Training and Outreach
Wistar's training and outreach initiatives include:
- Educating area youth: Wistar offers internships, tours, and contests to area high school students to stimulate and nurture their interests in science. The Institute also offers a two-year training program for biomedical technicians in partnership with the Community College of Philadelphia.
- Engaging the community: The Institute hosts community events including lectures by noted science authors that are designed to stimulate science learning and discussion.
- Training the scientists of tomorrow: Over the past decade, nearly a thousand researchers, from predoctoral students to postdoctoral fellows and visiting scientists, have trained at Wistar.
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