Center for Scientific Communication and Outreach
- The Center for Scientific Communication and Outreach (CSCO) works to improve the communication of science and the diffusion of knowledge between professionals and between professionals and the public.
- The Center for Scientific Communication and Outreach is involved in outreach initiatives to cultivate civic-minded scientists and foster a concern for the well-being of the Philadelphia community. The primary goal of the outreach opportunities provided by the center is focused on increasing the diversity of future scientists in the biomedical sciences through outreach and mentoring of Philadelphia’s minority youth.
- The center provides poster printing services to university faculty and students and also to those outside the university.
Courses
Science Communication and Outreach, MIIM 520S, 2.0 Credits. This course is a community-based learning course and combines in-class lectures and discussions with fieldwork. The priorities of the course are two-fold. First, to improve science communication skills with the public and secondly to address the need to dismantle systemic racism in the sciences and build a future that includes a diversified science community. The course is based on current peer-reviewed literature, current events, and societal issues. The student will participate in two outreach initiatives that require on-site visits or virtual synchronous meetings.
Programs
The Distance Learning Center
The Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease hosts 9th and 10th grade high school students for biomedical research training in collaboration with Dr. Moses Williams and The Distance Learning Center. Learn more about the Distance Learning Center.
Community Outreach Initiative (COI)
Several times a year the Center for Scientific Communication and Outreach organizes outreach opportunities for the biomedical graduate students to engage in science communication with the public. The Community Outreach Initiative has partnered with the College of Physicians of Philadelphia Karabots Junior Fellowship program to promote STEM careers among underserved Philadelphia resident high school students. The students are required to the first in their immediate family to graduate college or a university.
Game-based Learning (GBL)
Outreach Events
Drexel Microbiology and Immunology Students Teach Area Youth About Infectious Disease
March 7, 2022. Ben Haslund-Gourley, Elija Davis, Joanna Joanes, and Brenna Duffy participated in an outreach with the Wohlreich Junior Fellows at the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia. The students were taught how infectious diseases spread and participated in hand washing activities that used black lights to test the efficiency of their handwashing habits.
August 2020
Drexel Microbiology and Immunology students are participating in a three part outreach initiative with students enrolled in the Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Karabots program. The program will educate on the many facets of a pandemic response and how communication between the different branches is crucial to success. The students will conclude by drafting policies that will work to improve future pandemic responses. The students will also meet with Dr. Robert Jordan. Dr. Jordan is an adjunct member of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and was the lead investigator for the current COVID-19 treatment Remdesivir.
Mentors: Mary Ann Comunale (DUCOM) and Kevin Impellizeri (CPP)
Student Participants: Jennifer Connors, Elijah Davis, Rachael Ehrlich, Mohamed Hager, Dr. Ogan Kumova, Teresa LuPone and Kayla Socarras
Poster Printing Services
The Center for Scientific Communication and Outreach accepts requests for large-format posters to be presented at international, national, regional and local meetings.
Learn more about poster printing services.
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