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Students in five Boston middle schools will have the science lab partners they have always dreamed of this year, when doctors, nurses, researchers and other health care professionals from Partners HealthCare take to the schools to enhance science education.Recently, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino joined representatives of Partners HealthCare at the Mildred Avenue Middle School in Mattapan to announce a new school science initiative called Partners in Discovery. A program of Partners HealthCare, Partners in Discovery is designed to enhance science education for middle school students – and inspire students to consider careers in bio-medical science and health care.
The program brings together health care professionals from Brigham and Women’s/ Faulkner Hospitals (BW/F), MGH, the MGH Institute of Health Professions and Partners Home Care with students in their classrooms for science learning opportunities throughout the school year. Partners in Discovery will operate in five Boston schools including BWH’s partner school Maurice J. Tobin School in Mission Hill. The program will also operate in Newton and Salem schools with volunteers from Newton-Wellesley Hospital and the North Shore Medical Center.
“As Massachusetts’ largest health care employer, Partners HealthCare has a commitment to do what it can to help keep schools from losing ground on science education. During the next decade, our hospitals and health centers will need thousands of doctors, nurses, skilled technologists, and bio-medical researchers to bring important medical breakthroughs to the fight against sickness and disease. This new initiative seeks to inspire the caregivers and scientists of tomorrow,” said Partners President and CEO James Mongan, MD, at the announcement, where he and others were shown how to extract DNA from onion cells by the students and their Partners “lab partners.”
Volunteers are still needed. Interested staff should contact Jennifer Kelly at 617-724-8753 or via email (jfkelly@partners.org).