Seventh grade students attending territorial public, private or parochial schools and their parents are advised that applications are currently being accepted for participation in the Physicians Scientist Training Program (PSTP) during the summer of 2010. Students who show a penchant for the sciences, possess an A average and outstanding standardized test scores are eligible to apply. The deadline to submit applications for the PSTP is Jan. 30.
Beginning 2010, the Distance Learning Center will undertake the revolutionary PSTP, which is designed to produce candidates for M.D. programs and M.D. /Ph.D. dual-degree programs. This comprehensive training initiative supports a national pool of minority child prodigies across a 10-year regimen (7th grade through the college senior year), and utilizes an integrated, developmental regimen that prepares the students to successfully pursue a research career in medicine to include basic science labs in academia, the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the pharmaceutical industry.
The 2010 summer program will be conducted at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, for 7th and 8th grade students; the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, for 9th and 10th graders; the National Institute of Health, Maryland, for 11th graders; and the University of Washington for 12th grade students. (Temple University is no longer the partner in PSTP program).
For more information about the program and to download an application, interested students may log on to www.thedistancelearningcenter.org or contact Charlene Matthew at 692-0214, 772-2441, or via e-mail at cmatthew@stx.k12.vi.
