University of Washington Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Programs

News and Deadlines

Upcoming Events

Leaders in Education Seminar

Spring 2010, Invited Speaker TBA

Notable Websites

Welcome to the our UW-HHMI website. It is designed to be more active and informative. We hope you enjoy it!

Interested in funded research or training opportunities for undergrads, grads, postdocs, faculty, or K-12 teachers? See: Pathways to Science http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/index.asp

Application Deadlines

April 2010

Summer Institute in Life Sciences for Grade 4-8 Teachers

News/Awards

2009-2010 Participants Selected!

65 Biology Fellows, 25 Research Interns, 54 Future Faculty Fellows Workshop Participants, 15 Postdoc Teaching Apprentices, 20 QuILS Teachers...thus far

Attending National & Regional Meetings

8 research Interns (Rachel Denney, Cynthia Hsu, Daniel Kashima, Yunfei Li, Philip Louie, Tanya Swartz, Gerard Wallace, Tei Yoko) attended the 2009 Northwest Developmental Biology Meeting in March 2009.

Andrew Acob attended the SACNAS Meeting in Dallas, TX in October 2009

In print...

Read the article about the UW-HHMI Biology Fellows Program published in CBE.

Congratulations to UW-HHMI Participants & Awardees:

Frye-Hotson-Rigg Awardee: Anna O'Brien

Levinson Scholar: Daniel Kashima

Washington Research Foundation Fellow: Hannah Jordt

McNair Scholars: Andrew Acob, Alicia Martin

HHMI EXROP: Jessica Hadwin (2009)

Gilliam Fellow: Krystal St. Julien

Mary Gates Leadership Fellow: Angel Corral

Mary Gates Research Scholars: Hau Do, Jessica Hadwin, Cynthia Hsu, Daniel Kashima, Kuzma Kovzun, Anna Le, Haley Lindsey, Philip Louie, Rachel Simon, Erica Tartaglione, Susan Taylor, Gerard Wallace, Brandon Wu

Casey Awardee: Haley Lindsey, Cynthia Hsu

Porath Johnson Awardee: Shelby Semon

Sargent Awardee: Cynthia Hsu, Haley Lindsey, Susan Taylor

PhiBetaKappa: Katelyn Keyloun, Katherine Nutsch, Anna O'Brien, Shelby Semon

About the Programs

Welcome to the website for the UW-HHMI Science Education Programs. Our programs aim to increase the diversity and success of students and mentors in the biological sciences and drive innovations in biology education and outreach. We are based in the UW Department of Biology and our efforts been generously supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) since 1989.

We hope you will take a few minutes to learn about our programs for UW students, postdocs, and faculty, and our outreach programs for Washington state K-12 students and teachers. In addition to these programs, we have also established the Northwest HHMI Network with collaborators at Gonzaga University, Montana State University, Oregon State University, and the University of Montana to extend our reach to the larger Northwest region.

The Biology Fellows Program

for undergraduate pre-majors

For a brief view of major programs, please download our brochures:

Program Staff

The UW-HHMI Programs Office is in Hitchcock Hall 302.

Program Director
Barbara Wakimoto, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology

Program Manager
Nomi Odano

Undergraduate Programs Organizer
Brian Buchwitz, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Programs Organizer
Merrill Hille, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology

K-12 Teacher Training Programs Organizer
Helen Buttemer, M.S.
Graduate Program Coordinator, UW Masters of Science Program in Biology for Teachers

Visit Biology Programs Organizer
Katherine Glew, Ph.D.

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Advisory Committee

Advisory Committee Members:

Dr. John Bransford, Professor of Education, College of Education and the LIFE Center
Dr. Tom Daniel, Professor, Department of Biology
Dr. Pete Greenberg, Professor, Department of Microbiology
Dr. Mary Lidstrom, Vice Provost for Research, Professor Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Emile Pitre, Associate Vice President, Office of Minority Affairs
Dr. Alan Weiner, Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry