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Georgia Bishop, PhD: Hi, everyone, my name is Georgia Bishop, and I am the director of the 
Explorations and Neuroscience Summer Camp. 

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Georgia Bishop, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Neuroscience
Ohio State College of Medicine] 

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Georgia Bishop is sitting in a bright room wearing a black sweater]

We started this camp because we know that as juniors and seniors in high schools, you're beginning to explore possible majors that you might wanna pursue when you start college. We 
know there are many options for you, and some of them you're not even aware exist at this 
point. For example, Ohio State University offers over 200 undergraduate majors in a wide 
range of fields. Our goal is to give you an opportunity to explore one of those majors, 
namely neuroscience.

This is one of the largest majors at OSU and prepares students for a wide range of future 
options, including going to graduate school or medical school. Our goal is to provide you 
with a fun week where you'll meet faculty engaged in neuroscience research, clinicians in 
neurology, psychiatry, neurosurgery, as well as graduate students who are engaged in 
neuroscience research.

In addition, you'll get the opportunity to meet other high school students from around 
central Ohio with a shared interest of learning more about the nervous system. Many of the 
students from previous camp sessions are now undergraduate students in the neuroscience major here at OSU, so we invite you to come join us this summer for a fun week where we'll explore 
the field of neuroscience.

Andrea Tedeschi, PhD: When I was a kid, I remember spending my summer outdoor. I loved 
playing in the garden of my parents' house, and spending all day running projects with 
insects was a fun way for me to pass the time. At that time, I never imagined that 
neuroscience summer camps existed.

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Andrea Tedeschi, PhD 
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience 
Ohio State College of Medicine] 

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Andrea Tedeschi is wearing a red zip up hoodie]

I didn't even know what neuroscience was until I got to college and took a neurophysiology 
class. As an educator and a neuroscientist, I believe neuroscience is an important subject 
that can help you understand yourself better and, therefore, should be more widely taught. By 
participating in a neuroscience camp, you will learn how our brain works, how the brain 
communicates with the rest of our body, how we learn new things, how to repair the brain 
after trauma or disease, among many other things.

And as you can imagine, these subjects really impact our everyday lives, so we should be 
more knowledgeable about them. I have always loved science, whether learning about insects 
or the structure of the brain and its function. And I do hope to pass on my passion for 
knowledge and my love of the brain to the next generation of scientists in schools or to you 
at our neuroscience camp here at the Ohio State University.

India Carter: Neuroscience Camp was an absolutely amazing opportunity for me. Being able to 
see neuroscience labs firsthand, meeting researchers, meeting professors, it really got me 
super interested in neuroscience labs. So I'm currently working in one in the IBMR building, 
the OSU Stress and Health Lab, and hope to continue working in more neuroscience labs to 
come through undergrad and med school.

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India Carter 
2018 Explorations in Neuroscience Camp Attendee]

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India Carter is sitting in her bedroom wearing a black shirt with a denmin button up.]