METEOR Throughout the Years

Our METEOR v HS program attracts, engages and supports high school students through a summer program where they are embedded into translational science laboratories and clinical/behavioral research programs focused on rare and common childhood disease and disorders.

Through this experiential mentored research experience, augmented with:

  • inquiry-based curriculum

  • career and peer mentoring

  • college preparation and other experiences

METEOR stimulates students to pursue careers in the biomedical sciences by advances in the translation of discovery from bench to bedside to community which focus on improving the lives of children and families.

Over the years, students have been embedded with several mentorship teams including:

  • Asthma

  • Neonatology

  • Diabetes

  • Nursing

  • Bioengineering

  • Cardiology

  • Hematology

  • Trauma teams and more!

Shadowing opportunities include:

  • Neonatology

  • Radiology

  •  Anesthesia  and surgery

  • Rotations  in the OR, MRI, and CT

  • Human brain dissection in anatomic pathology

The METEOR program has taken students from the following schools

  • McKinley Technology High School

  • E.L. Haynes

  • Washington Latin

  • Jackson Reed

  • Coolidge High School

  • SEED School

  • Thurgood Marshall

  • Frederick Douglass

METEOR Teaching Fellows (MTFs)

Many teachers have come through the METEOR program to do research that would both benefit the content they teach, as well as the students they are teaching!

Kianna Bennett, MTF from McKinley Tech High School

 

What METEOR Students are Saying

“This program showed that women are a powerful source in the world.”
— METEOR Student
“The most beneficial part of the METEOR Program was the vast exposure to varying opportunities for professional and career advancements in STEM, from firsthand experiences with my mentor to valuable insight from lunch and learns and touring different departments in the hospital. METEOR was also my first time learning of the wide spectrum of careers, particularly at the intersection of medicine and research. In the program I learned that being both a scientist and physician was possible and that I could also pursue my interests in public health and research career simultaneously”
— METEOR Alumni
“The program made scientists seem more accessible. It also made their work seem more diverse than what we’re exposed to in the media and on career day.”
— METEOR Student
“METEOR helped me secure another internship within the next academic year which, operating as a cascade, led to acceptance into a Women in STEM research based accelerator program in college. I am eternally grateful for the experiences offered in the program and its immense exposure to medicine. The METEOR program debunked the myth that medicine exists monolithically, integrating interdisciplinary and multidiscipline career options (Practitioners and lawyers; PAs who conduct research; postbacc scholars, and research) into the space for us to explore.”
— METEOR Alumni

Read About the Previous Years of the METEOR Program