Each year, more than 200 students across grades 7 through college participate in programs offered by the Center for Excellence in Youth Education (CEYE), which was established in 1975 to help historically underrepresented or economically disadvantaged individuals explore careers in science and medicine.
One of CEYE’s longest-standing programs is “Early MedBound: Day-with-a-Scientist,” a four-part immersion series educating seventh- and eighth-grade students about major organs in the body. Sessions consist of a hands-on organ dissection, led by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai medical and graduate students; faculty lectures on organ function and disease diagnosis; and visits to research laboratories. CEYE is housed in the School of Medicine’s Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs.