Seventh grade students attending territorial public, private or parochial schools and their parents are informed that applications are currently being accepted for the Physicians Scientist Training Program (PSTP) that will be held during the summer of 2010. Students who show a penchant for the sciences, possess an A average and have outstanding standardized test scores are eligible to apply.
Beginning in 2010, the Distance Learning Center will undertake the revolutionary program, which supports a national pool of minority child prodigies across a 10-year regimen (7th grade through college senior year), and a multi-institutional approach that rotates whiz kids through basic science labs in academia, the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the pharmaceutical industry.
The 2010 summer program will be conducted at Southern Methodist University in Dallas for 7th and 8th graders; the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, for 9th and 10th graders; the National Institute of Health, Maryland, for 11th graders; and the University of Washington for 12th graders.
The program targets racial groups that have been historically underrepresented in the medical profession for their population size, and who suffer from the health disparities gap. The program was designed to produce candidates for M.D. programs and M.D. /Ph.D. dual degree programs. This comprehensive training initiative spans the junior high, senior high and college summers, and utilizes an integrated developmental regimen that prepares the students to successfully pursue a research career in medicine.
For more information about the program and to download an application, interested students may log on to www.thedistancelearningcenter.org, or contact Ms. Matthew at 692-0214 or via e-mail at [email protected].