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                        JeffNEWS, October 5, 1994
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CGS Hosts High-School Student Visit
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For the second year, the College of Graduate Studies (CGS) hosted a 
campus visit for 40 gifted high school students participating in the Young 
Scholars Summer Program at Villanova University. The program, sponsored by 
the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Science Foundation, 
encourages and prepares students to pursue careers in science and 
mathematics.

The group was welcomed by Jussi J. Saukkonen, MD, dean of the College of 
Graduate Studies, who gave the students an overview of the University and 
its academic programs. The visitors were hosted by Georganne K. Buescher, 
EdD, associate dean, CGS, and Jessie F. Pervall, CGS admissions 
coordinator, who at the end of the day, along with Edward B. Christian, 
PhD, assistant dean for student affairs and special programs at Jefferson 
Medical College, spoke about the career options and benefits of a graduate 
science education, as well as practical considerations and concerns.

While on campus, the students toured the Jefferson facilities with CGS 
student hosts, heard formal presentations by faculty members and visited 
the labs of various Jefferson researchers. 

Joseph R. Sherwin, PhD, professor of physiology, associate dean, CGS, 
and associate dean of scientific affairs, Jefferson Medical College, 
presented a lecture on "Medical Ethics and Research," a topic of special 
interest to student and staff attendees.

Again this year, Hie-Won Y. Hann, MD, professor of medicine and director 
of the Liver Disease Prevention Center, shared highlights of her research 
studies on the effects of an iron-rich diet on cancer cell growth. 

During their visits to the labs of other faculty members, students 
appreciated the lure of science by seeing firsthand some of the many 
research projects under way at Jefferson. The lab visits were hosted by 
Rocky S. Tuan, PhD, professor of orthopaedic surgery and professor of 
biochemistry and microbiology; Thomas M. Butler, PhD, professor of 
physiology; Laurence C. Eisenlohr, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology 
and immunology; Joan M. Overhauser, PhD, associate professor of 
biochemistry and microbiology; W. Edward Mercer, PhD, associate professor 
of microbiology and immunology; and Na'eem Abdullah, PhD, postdoctoral 
fellow in the division of infectious diseases.


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