The Annual CCHMC High School Science Student Symposium gives high school juniors and seniors with a strong interest in science the opportunity to learn about careers in biomedical sciences from professional staff at Cincinnati Children's.


Schools will be admitted on a first come first serve basis.  Due to space constraints registration will be limited to 46 schools.  Please register early to assure acceptance into the program.

If you have questions, please contact Lisa Higgins at (513) 803-0781 or Lisa.Higgins@cchmc.org

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* 1. School Name

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* 2. School Address

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* 3. Faculty Member or Responsible Adult Attending Program  Please Note: To be admitted to the program, students MUST be accompanied by a faculty member or responsible adult representing the school

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* 4. Names of Students Attending Program (To allow maximum number of schools to participate, no more than two students may attend from each school.  Due to academic level of presentations,  junior or preferably senior students should be chosen)

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* 5. Morning Workshops on Biomedical and Allied Health Careers  

Each participant must choose two of the following sessions. Place the numbers of the chosen sessions into each participant's text box (example: 2,5).

1 - Nursing Careers
2 - Occupational & Physical therapy
3 - Speech Pathology and Audiology
4 - Respiratory Therapy and Radiology Techonology
5 - Social Work and Genetic Counseling
6 - Biomedical Research Careers (basic science, clinical, translational)
7 - Tips for preparing to apply to Medical School

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* 6. Small Group Tours/Hands-On Activities

Each School will participate in 3 tours/hands-on presentations.  Please rank your group's first 4 choices below.  Place the presentation's corresponding number in the appropriate text box. 
Due to scheduling difficulties we only guarantee that your group will participate in at least one of your choices.

 1 - Orthopedic Sports Medicine/Physical Therapy
 2 - Developmental Occupational and Physical Therapy
 3 - Metabolic Kitchen Clinical Research Tour
 4 - Genetic Counseling Activity
 5 - Respiratory Therapy Demonstration
 6 - Clinical Pathology and Histopathology 
 7 - Craniofacial Anomalies/Dentistry
 8 - Brain Stimulation Research in Tourette's and ADHD
 9 - Pediatric Pharmacy Tour
10 - Operating Room Nursing
11 - Clinical Lab: Microbiology
12 - Clinical Lab: Mass Spectrometry and PCR
13 - Immunology Research Lab and Flow Cytometry Core
14 - Heart Development Lab: Zebrafish
15 - Organ Development Lab: Xenopus (frog)
16 - Cardiology Research Lab using chick model
17 - Cancer Cell Research Lab

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* 7. Afternoon Roundtable Discussion/Luncheon

Each student must pre-register for the round table discussions.  Please place the discussion's corresponding letter by first choice and second choice in the participant's text box (example A,P).  Teachers will be seated at networking tables. 
We will do our best to accommodate each participant's first choice.

A - Nurse
B - Physical Therapist
C - Occupational Therapist
D - Respiratory Therapist
E - Dentist
F - Social Worker
G - Pharmacist
H - Medical Technologist - Clinical Lab
I - Histotechnologist
J - Genetic Counselor
K - Doctor/Pediatrician
L - Cancer Researcher
M - Developmental Biologist
N - Immunology Researcher
O - Clinical Psychologist
P - MD/PhD student

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