{"id":5722,"date":"2012-08-18T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"[caption id=\"attachment_8628\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1000\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-8628\" src=\"http:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Voelcker_Chapa2.jpg\" alt=\"Irene Chapa, Ph.D. (center, standing), co-direc"},"modified":"2016-04-03T22:58:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T22:58:34","slug":"building-bioscientists-for-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/building-bioscientists-for-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Building bioscientists for tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8628\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8628\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8628\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Voelcker_Chapa2.jpg\" alt=\"Irene Chapa, Ph.D. (center, standing), co-director of the Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy, assists first-year Voelcker Academy students in the cardiovascular lab. Student are (L-R); Angelina Iyinbor from Health Careers High School; Ian A. Hardy from Claudia Taylor Johnson High School; Zachary Lindsey from Atonement Academy; Peter Gonzalez from Central Catholic High School; and Briana Bishop from Health Careers High School. After listening to lectures about the cardiovascular system, the students learned how to appropriately insert and intravenous line.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Voelcker_Chapa2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Voelcker_Chapa2-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Voelcker_Chapa2-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Irene Chapa, Ph.D. (center, standing), co-director of the Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy, assists first-year Voelcker Academy students in the cardiovascular lab. Student are (L-R); Angelina Iyinbor from Health Careers High School; Ian A. Hardy from Claudia Taylor Johnson High School; Zachary Lindsey from Atonement Academy; Peter Gonzalez from Central Catholic High School; and Briana Bishop from Health Careers High School. After listening to lectures about the cardiovascular system, the students learned how to appropriately insert and intravenous line.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"txt\">Several dozen San Antonio high schoolers have traded in three years\u2019 worth of lazy summer vacations for the opportunity to play a role in cutting-edge scientific research at the UT Health Science Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The teens are part of the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy, which seeks to develop the next generation of biomedical scientists. Voelcker scholars first spend a summer learning basic laboratory techniques. Then, paired with faculty mentors, they head into the labs to participate in actual scientific research. The inaugural Voelcker class &#8211; all rising high school juniors this year &#8211; hit the labs this summer.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8630\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8630\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/shandera.jpg\" alt=\"Joshua Shandera, from Central Catholic High School, is in his second year of the Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy at the UT Health Science Center. He is pictured here in a lab in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology where he is studying the poxviruses and how they interact with their host\u2019s immune system. His work is contributing to research that one day may help develop better vaccines and therapies to counter bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases. Photo by Lester Rosebrock\" width=\"600\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/shandera.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/shandera-147x150.jpg 147w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/shandera-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Joshua Shandera, from Central Catholic High School, is in his second year of the Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy at the UT Health Science Center. He is pictured here in a lab in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology where he is studying the poxviruses and how they interact with their host\u2019s immune system. His work is contributing to research that one day may help develop better vaccines and therapies to counter bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases. Photo by Lester Rosebrock<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"txt\">The Voelcker Academy is one of a number of pipeline programs at the Health Science Center that seek out talented young people with an interest in health and science careers. Other programs include the annual Science Expo, which attracts more than 1,000 students each fall, and the Med Ed Program for high school and college students from Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe there is amazing student potential here in our own backyard, and sometimes we lose sight of all the wonderful students that are right here in our community,&#8221; said Irene Chapa, Ph.D., director of the Office of Recruitment and Science Outreach and co-director of the Voelcker Academy. &#8220;Having a local presence in the community and opportunities for our local students is very important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sophia Pi\u00f1a, Ph.D., assistant dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and co-director of the Voelcker Academy, said Voelcker students are exposed to technology and dedicated research scientists across the Health Science Center\u2019s five schools: &#8220;They see firsthand how together we are working to find solutions and answer tough questions through research.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8631\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8631\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Kael.jpg\" alt=\"Sixteen-year-old Kael McInnes controls an operating room microscope in a neurosurgery lab. He is exploring how brain cells survive on low levels of oxygen and glucose. His research could lead to new treatment options that may someday benefit stroke victims. Photo by Lester Rosebrock\" width=\"600\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Kael.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Kael-150x147.jpg 150w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Kael-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Sixteen-year-old Kael McInnes controls an operating room microscope in a neurosurgery lab. He is exploring how brain cells survive on low levels of oxygen and glucose. His research could lead to new treatment options that may someday benefit stroke victims. Photo by Lester Rosebrock<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"txt\">Brian Herman, Ph.D., vice president for research at the Health Science Center, is principal investigator for the Voelcker Academy. 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