Resource Type: Mentorship
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Students can observe surgeries, help medical imaging staff examine x-rays and observe a day in the life of our emergency department. Students hear presentations from the hospital’s nationally renowned pediatric care specialists from a broad range of medical disciplines.
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Resource Types: Mentorship
Participating Institutions: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Career Levels: High School
Subject Area: Medicine
Contact Name: Maria Rivera
Eligibility Criteria: Latino, ages 17 to 19, and chosen from 14 underserved Chicago public high schools and must be bilingual.
Program Duration: Summer, 6 weeks
Students Funded: $1,000
Science Club, an after school, mentor-based program for middle school youth developed in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools (CPS), continues to make a striking difference in the science skills and engagement of its 60 youth members.
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Resource Types: Mentorship
Participating Institutions: Boys & Girls Club of Chicago, CPS, Northwestern University, Northwestern University - Institute for Policy Research
Career Levels: Middle School
Subject Area: Science
Program Duration: 10 Week Curriculum, 1 Quarter
Languages: English, Spanish
A program that provides high school students the opportunity to work closely with a physician in our pediatric health facility in Uptown to learn about careers in medicine, while becoming involved in community service and literacy promotion.
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Resource Types: Mentorship
Participating Institutions: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Career Levels: High School
Subject Area: Medicine
Contact Name: Mariana Glusman, MD
