Four juniors from the Health Sciences and Human Services High School have been selected into the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (SBRI) Summer Bioquest Academy. Neelofer Valhora, Yara Gayton, Christina Cash, and Sina Sagio were selected from over 200 applicants competing for 48 spots.

At BioQuest Academy, practicing scientists teach students lab skills, share their passion for overcoming global infectious diseases and help advance students toward college and post-secondary opportunities.

The BioQuest Academy was designed to provide young adults who demonstrate interest and aptitude in science with access to authentic biomedical research, thereby promoting confidence and skills early in their scientific career pathways.

According to SBRI, “The scientific leaders of today must be replaced by talented, committed successors who will carry on the research to combat the deadly infectious diseases on which SBRI has focused for over 32 years.”