Organized by the Boston Museum of Science, the program seeks to inspire children about science by providing them with hands-on activities and the chance to have email or postal relationships with scientists. This fall, the Health and Behavior Alliance and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the NIH are once again spreading the word about the program to behavioral and social scientists. We strongly encourage you to consider participating. The program is a great way to raise the visibility of health and behavior research with the next generation, and to help them view behavioral and social scientists asscientists. By contrast, the program enrolls 25,000 children.
Scientists often share personal and career-related discussions with the youths.
Current areas are Cancer Genetics, Preclinical Models of Cancer, Imaging Technologies, and Defining the Signatures of Cancer Cells. A move is on to have tobacco research selected for 2001. If you'd like NCI to support major initiatives in tobacco research or other areas that include behavioral science, make your voice heard.