Winter Camp for High School Students
Bioinformatics Winter Camp
The Details
Student Schedule: 1 week online/hybrid program
- Day 1-4:
- 6 hours each day
- 24 total hours of programming
- Day 5:
- Showcase Day!
Student Journey:
- Learned the basics of drug development and programming
- Worked on project using session knowledge
- Mentored by professionals and peers in every session
BEYOND SUMMER
- Periodic STEM Webinars
- Bi-Annual Surveys
- Help with college portfolio
- Inspire to take a STEM Major
Program Goal
Bioinformatics Summer camp aims to inspire, educate, and empower students by providing them with unique and enriching experiences in the realms of bioinformatics.
The program was at no cost to selected students ensuring that financial constraints do not limit participation.
Participant Break Down At A Glance
- 100 applications
- 56 female, 41 Male, 3 Non-binary/ Other
- 37 final participants completed the program
- Between 9th -12th grade
2023 Camp Participants Breakdown
|
Grade
|
# of participants
|
|---|---|
|
14
|
5
|
|
15
|
7
|
|
16
|
13
|
|
17
|
9
|
|
18+
|
3
|
|
Race/Ethnicity
|
# of participants
|
|---|---|
|
Asian or Pacific Islander
|
24
|
|
Multiracial or Biracial
|
3
|
|
White or Caucasian
|
4
|
|
Hispanic or Latino
|
2
|
|
Decline to State
|
4
|
|
Other
|
1
|
|
State
|
# of participants
|
|---|---|
|
Belmont
|
2
|
|
Fremont
|
13
|
|
Hayward
|
2
|
|
Menlo park
|
1
|
|
Newark
|
1
|
|
Redwood City
|
1
|
|
Richmond
|
1
|
|
San Francisco
|
4
|
|
San Jose
|
6
|
|
Stanford
|
1
|
|
Sunnyvale
|
2
|
|
Tiburon
|
1
|
|
Union city
|
1
|
|
Vallejo
|
1
|
- 27% of participants qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch (FARL)
Mentors
Professional Mentors
Amrita Pati
Senior Director, Clinical Biomarkers & Diagnostics
Daniel Ellwanger
Principal Scientist (Bioinformatics Technologies)
Bharath Ramachandran
Director, R&D Information Systems
Ruchir Sharma
Specialist Software Engineer
Shivani Gupta
Senior Associate Scientist
Ittai Eres
Senior Scientist
John Wright
Engineer
Vivienne Watson
Scientific Director
Carolyn Ch'ng
Senior Manager Information Systems
Jamie Rosner
Technical Product Manager & Principal IS Business Systems Analyst
Shooting Stars Peer Mentors
Krishna Senthilkumar
Pranav Senthilkumar
Paul Kim
Aditya Sundaram
Andrew Williams
Rishabh Poikayil
Students in Action
“This program showed me opportunities of bioinformatics. its inspired to me to apply in that major during college and sparked my interest in the field.”
– Siya, Participant
“The coding sessions were so interactive! The presentations by the mentors and peers were so engaging. Us working in groups and interacting with others, also the conference made it amazing ✨”
-Hiya, Participant
“One of the things I found most interesting was how long the process of drug development actually takes and I learned more about what the process entails. I found the lecture to be intriguing and informative.”
-Japneet, Participant
“I enjoyed learning how to code in R, learning about a software engineer’s role in biotech, and learning the application of technology and systems and how important it really is to creating better treatments/finding information”
– Iris, Participant
Program Impact
All students reported a dramatic increase in their understanding of general bioinformatics and data science
Students presented their presentations to judges and competed for first, second and third place
Students leave camp with bioinformatics introductory knowledge that can be showcased in a college application or job interview
