Teaching, Volunteer and Outreach Opportunities for BWH Researchers
Our mission is to increase the self-confidence and literacy in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) of K-12th grade girls belonging to groups that are underrepresented in these fields, through free programs that include hands-on learning, mentorship, and leadership opportunities. Girls work with mentor-scientists who model and foster leadership, affirm college as an expectation, and promote careers in science and technology as goals and options.
"Gateway's programs changed my perception of science and scientists. The laboratory visits fascinated me. The extra science sessions gave me confidence. I began to envision myself within the scientific enterprise. I learned that I could thrive in a challenging academic environment. Gateway taught me important skills and made me believe that I could become a doctor. I will always be grateful for that." - Gateway Alumna, Darlene Gabeau-Lacet, MD, PhD, Research Fellow in Radiation Oncology, Resident in Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Program Overview:
BWH is embarking upon a new partnership with the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science in Roxbury, MA, to nurture the next generation of physicians, scientists and health professionals among Boston’s own schoolchildren. The O’Bryant Gateway to the LMA is a collaboration involving medical and academic institutions throughout the Longwood Medical and Academic Area [LMA]. The O’Bryant Gateway to the LMA is a four-year high school program that provides selected students with meaningful early exposures to careers in medicine and science. The distinctive pipeline feature of the O’Bryant Gateway program is the opportunity to engage deeply with a talented group of students through all four years of high school, both during and outside of school time. Each fall, a cohort of approximately fifty ninth-grade students enters the Gateway program, and they stay together as a supportive learning community during their high school years and beyond. The O’Bryant Gateway to the LMA program has enrolled its first cohort of 52 ninth-grade students to begin the program in August 2007. Opportunities for postdoctoral researchers include;
- Minicourse teaching
- School-based career presentations
- Laboratory visits
Contact:
Jennifer Wu, Program Director, O’Bryant Gateway to the LMA, John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science, 55 Malcolm X Boulevard, Roxbury, MA 02120, Phone: 617-304-4601, Email (preferred): jwu@boston.k12.ma.us
The Bridges Program at University of Massachusetts Boston is seeking assistance in identifying postdocs and young scientists , preferably members of underrepresented minorities in the sciences who might be interested in being a study group facilitator (FSG). A $2000 per leader per FSG session is available. In addition, we will run an FSG leader training session to prepare them for the task. This is a great opportunity for our post-docs and junior faculty seeking teaching experiences. The Facilitated Study Group (FSG) job description is: Study group facilitators are responsible for keeping the students on task, helping students understand the expectations of the professor, introducing different approaches to studying the material, and managing the logistics of the group. Facilitators should focus primarily on the process for learning the content of a particular course or discipline and not to re-teach the course.
Contact:
Michael Shiaris, Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston, Biology Department, 100 Morrissey Blvd
Boston, MA 02125-3393, Tele: 617-287-6675, Fax: 815-327-4183, Email:
michael.shiaris@umb.edu,
Web:
WWW.microbe.bio.umb.edu
HMS Office for Diversity and Community Partnership (ODCP) Opportunities:
Mentoring for Science - an after-school program that links Boston Public Schools' (BPS) students in the 8th and 9th grade, particularly underrepresented minority and/or low income students, with Harvard graduate, medical students, HMS/HMS-affiliate postdocs, who volunteer to be role models/mentors.
Contacts:
Sheila Nutt, EdD, Director of Educational Outreach, Phone: 617 432-4634, e-mail: sheila_nutt@hms.harvard.edu
Mark Sundrud, PhD, Research Fellow, Outreach Coordinator, HMS/HSDM Post-doctoral Association
The CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Inc., Harvard Medical School, (W): 617.278.3009, (M): 617.838.2497, Email: sundrud@cbr.med.harvard.edu
Explorations - sponsored by the HMS ODCP and its Minority Faculty Development Program, K-12 Programs, and Biomedical Science Careers Program, this program will host approximately 250 students from the Boston and Cambridge public middle schools.
Contact:
Shelita Bailey at phone 617-732-5697 or email: sbailey3@partners.org.