Medical Tier 2 2021 - Leadership Initiatives

Cutting-Edge Neuroscience Taught By Medical Pioneers

Advanced Medical

Neuroscience Summit

Write A Proposal For Your Own Neurological Study

Your Proposal Will Be Reviewed By A Panel Of Neurological Experts

Collaborate With Medical Leaders

Learn From And Work With Medical And Neuroscience Experts

Neuroscience And The Military

Learn From Medical Specialists Providing Veterans With The Most Up-To-Date Neurological Technology To Improve Their Mobility

Work With College Admissions Experts

One-On-One Application Assistance And Meetings With Top University Admissions Officers

Advanced Medical Neuroscience Summit

The Advanced Medical Neuroscience Summit is a first-of-its-kind program that allows motivated high school students to have an apprenticeship with world-renowned neuroscientist Dr. James Giordano.

Dr. Giordano is the chief of Georgetown University's Neuroethics Studies Program, the Co-director of the O’Neill-Pellegrino Program in Brain Science and Global Health Law at the Georgetown University Medical Center, and Co-executive Director for the Center for Policy on Emerging Technology.

In this accelerated apprenticeship, students will spend seven days participating in cutting-edge neuroscience experiments that explore the biological foundations of the brain, progressing from the cellular foundations of the neuron to an understanding of the sensory systems, and culminating with higher-order cognitive functions such as memory, emotion, and morality.

For their final project, students will design and propose an experiment related to cognitive neuroscience and neuroethics in order to focus and apply their understanding. Participants will present these proposed

experiments publicly to leading Neuroscientists, with the top teams being asked to write a paper we will publish on their theories.

Apprentices will have the rare opportunity to participate in neurological tests, meet with individuals with neurological disorders, and military veterans with cybernetic enhancements. The goal is for participants to gain a significant understanding of neurophysiology and complex neuro-interfaces.

Duration:

Summit Dates:

Location:

Rising Freshmen To Graduating Seniors

Grades:

7 Days

July 25th - July 31th, 2021

Georgetown University, Washington D.C.

Price:

$4000 *26 Financial Assistance Scholarships Are Still Available

WE ARE THE ONLY SUMMER PROGRAM IN THE WORLD

WHERE STUDENTS...

Participate In Advanced

Neurological Tests

Work With Patients With

Cybernetic Enhancements

Meet With Medical School

Admissions Officers

Learn Directly From Experts

In Seven Fields Of Neurology

Students will participate in hands-on activities at the Georgetown Brain Bank, Georgetown University’s Laboratory for Relational Cognition, The Petitto Brain and Language Laboratory for Neuroimaging, and theCenter for Functional and Molecular Imaging.

Students will learn to use the current tools and techniques that neuroscience experts have adopted in their field research and patient treatments.

Students will have the opportunity to interact with military veterans with cybernetic enhancements and prosthetics designed to replace missing limbs and repair neurological impairments.

Students will learn from patients how neurological implants and cybernetic prosthetics are used in their everyday lives. The goal is to foster a greater understanding of where the neuroscience of prosthetics is and where its future will lead.

Students will work directly with doctors and medical experts from Georgetown University, Gallaudet University and Walter Reed Hospital in the fields of neuroethics, neuroimaging, brain stimulation, and neurotechnology.

Students will walk away from the program with direct experience and knowledge in the medical field with specific training on the brain structure and functions of the nervous system.

Leadership Initiatives has partnered with top universities around the country to form our Medical School Admissions Panel to provide students with a firsthand account of what universities look for in applicants.

Students attend exclusive Q&A sessions with Medical School Admissions Officers from Harvard, Dartmouth, Georgetown, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins University.

Conduct experiments and travel on tours to see how the next-generation of neuroscience is being discovered.

Neurological Experiments

Apprentices Will Have The Rare Opportunity To Participate In The Following Neurological Tests:

Apprentices Will Participate In The Following Specialized Tours:

Georgetown University's brain bank to hold and study real human minds

The Pettito Brain and Language Laboratory for Neuroimaging experiments

Georgetown University Medical School for multiple experiments and an overview of the institution

-Electroencephalograms (EEG)

-A Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)

-Neuropriming experiments using Halo devices

-Deep brain stimulations

-Electromyography (EMG)

-Neural microstimulations by creating

-Transcranial Alternating Current System form of

remote control cockroaches

electrical stimulation

Speak with leading neurologists about scientific advancements from around the globe

Medical Experts

Gain Career Advice From Medical Pioneers

Neuroscience Research Workshops & Panels

Leadership Initiatives will host neuroscientists, surgeons, and members of research institutions in the DC/Baltimore metropolitan area to share insights into ongoing research that includes behavioral, evolutionary, cellular, and developmental neuroscience.

2021 panels will include members of major organizations like the Center for Neuroscience Research at Children's National Medical Center, The George Washington University Institute for Neuroscience, the Center for Neuroscience, and the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience.

Speak directly to patients with neurological impairments and cybernetic prosthetics

Work With Patients

Patients With Neurological Impairments

Patients With Prosthetics And Cybernetic Enhancements

Military veterans who have been injured in combat have faced extraordinary obstacles when re-entering society. Advanced prosthetics and the ever-expanding capabilities of bio-engineering are creating new iterations of brain-machine interfaces, as well as neurally-modeled machines that hope to alleviate these issues.

Students will see how modern prosthetics are combining biomedical engineering with neuroscience to assist amputees. Students will learn how people can regain sensation and mobility with new technologies.

Students will have the opportunity to meet with patients with hearing, motor, and neurological impairments. The students will gain a greater understanding of how neurochemistry affects the patient's everyday life.

Students will see the practical applications doctors use to alleviate or overcome issues the patients are facing.