Office of Recruitment and Science Outreach

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Whether you’re in high school or already at the collegiate level,
we have resources to help you explore a career in the health sciences and get to know UT Health San Antonio.

We welcome students, who are 16-18 or who are in college, back to campus for in-person educational activities,  or to volunteer or work in our research labs. We strongly encourage the students to be fully vaccinated before they come onto campus.  If they are not vaccinated,  we will offer vaccinations through our hub if students are planning to stay on campus longer than 30 days. Please click on programs tab for more information.

Please consider watching these resource videos regarding best practices for becoming the very best student you possibly can be!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

DOCTORS OF TOMORROW. Our Medical Student Led Campus Visit Project called the Doctor’s of Tomorrow was a huge success, so we are extending it to a few dates in the Spring. Due to the success of this initiative, a new date has been added for April 22nd. Please sign up as soon as you can to join us ( as a class) on 4/22  from 9:30am-12noon. This is an immersive experience for high school students at our medical school campus. Our goal is to expose students to the field of medicine and public health through interactive activities, admissions presentations, and a guided campus tour. These visits are being coordinated by the ORSO office, but will be led by medical students. It is a unique opportunity for your students to learn all about medical school from medical students directly. There are limited spots and a maximum of 65 students can attend each event.

Please sign up using this specific form:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/N2BVGMZ

PLEASE NOTE, As of March 17th, the BEAT ACADEMY IS FULL. Any applications and application fee received with a postmark after this date will be shredded. Thank you for your interest in our program! Please consider us for next year! 

The BEAT (Biomedical Excellence and Academic Training) Academy  will take place on July 14-18, 2025 from 9am-4pm M-Th, and 9am-12noon on Friday. The program will be in person at UT Health Lozano Long Campus located at 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, SATX 78229.

The goal of The BEAT Academy at the UT Health San Antonio is to expose high school students to a unique opportunity to medical and biomedical research and provide them with guidelines for a successful future in a health career of their choice. The curriculum is based on an interaction between the medical and biomedical faculty through seminars and hands-on activities in these fields. Subjects will include ongoing biomedical research occurring at the UT Health Science Center such as anatomy, physiology, medicine, molecular biology, aging, neurodegeneration and other contemporary topics to include a behind-the-scenes view of the science and health professions-including visits to the human anatomy lab, interactions with real and state-of-the-art simulated patients for medical training, a glimpse of the latest advances in biomolecular technology, student-based biomolecular experiments and much more! See below for application and brochure.

2025-BEAT-Academy-Brochure-UPDATED

2025-BEAT-Application-1

Seeing the Me in Medicine. Calling all Current High School Seniors! The Office of Recruitment & Science Outreach, in partnership with the Long School of Medicine Office of Admissions & Outreach, will create and implement a one-week collegiate educational enrichment workshop for 25 rising college freshmen (who are high school seniors in the Spring of 2025) identified to have an interest in medicine.  The workshop curriculum will run June 23th-June 27th and the agenda will include a Joint Admission Medical Program (JAMP) information session, a campus tour, leadership lessons, motivational faculty guest speakers, near peer-mentorship by current medical students, a session in a gross anatomy lab, workshops intended to help students envision themselves as future physicians and overcome imposter syndrome, a question and answer panel with JAMP medical students, and several hands-on lab activities.

Seeing the Me in Medicine Summer 2025 Brochure

2025 PDF Me in Medicine Student Application

PLEASE NOTE: As of March 18th, the VBIO application is closed, as we had an overwhelming response. Thank you to all educators for considering attending and for all you do for the youth of our community! The Voelcker Bio Bootcamp for Educators. VBio is an enrichment program is scheduled to run July 8, 9 and 10, 2025. Five high school educators will be invited to the Voelcker Bio Bootcamp for Teachers. Preference will be given to educators providing or counseling students  STEM education. Participants where they will attend selected didactic sessions with Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy (VBRA) scholars, become familiar with biomedical career pathways, participate in a Gross Anatomy Dissection Experience as well as attend educator specific workshops, for which they will receive a stipend and continuing professional education credits. The teachers will also be encouraged to collaborate with each other to develop science career curricular activities to measure student awareness and interest in science career applications. Teachers selected to serve as VBRA Bio Bootcamp educational leaders/ambassadors will pilot science career curricula in their classrooms. The VBRA Bio Bootcamp will extend the reach and impact of VBRA beyond the scholar cohort by following the “Train the Trainer” model, increasing the number of students in the San Antonio Area who will have access to resources and materials covered in the Bio Boot Camp at UTHSA. To reiterate, the program will take place on July 8th, 9th and 10th from 9am-4pm, with working lunches each day. Lunch meals will be provided.  Teachers will receive $1000 for participating, UTHSA Success Packs to include Bio Bootcamp polo and bag, earn 24 Continuing Professional Education Credits and have preferred registration for UTHSA outreach events throughout the year. Please indicate interest in participating by completing the following survey.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VBio2025

Viva Science SA is a free and family-friendly event that features a distinguished speaker, interactive science booths with fun activities for all ages, a science fair with posters by local scientists, science-themed artwork, delicious food trucks and much more. Viva Science SA is designed to enlighten, engage, and excite people of all ages in the San Antonio community by displaying science in an entertaining fashion. The event is being led by The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio and graduate student leaders with the support of all schools at UT Health San Antonio and our partners in the community. For questions regarding the event, please contact  Marcus Webster, at websterm@uthscsa.edu or visit the Viva Science Website at https://vivasciencesa.com/

Summer Research for NISD Students
This program is organized through NISD directly and allows selected students to obtain valuable research experience in the summer months. This is a partnership with UTHSA  and the ORSO office. UTHSA provides the research mentors and lab space but is not directly involved with student participant selection. Applications are usually sought in January and selections made in March. More information can be found on this website.

https://sites.google.com/nisd.net/nisd-ut-health-summer-program/home

Please note NISD students must be logged in with their NISD credentials to view the website. Please visit link below for details or contact Ms. Stacey Reyes via email at stacey.reyes@nisd.net or via phone at 210-397-8660 for more information.

NISD-UTHSC Summer Program

Public Health Camp. PLEASE NOTE, as of 3/31/2025- this camp is now filled and closed. Calling all high school juniors and seniors interested in learning about careers in the public health arena! Apply to participate in the one week, free workshop at the Neighborhood Place located at 3014 Rivas Street, sponsored by the UTHealth School of Public Health, the Institute of Medicine and Science and the South Central AHEC. See flyer for more information. Applications due May 2nd!

The ORSO office is proud to support the Greater San Antonio Hispanic Dental Association’s BOLD program. Building Our Leaders in Dentistry is a program which offers support an networking opportunities for pre-dental high school and collegiate students interested in the dental field. BOLD also provides scholarships and promotes access to oral health care through mentoring underrepresented students interested in pursing a career in Dentistry. For more information on the Hispanic Dental Association or to become a part of BOLD, visit the following website:

https://www.hdassoc.org/hda-bold-program