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A summer program for high school students interested in health and healing.
Future Health Leaders is a week-long summer program for high school students held Sunday July 13-Friday July 18, 2025 on the beautiful Lewis & Clark campus in Portland, Oregon. Are you motivated to provide care for your community and the people around you? Join us!
The program approaches health education for high school students by putting the following principles into practice:
The Educational Focus
- Research: Health-related investigations in labs and libraries both on and off campus.
- Practice: Hands-on certification experiences in lifesaving skills like CPR.
- Communicate: Public Service Announcement projects that address healthcare concerns that matter to you.
- Create: Humanity in healthcare with reflective writing and creative practice.
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Discover: The diverse range of healthcare careers and educational pathways.
Learn more about student life on campus.
The Portland Focus
- Immerse: In college life on the beautiful Lewis & Clark campus.
- Explore: Portland with classics like food trucks, Willamette River days, and nearby hiking.
- Connect: with past, current and future LC college students, with peers, researchers, professors and more.
- Discover: Health education possibilities on the LC campus, in Portland, and beyond.
Learn more about Portland.
Community and Global Health is located in room 307 and 309 of JR Howard Hall on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 25
email communityglobalHEAL@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7636
Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell
Director
jerusha@lclark.edu
Carolyn L. Zook
Associate Director and Pre-Health Advisor
carolynzook@lclark.edu
Alexis Rehrmann
Community Engagement Coordinator
alexisr@lclark.edu
Community and Global Health
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road
Portland OR 97219