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BIOQUEST PROGRAMMING 2014-15 BREAKTHROUGHS
With our new branding as the Center for Infectious Disease Research (www.cidresearch.org), our scientists are now able
to use system’s biology approaches to make transformative scientific advancements that lead to the prevention and
treatment of infectious diseases. Education has been an integral part of our mission since we commenced operations
nearly 40 years ago. Starting at the high school level, we foster a continuum of training and engagement with students to
inspire tomorrow’s biomedical pioneers. The BioQuest Academy (www.cidresearch.org/bioquest-academy) program
fosters global health interest and builds capacity through teacher trainings with curricular resources aligned to the latest
standards and an array of connected student programs (Site Explorations, BioQuest Academy and teacher training).
Read ahead to learn how we inspired and educated our community during the 2014-15 school year.
Education
The Site visit begins the entry into a STEM career. This year the BioQuest program served thousands of learners in its 11th
year of operations through broad programming (e.g., web-based curriculum, community speaking/outreach and socialmediated mentoring), half-day Site Explorations, (a half day of mentored touring and learning with hands-on curriculum),
teacher trainings, and immersive summer programming through the BioQuest Academy and connected internships. 201415 BioQuest programming’s noteworthy education outcomes include:
 522 students experienced Site Explorations 2014-15 school year, with 70% of visitors indicating that immersive
experiences like Site Explorations were very important in increasing their comprehension of classroom science content.
62% of visitors were female and 52% reported to be from ethnicities and races underrepresented in STEM fields. In
exit surveys, 79% stated that the visit increased their interest in a future career in science.
 Attending BioQuest Academy is a fun way to get an education in infectious disease content, biotech skills and
biomedical theory, and can also be a game-changing experience for rising high school seniors. Thirty six of 2014
BioQuest summer Academy students are off to schools such as Yale University, Brown University, Cornell University,
Stanford University, University of Washington (UW), Scripps College, and UC San Diego. 91% of our 276 older alumni
have already graduated from college (79% in STEM fields) — 23 are pursuing post-baccalaureate studies, seven are
practicing nurses and 53 of them have returned to work in CIDResearch programs as interns and technicians!
 In a well attended Teacher training workshop, 36 teachers from local area school experienced new curriculum on
Innovative vaccines for infectious disease, where they used a system’s biology based modeling approach to develop
vaccines for HIV, Malaria and Ebola.
Encouraging diversity
As we move forward, we are focusing our efforts to increase diversity in our Academy classrooms and Site visits. Through a
directed approach, we were able to encourage the largest pool of under-served students groups to apply for this year’s
Academy and the students with exceptional potential were selected from this pool to participate and train this summer.
We are proud to say that our 2015 Academy classroom comprised of 64% of students from under-served groups. These
classrooms were wonderfully blended where our preliminary results show significant knowledge gains in under-served
students who interact with well-served students. We are pairing these target student populations with like minded
scientist-mentors from our Center to begin a long-term support network for underserved students to stay in STEM careers.
Inventing curriculum
The integration of infectious disease research, immunology and systems biology is accelerating the rate of vaccine
development at CIDResearch. Our teacher training, and Bioquest Academy curriculum are going through a redesign
process to to keep pace with the newly developed technologies and strategies used in our research facilties.
BioQuest is an educational program of Center for Infectious Disease Research
www.cidresearch.org/bioquest-academy
BIOQUEST PROGRAMMING 2014-15 BREAKTHROUGHS
We are grateful for the tremendous support from our individual, community, philanthropic and corporate partners. Together,
we are generating a critical thinking science and technology minded workforce for the 21st century. Thank you to all for your
steadfast support.
Individuals
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Ariel Abromov
Peter Myler & Alexa Allen
Paul Anderson
Peter Askovich
Marion Avril
Laura Austin
Ellen Sisk & Tim Blair
Anna Bran
Alexander & Wendy Brzezny
Francisco & Carmen Brito
Robert & Theresa Britschgi
David & Virginia Broudy
Jeanne Brovold
Victoria Buker
Sara Carbonetti
Lindsay Carpp
Igor Cestari
John Chambers III
Wonjong Moon & Hee Jin Chang
Kimberly Choi
Kristin Cohen
Elizabeth Cromwell
Lisabeth Cron
Sam Danziger
Audrey Davis
Tim Dawe
Amy DeRocher
Matt Donelan
Chris Englin
Katy Horan & Dan Filonowich
JoAnn & Barry Forman
Emily Glenn
Jolene Glenn
Matthew Gray
Roberto Guirnaloa
Anke Harupa
Toni & Michael Hatzakis, Jr
Ann Herbig
Eric Houghland
Terry Meersman & Carmen de la Hoz
Kent & Louise Irwin
Bryan Jensen
Peter & June Jiang
Pam & Kim Kaiser
Garrett Klinich
Karen Kuter
Christopher R. Larson
Sally Lyons-Abbott
Nicki Ann Markle
Christina McCormick
Kyle Minch
Susan & Isaac Morgensztern
Bethany Northquist
Susan & Stephen Papineau
Marilyn Parsons
Monica Petersen
Isabelle Phan
Garrett Poshusta
Sally Quy
Srikumar Rangarajan
Chris Read
Lynett Robertson
Mary Jean Ryan
Brandon Sack
Sowmya Sampath
Tracy Saveria
Suzanne Scheele
Drs. Jane Biddle & Ken Seamon
Leslie Sebastian
Aarthi Sekar
Smitha Shankar
Genie Sheth
Ericka Sjogren
Don Sodora
Anna Sokolov
Robin Stacy
Team Trio
Tetyana Stolyar
Sandhya Subramanian
Rosa Suen
Vasudha Sundaravaradan
Patty Taagen
Ethan Thompson
Elton Vasconcelos
Marissa Vignali & Fernando Vila
Brian Waugh
Katherine Weybright
Jessica Winkler
Grantors
Amgen Foundation
Byron & Alice Lockwood Foundation
Foster Foundation
KeyBank Foundation
Robertson Family Foundation
Community Partners
Career and Technical Education,
OSPI
Central Washington University
Community Center for Education
Results (CCER)
Yakima Farm Workers Clinic
DO-IT, UW
Excellent Schools Now
Fred Hutch
GEAR UP
Genome Sciences, UW
Infectious Disease Research Institute.
Initiative to Maximize Student
Diversity, UW
Institute for Systems Biology
Making Connections, UW
Northshore School District
Northwest Association for
Biomedical Research
Northwest Science Writers
Association
Office of Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Pacific Science Center
Rainier Scholars
Seattle Public Schools
Science Education Partnership
South King Co. STEM Network
Technology Access Foundation
University of Washington
Washington Global Health
Alliance
Washington MESA
Washington State
Tuberculosis Advisory Council
Washington State University
BioQuest is an educational program of Center for Infectious Disease Research
Washington STEM
Wenatchee School District
YMCA Black Achievers
Schools Served (2015)
Bainbridge High School
Ballard High School
Bethel High School
CB Tech Skill center
Cleveland High School
Columbia River High School
Decatur High School
Ephrata High School
Gig Harbor High School
Glacier Peak High School
Glide High School (OR)
Highline High School
Ingraham High School
International Community School
Kentridge High School
Moses Lake High School
Mount Tahoma High School
New Start High School
North Kitsap High School
Orting High School
Seattle Preparatory School
Toppenish High School
TESLA stem High School
Washington High School
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