Welcome to GEMS!

Girls Empowered in Medicine and Science (GEMS) is a day camp and mentorship program for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade girls formed in partnership with the Center for Excellence and Youth Education (CEYE). Our goal is to serve as a support network and safe discussion space for young girls to develop meaningful interpersonal relationships, promote resiliency, cultivate leadership, improve team-building skills, and learn about STEM career pathways while applying those skills in practical and real-life settings.

Our next GEMS camp will be on Sunday, November 17th

If you are on our email list, you will receive an email with the application soon. Please sign up here to be added to our listserv, or email sinai.gems@gmail.com.

What: This season’s workshop theme will be Medicine Extremes including medicine on Everest, scuba diving, and space medicine! The GEMS curriculum will focus on team-building, communication skills, mentorship, leadership skills, and self-confidence. To complement our work on empowerment, girls will meet medical students and graduate students who can serve as role models. 

Who: The GEMS program is open to girls who are currently in Grades 6, 7, and 8, and it is led and directed by students at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
 
When: This season’s camp will occur on Sunday, November 17th from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. 
 
Where: Mount Sinai Annenberg Building, 1468 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 
 
How: Apply using this link!

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Program Structure:

Our day camps are run by female medical and graduate students at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The program will include a variety of discussion activities, workshops, and team-building exercises.  There will also be fun hands-on clinical and science activities (think…dissections, strawberry DNA extraction, ultrasound, first aid, anesthesia simulator, and more!).