Digital Future Skills Internship

Program Information

Coburg Freshman - Seniors

Online

14 Days - 3:00 to 9:00 pm CET

June 20th - July 3rd, 2021

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Coburg Nomination Only

Digital Future Skills Internship

Receive VUCA training and gain an understanding of the human mind

The Program

In Leadership Initiatives' Digital Future Skills Internship, students work directly with Dr. Giordano, the Chief of Georgetown's Neuroethics Studies Program and Co-Director of the O’Neill-Pellegrino Program in Brain Science and Global Health Law and Policy.

Interns spend two weeks participating in cutting-edge neuroscience and ethics research. Students explore the anatomy and physiology of the brain, from the electrical signals fired by neurons to higher-order cognitive functions like memory, emotion, and morality. Interns also have the rare opportunity to participate in several neurological tests and meet with individuals who have neurological disorders and enhancements.

For their final project, students propose an experiment related to cognitive neuroscience and ethics to apply their understanding, then present it publicly to leading neuroscientists. The top teams will write a paper that will be published for peer review.

Program Highlights

For their final project, students will work with Dr. Rachel Wurzman to design and propose a research project related to cognitive neuroscience. Students will present this project to Dr. James Giordano and several of the world's leading Neuroscience experts.

Research Project

Students work directly with medical experts from Georgetown University and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Students will learn from leaders working at the frontier of the fields of neuroethics, neuroimaging, brain stimulation, and neurotechnology.

Work with Experts

Interns will learn about neurological tests and procedures. Students will participate in functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), neuropriming, deep brain stimulation, electromyography (EMG), and brain dissection.

Neuro Experiments

Explore the brain sciences and a career in medicine — before you graduate high school.

Leadership Initiatives hosts neuroscientists, surgeons, and members of research institutions from across the globe to share skills and insights into ongoing research. The 2021 program includes experts from the Georgetown University Medical Center's Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lab for Relational Cognition, Pellegrino Center, Brain Bank, and Movement Disorders Program; the Gallaudet University Brain and Language Lab; and the Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation at the University of Pennsylvania.

Explore the brain sciences and a career in medicine

Interns will get to experience neurostimulation technology firsthand, including transcranial direct current stimulation, and the commercially available neuropriming device known as the HALO. In addition, interns will learn about intensive stimulation techniques like deep brain stimulation technology being used to help patients with movement disorders. Students will also be able to explore the future of neuromodulation, as they implement neurotechnology to control the motion of live cockroaches.

Explore the brain sciences

Explore the brain sciences and a career in medicine.

Students have the rare opportunity to learn exactly what it takes to get into the Nation’s leading undergraduate colleges and medical schools directly speaking with admissions officers from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, George Washington, and Harvard University at our exclusive Undergraduate and Medical School Admissions Panels.

Undergraduate Admissions Panels

Medical School Admissions Panels

Explore the brain sciences and a career in medicine.

Throughout the program, students meet and network with leaders from Georgetown MedStar, the National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins, the Gallaudet University, the US Department of Homeland Security, Harvard University, and Johnson & Johnson.

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