Woodbridge Youth Enjoy Science (WYES)

FIRST MEETING Tues Oct 7, 2025 Room 104

Upcoming main event November 2025 Health and Career Fair

Tues Oct 21, 2025 Room 104 Planning session

OBJECTIVES:

To learn from and interact with medical/allied health professionals and research graduate students

To gain insight into other careers in healthcare such as being med techs/chemists, imaging technicians, nutritionists, counselors, social workers, educators, and physical therapists

 To be exposed to STEM related programs and internships such as RUYES and OPTIM

To become HEALTH ambassadors and serve as peer mentors sharing knowledge with the community; especially the district middle school on topics such as Sun Safety – Skin Cancer Prevention and Lung Cancer Prevention – dangers of e-cigarettes/vapes and tobacco products

SPEAKERS

Dr. Evelyn Arana

Asst. Professor of Medicine, Rutgers RWJ Medical School

will talk about her research on

"Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mammogram Frequency Among Women with Intellectual Disability"