Photos by Diana Zhao
Young Scientist Program (YSP) volunteers Claire Weichselbaum and Brian Lananna, graduate students in the Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences at Washington University, demonstrate how lungs function Sept. 20 during the Family Med School event at the Saint Louis Science Center. Weichselbaum and Lananna demonstrated lung function using a model made with a plastic bottle and balloons. The two were among several YSP volunteers who participated in Family Med School, which is offered by the Science Center in collaboration with Washington University School of Medicine. The Young Scientist Program, founded in 1991 by two MD/PhD students at the university, aims to attract young students to scientific
careers and increase the participation of underrepresented groups in
science by bringing resources and scientists directly to teachers and
students in the St. Louis area.
