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The National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine and APSA

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Daniel J. Kelley, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Chair, APSA Policy Committee

Like many others who have chosen the physician-scientist training pathway, I took part in the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine (NYLF/MED). The NYLF/MED introduces high school students to medicine early in their academic careers, providing some with their first exposure to medicine. Through conversations with APSA President Freddy Nguyen, and Ray Wright, Deputy Director of the NYLF/MED, I am pleased to announce that NYLF/MED and APSA reached a partnership that enables APSA members to participate as speakers in the NYLF/MED program. We expect that this partnership will serve to introduce high school students to the physician-scientist career, to foster student enthusiasm for working at the interface of research and medicine, and to provide students with a practical roadmap to physician-scientist training programs.