Programs
- Academia De Padres (Parents Academy)
- Academic Summer Program Integrating Resources for Excellence
- Artifice Chicago
- ASPPH/CDC Public Health Fellowship Program
- ASPPH/EPA Fellowship
- ASPPH/EPA Public Health Fellowship Program
- Cancer Health Equity Summer Scholars (CHESS)
- Chicago Academic Medicine Program (CAMP 1)
- Chicago Academic Medicine Program (CAMP 2)
- Chicago Area Health and Medical Careers Program (CAHMCP)
- Chicago CHEC Program
- Chicago EYES (Educators and Youth Enjoy Science)
- Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Career and Technical Education (CTE)
- Collegiate Scholars Program
- Cultivating Health & Aging Researchers by Intergrating Science, Medicine and Aging (CHARISMA)
- Daniel Hale Williams Society
- Dentistry Annual Urban Health Program Open House
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- Dentistry Summer Dental Admission Test (DAT) Preparation
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- Discovering Healthcare Careers
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- Diversity Scholars Program
- Early Opportunity Program
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- E-Cademy
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- ENpowered
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- Graduate Training Program in Breast Cancer Disparities
- Health Professionals Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP)
- Health Professionals Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP)- Loyola
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- Hispanic Center of Execellence
- Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD)
- INSPIRE
- Internal Medicine Summer Immersion Program
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- Latino Science Enrichment Program
- L@S Ganas Research Fellowship
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- Northwestern University Cancer Undergraduate Research and Education Program (NU-CURE)
- NU DOCS
- Office of Diversity and Inclusion-- Pre-Matriculation Program
- One Summer Chicago
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- Public Health Scholarship Program
- Research and Education for the Advancement of Compassionate Health Care (REACH) Program
- researchSTART
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- Schweitzer Fellows Program
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- Sinai Youth Summer Employment
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- Summer Program in Vascular Neurology
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- Summer Programs in Biomedical Sciences for High School Students -Summer Science Internship
- Summer Undergraduate REsearch Program on Health Disparities
- TEACH Research
- The Diversity Clerkship in Trauma Burn Care and Research
- The Pritzker School of Medicine Experience in Research (PSOMER)
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- UI Health CHAMPIONS
- Undergraduate Research Symposium
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- Visiting Student Elective Program for Students Underrepresented in Medicine
- Young Doctors Program
Chicago EYES (Educators and Youth Enjoy Science)
Chicago EYES (Educators and Youth Enjoy Science) on Cancer is a cancer research training program for high school and college students interested in careers in biomedicine. The program also welcomes secondary science educators. For two consecutive summers, participants work full time in the laboratories of established cancer researchers at the university. Rigorous research training is complemented with a cancer-based summer lecture series, year-round career development and skill-building workshops, and a network of faculty and peer mentors dedicated to participants’ success. The program culminates in a research symposium to showcase participants’ work across basic, translational, clinical, and population-based areas of cancer research. Chicago EYES on Cancer is funded by a grant from the National Cancer Institute in addition to generous donations. Programming is provided in part through a partnership with the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.
Program Components
Primary Areas of Focus
- Recruitment (i.e. increasing awareness of and/or stimulating interest in health profession careers and degree programs
- Retention or completion of health professions degree programs (support for those currently enrolled)
Program Location
Settings: In-person
County: Cook County / Chicago, IL
In-person location: University of Chicago
Program Components
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Academic support (e.g. tutoring, progress monitoring)
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Mentoring (e.g. pairing with current health profession student)
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Networking (with others who have similar health career interests)
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Research experience (e.g. summer program)
For two consecutive summers, participants work full time in the laboratories of established cancer researchers at the university.
Program Information
Program Sustainability
Affiliated Organizations and Networks
National Cancer Institute Museum of Science and Industry-Chicago
Eligibility Criteria and How to Apply
Eligibility Criteria
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Underrepresented racial and/or ethnic background
Priority is given to applicants from groups underrepresented in biomedicine, encompassing all relevant social, behavioral as well as health sciences. Applications are encouraged from any individual with demonstrated commitment to increase the full participation of underrepresented groups in biomedicine
Required Application Documents
Contact Information
Megan Mekinda, PhD. Assistant Director for Cancer Education
Email: EYES@bsd.uchicago.edy