Student Resources
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The SMYSP web site provides the following resources for students, their families, and schools.
Academic Toolbox
The Academic Toolbox offers you a useful college admissions timeline throughout high school. If you are prepared for the future, you will be most successful; so think ahead and review these helpful tips.
Health Career Profiles
Have you ever thought about life after high school? Browse our Health Career Profiles pages on this site to learn of the many career options available to you in the science, medical, and health fields.
Science Research Link
The list of web sites below provides you with a variety of research sites to learn about smoking, nutrition, and physical activity as it relates to cardiovascular disease. (This list will be especially useful for students conducting research for the School-Based Program and the Summer Residential Program.)
- American Heart Association
- American Legacy Foundation
- Body and Mind
- Center for Disease Control
- The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
- National Health Information Center
- American Lung Association
- United States Department of Agriculture
- Smart Nutrition Starts Here
- The National Women’s Health Information Center
- National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute
Summer Residential Program
The Stanford Medical Youth Science Program (SMYSP) hosts an intensive five-week Summer Residential Program for low income and ethnic minority students interested in science, health and medicine. This competitive program offers hands-on training at the Palo Alto Veterans’ Affairs Hospital, Stanford Children’s Hospital, and Stanford Hospital; mentoring from Stanford medical and graduate students, faculty, staff, and health and medical professionals; and college advising.