Astera Summer High School Oncology Research Experience

Astera Summer High School Oncology Research Experience (ASHORE) 

Application Deadline: March 1st, 2025

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Program Dates: Monday, June 30th - Friday, August 15th, 2025

The Astera Summer High School Oncology Research Experience (ASHORE) program aims to provide high school students free access to shadowing, cancer research, and individual mentoring in the medical field. 

Run by Astera Cancer Care, a community-based oncology practice in central New Jersey, ASHORE seeks to deliver an enriching biomedical immersion experience to students interested in science. This program will be a hybrid program with in-person sessions weekly, including lectures and shadowing.

Students will have the opportunity to: 

  • Receive individual mentorship from physicians
  • Shadow a physician and observe clinical care
  • Develop a guided research project in a specific field of cancer research, with the option of submitting the final abstract to be presented at a national conference
  • Expand their knowledge of cancer biology and clinical fields with weekly lectures

 

Astera Student Presenter at GI ASCO 1/22

ASCO Student Presenter at ASCO Quality 9/24