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BCPH Public Health Summer Institute 2023

The Boston Congress of Public Health proudly announces the launch of its Public Health Summer Institute Pre-College Program for high school students. Five sessions of this intensive five-day summer program will take place July-August 2023.

During the five days of the institute, students will dramatically enhance their knowledge of the intersecting fields of public health, health equity, and social justice near the campuses of Harvard University, Yale University, UCLA, and Gallaudet University! 

Ambitious students also will have an opportunity to participate in an additional day of pre-medical topics at the beginning of the institute. Asynchronous versions will also be AVAILABLE!

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Summer Institute Schedule & Curriculum

The Summer Institute schedule is as follows:

  • Session 1: July 12-16, 2023: Near Harvard University campus, Boston/Cambridge, MA
  • Session 2: July 19-23, 2023: Near Harvard University campus, Boston/Cambridge, MA
  • Session 3: July 26-30, 2023: Near Yale University campus, New Haven, CT
  • Session 4: August 2-6, 2023: On the Gallaudet University campus, Washington, D.C.
  • Session 5: August 9-13, 2023: Near UCLA campus, Los Angeles, CA
BCPH Summer Institute curriculum includes topics like:

  • Public Health Entrepreneurship
  • Public Health Leadership
  • Global Surgery
  • Health Policy and Health Management
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Immigrant and Refugee Health
  • LGBTQ+ Health
  • Environmental Justice
  • Gender Equity
  • Economic Justice
  • Disability Health
  • Dental Health
  • How to Review an Academic Manuscript
  • Becoming an Editor for an Academic Journal
  • Exceptional Resume-writing Skills Workshop
  • Exceptional Interviewing Workshop
  • Productivity and Time Management for Superachievers
 

BCPH Summer Institute curriculum includes topics like:

  • Public Health Entrepreneurship
  • Public Health Leadership
  • Global Surgery
  • Health Policy and Health Management
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Immigrant and Refugee Health
  • LGBTQ+ Health
  • Environmental Justice
  • Gender Equity
  • Economic Justice
  • Disability Health
  • Dental Health
  • How to Review an Academic Manuscript
  • Becoming an Editor for an Academic Journal
  • Exceptional Resume-writing Skills Workshop
  • Exceptional Interviewing Workshop
  • Productivity and Time Management for Superachievers


Pre-Medical Academy Institute Schedule & Curriculum

The Pre-Medical Academy occurs the day before the Public Health Institute. Students will have an opportunity to learn more about topics related to majors in a variety of clinical health fields.

The Pre-Medical Academy Institute schedule is as follows:

  • Session 1: July 12, 2023, near Harvard University campus, Boston, MA
  • Session 2: July 19, 2023, near Harvard University campus, Boston, MA
  • Session 3: July 26, 2023, near Yale University campus, New Haven, CT
  • Session 4: August 2, 2023, near Gallaudet University campus, Washington, D.C.
  • Session 5: August 9, 2023, near UCLA campuses, Los Angeles, CA

Pre-Medical Academy curriculum includes topics like:

  • The Metaverse and Healthcare
  • All the “omics”: genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics
  • Organ Transplantation
  • Brain Death & Cardiac Death: Protocols and Procedures
  • Telemedicine
  • Personalized Medicine
  • Diversity and Equity in Healthcare
  • Physician Decision-Making for Incapacitated Patients
  • Medical Tourism
  • Medical Assistance with Dying/Palliative Sedation

Benefits of the Pre-College Institute and Pre-Medical Academy

  • Experience a matchless opportunity to learn about public health, health equity, and social justice for leading scholars educated at Harvard, Yale, Oxford University and more!
  • Access in-depth TOURS of Harvard, MIT, Yale, UCLA, Howard, George Washington, American University, or Gallaudet University campuses
  • A FREE annual Boston Congress of Public Health Annual Membership. See membership benefits here: https://bcph.org/membership
  • Earn a Certificate of Achievement in Public Health from the Boston Congress of Public Health
  • Earn a Certificate of Achievement in Academic Journalism from the Boston Congress of Public Health
  • Earn an Academic Transcript of Public Health Courses Completed (optional) from The Boston Congress of Public Health
  • Receive training in writing exceptional resumes preparation (in-person programming).
  • Learn top interviewing skills (in-person programming).
  • Network with similarly driven peers who may be your future professional colleagues
  • Engage with top-notch faculty from leading academic institutes and organizations
  • Receive post-event access to live sessions (in-person only)
 

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