TY  - JOUR
T1  - PRogram offers disadvantaged teens a gateway to health and science careers
AU  - Friedrich MJ
Y1  - 2009/09/02
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2009.1184
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 933
EP  - 935
VL  - 302
IS  - 9
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1184
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1184
ER  -