The Health Professions Internship Partnership, known as FACES (Forum, Adolescent Advocacy, Community Outreach, Education and Support) for the Future, introduces underrepresented minority teenagers to – and prepares them for – careers in healthcare. More than 50 selected minority students from Berkeley and Oakland high schools interact with health professionals, who serve as internship supervisors and mentors.

With a 3-year, NIH-funded Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), CHORI is developing a novel, interactive biomedical science curriculum for 4th and 5th graders, to be pilot-tested in two Oakland elementary schools. Designed to improve science literacy in children who come from ethnically diverse, low socioeconomic environments and to help them and their parents understand the relationship between science and health, CHORI’s program addresses minority health issues such as asthma, obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

Revised: Monday, March 8, 2010 12:09 PM