Directors
Amy S. Fox M.D., M.S.
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology
Director of SURP for Montefiore Medical Center
Victoria H. Freedman, PhD
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Graduate Division of
Biomedical Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
Director of SURP for Albert Einstein College of Medicine
The Program
July 1 – August 1, 2013
The Einstein-Montefiore Summer High School Research Program introduces high school students age 16 and older to the excitement of leading-edge scientific research. It is our hope that because of this experience, students will begin to think about a career in science while still in high school.
Students are selected from a pool of applicants for a five-week full-time summer research experience. Applicants must demonstrate academic excellence and be recommended by their high school science teacher and/or science chair.
Students are assigned to Einstein research labs and will join the lab team under the guidance of the laboratory director (or principal investigator) who will serve as a mentor.
Students are expected to present their work at Einstein’s Annual Summer Research Day together with college students in the Einstein/Montefiore Science Undergraduate Research Program (SURP).
In addition, students attend all SURP faculty lectures and enrichment activities, including research ethics sessions. Following the summer experience, students become Research Ambassadors to their high schools and, working with their high school science department, develop a program for their school.
The program may be a guest lecture or other school-based activity. Each high school in turn receives a small honorarium to support their internal program.
Application
Application for 2014 High School Program will open in late Winter.
Completed applications should be emailed to phd@einstein.yu.edu with “E-M HS Program” in the subject line.