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Program Director:
Dr. David Mitchell
Professor
National Academy of Sciences
Science Park Research Division, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
1808 Park Road 1C, P.O. Box 389, Unit # 116
Smithville, TX 78957
5122379474
dmitchel@mdanderson.org
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The Science Park Research Division (SPRD) of UT MD Anderson Cancer Center is located in the Lost Pines region of rural Bastrop County. Within the SPRD, the Center for Research on Environmental Disease supports interdisciplinary research aimed at understanding how environmental factors affect human health. In partnership with local communities, the Community Outreach and Education Program of the Center, designs and implements programs aimed at increasing public knowledge about the causes and prevention of environmental disease, especially cancer.
Developed in collaboration with students, teachers and residents of rural Smithville, TX, the CENTIPEDe (Community Education Networks To Integrate Prevention of Environmental Disease) Project includes a series of integrated and coordinated programs intended to enhance science education and foster improved understanding of current research discoveries. SPRD scientists, including graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, will visit classrooms to conduct experiments and demonstrations that illustrate scientific methods and stimulate interest in science and health careers. High school students will have the opportunity to participate in research internships at the SPRD. CENTIPEde also includes a unique professional development program, called the Rural Schools Initiative of the Summer Institute for K-12 Educators, specifically designed to address the needs of teachers from rural communities. As summer educator fellows, Smithville teachers will work in partnership with SPRD scientists to develop inquiry-based educational materials that will be disseminated through the Rural Schools Initiative, as well as other state and national professional development conferences. The Project will also develop an extensive, multimedia CENTIPEDe website to broadly disseminate tested classroom activities and lesson plans to rural educators.
CENTIPEDe also includes a program of public education called Community Science Night Live (CSN Live). CSN Live will feature scientific talks by SPRD scientists and demonstrations by Smithville students and teachers that will be broadly disseminated through live webcasts and streaming videos on the CENTIPEDe website. Through these activities, the CENTIPEDe project will develop educational resources to benefit not only rural Texas schools and communities, but also other towns and school systems throughout the US and beyond.
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