Forging a partnership between high school and university: Teaching neuroscience to young women scientists

Croft, K. E., Ahuja, S.**, Wechsler, E. V.**, Fishel, B. R., Kurczek, J., Duff, M. C., & Tranel, D. (2012, October). Forging a partnership between high school and university: Teaching neuroscience to young women scientists (FFF50). Poster presentation at the Society for Neuroscience Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Researchers at the University of Iowa and The Hockaday School, an all girls K-12 independent school in Dallas, Texas, formed a partnership to expose high school students to rigorous research methods in order to bolster support for high-achieving females joining the STEM disciplines, as well as prime them for more challenging science university curricula. This partnership is a unique opportunity for girls to experience science first-hand by fully immersing themselves in a neuroscience research laboratory and acquiring graduate-level knowledge and skills in neuroscience, a highly-multidisciplinary STEM field.