RT Journal
A1 Friedrich MJ
T1 PRogram offers disadvantaged teens a gateway to health and science careers
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2009
FD September 2
VO 302
IS 9
SP 933
OP 935
DO 10.1001/jama.2009.1184
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1184
AB 
At a time when employment is hard to find even for adult full-time workers, many high school students would consider themselves fortunate to secure a minimum-wage job for the summer. Only those with luck or connections might be able to obtain a position that helps them build experience toward a future career. But thanks to an innovative program that focuses specifically on those least likely to find such opportunities, a group of New York City teenagers spent the summer as research interns in some of the most prestigious laboratories and hospitals in the Northeast. And that's just one facet of a 4-year high-school program designed to prepare students for highly skilled careers in health and science.