Programs

BioQuest offers the following programs:

Site Explorations

BioQuest's Site Explorations are half-day, mini job shadows for an entire class of high school students that include conversations with Seattle BioMed scientists, tours of the Seattle BioMed’s research facilities and a hands-on lab investigation in the BioQuest Discovery Lab. Contact BioQuest for more details.

Teacher Workshops

BioQuest has designed a series of curriculum and workshops for teachers with an emphasis on global health and infectious disease research. Seattle BioMed workshops, held in summer and fall, provide teachers with in-depth dialog with Seattle BioMed scientists, intimate peeks into Seattle BioMed’s life-saving research programs (e.g., malaria, TB and HIV) and training in global health curriculum to support classroom advancement in state standards. Contact BioQuest for more details.

Global Health Curriculum

Don’t wait for a workshop to bring global health topics into your classroom. Designed by teams of teachers and Seattle BioMed scientists, BioQuest curriculum (both print and animated) uniquely offers the authenticity and inspiring context of malaria, tuberculosis and vaccine development to your classroom approaches!

BioQuest Academy

Looking for a more intimate exposure to science and global health? Check our all the details on our summer intensive program for high school juniors at the Academy website.

BioQuest Gallery

Step off of busy Westlake Avenue and find yourself in the “community living room for life sciences”. The BioQuest gallery features artistic exhibits to educate visitors and the community about the challenges of infectious disease as it relates to global health and the hope offered by Seattle BioMed’s research.

Internships

Seattle BioMed is committed to the training of future scientists. We work with curious young adults through the BioQuest program and through the sponsorship of 2–4 paid summer internships in Seattle BioMed research laboratories. Out of respect for the serious nature of the pathogens with which we work, Seattle BioMed does not hire paid or volunteer minors to work in our laboratories. Applications, posted each January through the internship website, are accepted from January through March of each year.

Washington Global Health Alliance Ambassadors

Commencing 11/08, a three-year, global health-focused curriculum project with four high-need Washington State high schools and nine leading Washington research organizations (please visit http://www.wghalliance.org/ for more details). All resulting interdisciplinary resources (Math, science and social studies) will be freely available here and through Alliance member sites.

Questions? Contact bioquest-info@seattlebiomed.org.