Chang; Devin C. Koestler; Emily Nissen; John Fife; Megha Ramaswamy; Danny R. Welch; Roy A. Jensen – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2024
The Accelerate Cancer Education (ACE) summer research program at The University of Kansas Cancer Center (KUCC) is a six-week, cancer-focused, summer research experience for high school students from historically marginalized populations in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Cancer affects all populations and continues to be the second leading…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Cancer, Scientific Research, High School Students
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Jacquez, Farrah; Vaughn, Lisa; Boards, Alicia; Wells, Jody; Maynard, Kathie – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2020
STEM pipeline programs often include research experiences for youth, but fewer focus on youth as shared decision-makers or leaders in research efforts. Youth participatory action research (YPAR) and community-based participatory research (CBPR) orientations suggest that the quality and relevance of research will benefit from youth partnership.…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Participatory Research, Student Research, High School Students
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Nazario-Leary, Cynthia; Albrecht, Dehlia; Koroly, Mary Jo – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2021
Climate change is a timely topic and offers an overarching theme that can include a variety of STEM disciplines and technologies. In response to the pandemic, we developed and implemented an online science-based summer youth program in Climate Change Resiliency (CCR) for 11th and 12th graders in July 2020. Two sessions differing in content level…
Descriptors: Program Development, Program Effectiveness, Youth Programs, Summer Programs
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Solon, Valerie; Gao, Yuan Z.; Jacque, Berri; Meiri, Karina – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2021
As COVID-19 accelerated through spring of 2020 the question became how will schools cope with protracted closure? Devising strategies to engage and educate students through full-time, online learning became a priority. At Tufts CSE we specialize in creating high school biomedical science curricula that foster engagement with science and build…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, High Schools
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Andrea S. Lin; Julie K. Bray; Margaret M. Fettis; Gabriel A. Fernandez Bueno; Julie Bokor – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2019
Translational science is the cornerstone of biomedicine that transfers laboratory and clinical research to the hospital bedside in various forms of therapeutic interventions. This scientific branch influences public health decisions, the economy, and ongoing research endeavors. The purpose of this study was to develop a youth-friendly…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Outcomes of Education, Clinical Experience, Research