Category: Programs

Our Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) is up and running with 25 ambassadors from disadvantaged backgrounds. The first cohort includes 10 students in graduate programs, six in undergraduate programs, seven in community college, one in high school and one student who is applying to PA programs. In July, the ambassadors started a six-week summer program that provided education and training to help prepare them to pursue a degree and career in health sciences. The program covered three areas: academic and professional success, human disease and biomedical technologies and research/case study presentations. The majority of the program was online, but interested students could attend traditional sessions for the last three weeks. The summer program culminated with a group case study on current issues impacting medicine. Mentors for the ambassadors are still needed, so if you’re interested contact Reamer Bushardt or Blake Harrison, project manager.

It has been an exciting summer for the Governor’s Health Sciences Academy at T.C. Williams High School. We’ve welcomed 104 rising ninth graders to the second cohort and 10 rising tenth graders to the first cohort. And 98 of these students participated in the summer bridge orientation program that ran from July 8-19 at T.C. Williams. Thanks to the faculty and staff who took part in the program, including Cliff Cymrot, Andrew Garrett, Kevin O'Connor, Terrell Wyche, and Ernestine Yarborough. Thanks also to Linda Zanin, Catherine Golden, Patrick Corr, and Nick Atlas for organizing the program. The orientation culminated with a July 19 showcase, where students presented posters on their career interests to family and members of the GW and Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) community. The program featured remarks from Reamer Bushardt, O’Connor and ACPS representatives. Michael Forehand, vice president for governmental and community affairs with Inova Health System, was the guest speaker. HS faculty who helped with the Academy's first year include Yousif Barzani, Leslie Davidson, Marcia Firmani, Rohini Ganjoo, Krystl Haerian, and Joe Signorino. Atlas is a senior academic advisor for student life and academic support, Barzani is assistant professor and director of the MSHS Laboratory Medicine Program in BLS, Corr is director of student programs, Cymrot is assistant professor and director of the MLS Undergraduate Program and MLS post-bacc certificate programs in BLS, Davidson is associate professor and chair of CRL, Firmani is assistant professor and chair of BLS, Ganjoo is assistant professor and director of the MLS Graduate Program in BLS, Garrett is associate professor and program director for Emergency Health Services in CRL, Golden is associate dean for academic planning and assessment, Haerian is assistant professor and director of the Biomedical Informatics Program in CRL, O’Connor is associate professor of medicine and senior medical advisor for HS, Signorino is assistant professor in HHFR, Wyche is an academic advisor in CRL, Yarborough is academic department administrator for CRL, and Zanin is director of strategic partnerships.