The Health Sciences Academy is an intensive 5-week health pathway experience. Students will participate in activities such as hands-on labs, dissections, workshops, and will have the opportunity to meet with healthcare industry professionals and students. Students present research projects to medical and community stakeholders at the closing ceremony in mid-July. Students will be paid at the end for their participation!
For 2025, the camp is from June 9th-July 11th. The camp is held on Mondays through Fridays from 9am-3pm.
30 high school students from Kansas City Kansas Public Schools are chosen to participate in the summer camps.
Classroom instruction and discussion is facilitated by medical students, high school teachers, health professionals, and college interns.
Camps are held at the University of Kansas Medical Center and Kansas City Kansas Community College. Depending on summer, students travel to various locations throughout Greater Kansas City to gain valuable hands-on experiences. Transportation is provided for students.
Students get to show the importance of multiculturalism through music, dancing, fashion, and much more at multicultural night.
With the help of a professional poet, students create and perform their own poetry.
Students get to create a painting using a picture of themselves with the help of a professional artist.