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The West Virginia Health Science and Technology Academy is one avenue that has proven highly effective over its 25 years of operation. The mentorship program reaches out to high school students from backgrounds underrepresented in college—across the state—and encourages them to pursue STEM and health science degrees.
Link to HSTA website:
Links to Previous WVUToday Coverage:
STORY PITCH: WVU’s HSTA director urges more states to create similar education programs
STORY PITCH: WVU HSTA students educate, work on health projects in their communities
STORY PITCH: High school students tackle health research in their communities
WVU’s Chester recognized as national leader in science and math mentoring
WVU researchers to hold NIH-funded camp that turns high schoolers into citizen scientists
WVU students partner with Health Sciences and Technology Academy for third time
Infographic:
Video:
Video about President Gee’s County Tour, which Features Ann Chester (at the 2:33
mark)
Link to President Gee’s County Tour story
Ann Chester discusses Health Sciences and Technology Academy
Photos:
HSTA participants learn basic laboratory skills during the 2005 biomedical summer
camp at West Virginia University.
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A mentor instructs HSTA participants in using laboratory equipment during the
2010 biomedical summer camp.
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During the 2011 HSTA biomedical summer camp—held at West Virginia University—high
school students portion out a solution in a realistic laboratory setting. Simple
tasks like these underlie a range undergraduate courses that lead to careers
in STEM and healthcare fields.
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In July 2011, 60 HSTA participants gathered at West Virginia University to participate
in biomedical summer camp
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HSTA participants familiarize themselves with basic laboratory tasks—such as
pipetting solutions—during the 2012 biomedical summer camp.
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In 2013, HSTA participants at the biomedical summer camp get hands-on experience
with human performance metrics
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HSTA participants prepare dissection trays during the biomedical summer camp
in 2015.
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High school students learn about STEM and healthcare-related career paths at
the HSTA college fair held at West Virginia University in 2016.
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In 2016, Renée Nicholson taught HSTA participants about narrative medicine.
What the participants wrote during workshops with Nicholson informed the advance
directives that palliative care physicians with the West Virginia University
Cancer Institute composed for their patients. Nicholson is the interim director
of West Virginia University’s multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies
programs.
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HSTA participants interact with preschool-aged children at West Virginia’s Rosenbaum
Family House during the 2017 biomedical summer camp. They researched ways to
promote healthy diets and physical activity in young children.
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