WVIZ ideastream and NOTA in collaboration with the Great Lakes Science Center, and the Cleveland Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative present the BioMedTech: Students Translating and Exploring Medicine 2012 Distance Learning Program Series.
This four-part series engages students (grades 7-12) in exploring how diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease (DOC) discoveries go from the bench (the laboratory) to the bedside (patient care at the doctor’s office or hospital). Learn how local medical researchers and experts use laboratory, clinical, population, and community research to advance prevention strategies and treatments for DOC.
This program is FREE to all participating schools through a Science Education Partnership Award with the National Center for Research Resources, a division of the National Institute of Health.
Dates and Times
Tuesday, January 24 at 10:00 AM
Laboratory Research
Learn how local diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease researchers utilize laboratory science to understand these diseases at the molecular and cellular level.
Wednesday, March 7 at 10:00 AM
Population Research
Learn how local researchers investigate populations of individuals, using the tools of genetics and epidemiology, to identify linkages between diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Thursday, February 23 at 10:00 AM
Clinical Research
Understand how clinical research and trials involving patients lead to new treatments and for diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Tuesday, April 24 at 10:00 AM
Community Research
Discover how local experts are engaging in community research to better understand risks for diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease and to improve health within neighborhoods.
Schools interested in participating in the January 24th program “Laboratory Research” should let me know by January 19th.