This project is partially supported by a Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), 2R25 RR12329-07, from the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.

Overview - The Lifestyles Project educates students about healthy eating, getting physical exercise, and how biomedical research can help prevent disease.

Critical components of clinical trials will be embedded in population-appropriate and age-appropriate context and inquiry based experiences using nutrition and exercise interventions with a focus on diabetes prevention. HSTA educators are piloting ways to demystify clinical trials research to high school students and their communities.

Translational Research is a relatively new field based on bridging the gap between the biomedical 'lab bench' and healing people. Enhanced communication between biomedical researchers, the doctors, and their patients can remove critical barriers to health. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) wants everyone to be informed of the various aspects of clinical trial protocol so as to insure their own safety and enable new treatments to reach them faster.

This health science collaborative will:

Raise the level of rigor in science education for both HSTA teachers and HSTA students

Increase awareness of basic health indicators , clinical trails protocol, and specifically diabetes prevention

Enhance communication between the public, doctors, and biomedical researchers

Promote technology for modeling scientific ideas and presentation