Drexel University has formed a partnership with the University City High School for preparing interested students for a productive career in the biotechnology industry. The program consists of one-on-one mentoring of junior and high school students by Drexel University graduate students under the guidance of Professor Aydin Tozeren and his staff at the Center for Integrated Bioinformatics of Drexel University. The features of the mentorship program are as follows:

1)  Mentorship program matches a motivated high school student with a graduate or advanced undergraduate student at Drexel Biomedical Engineering who are trained for professional conduct in mentoring activities.

2)  Mentorship activities take place at the Drexel University campus and consist of two 90 minute sessions per week.

3)  Mentorship program focuses on preparation for the standard tests, helping with course work, teaming for a science project as well as related activities such as learning how to create one’s own web page.

  4)  The ultimate aim of the program is to develop an effective pipeline from high school to community college and or four year college that will prepare students for high paying and challenging jobs in the biotechnology industry.

5)  Drexel University School of Biomedical Engineering has agreed to admit all students in this program who successfully complete the high school and community college phases of the program to its nationally accredited biomedical engineering undergraduate program. These students will have advanced status and should be able to complete their education at Drexel University in three years in a setting that provides 6 months academic education and 6 months professional training as coop students. Students completing the Drexel program are well poised to develop productive careers in the biomedical industry. There are also significant tuition discounts upon entering this program.

Please visit us at:

http://bioinformatics.biomed.drexel.edu

For more information please contact:
Ms. Aylin Sagay
Research Project Associate
School Biomedical Engineering
Drexel University
3141 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215.895.0572   Fax: 215.895.4983
e-mail: aylin@drexel.edu