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Name:   Virginia Governor's School for Life Sciences
Topics
 
 
Life Sciences, Summer Programs
URL
 
 
http://www.vcu.edu/lifesci/centers/cen_lse_governors.html
Location
 
 
P.O. Box 842030
Richmond, Virginia 23284
Phone: 804-827-5600
Organizations
 
 
Virginia Governor's Schools
Description
 
 
A Mentoring Team will consist of a public school science teacher and a medical or health professional student whose responsibilities would be to design and develop small group experiences, research projects and one on one opportunities for the students to obtain research and clinical exposure. The 30 students will be divided into 5 or 6 teams. Each team remains with the same teacher/student mentors throughout the experience. The curriculum consists of morning lectures provided by star clinical or research faculty in the fields such as genetics, forensics, neonatology, and bioinformatics. Afternoons would be reserved for the team to pursue opportunities with clinical or research experiences related to the morning sessions and time for work on their individual research project.
Average Rating
 
 
Last Updated
 
 
7/18/2006
 
Comments

Contributed by: Educator  
Rating:
As part of the students' academic experience, a "model disease" is used each year to illustrate biological complexity. For 2003 the disease was West Nile Virus, and students studied all aspects of the disease -- from vector ecology to prevention -- in order to grasp a full understanding of how several fields of medicine and life sciences interplay.
 
Contributed by: Student  
Rating:
Very good program. A good time and good academic experience. Excellent exposure to some of the best students in the state... my class sent students to Yale, MIT, Virginia, Princeton etc.
 
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