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Young minds delight in 2019 NIH Take Your Child to Work Day at the Clinical Center

Clinical Center News

A laboratory technician holds up a bottom of an infectious disease as eight children look on
Teresa Bauch in the Department of Laboratory Medicine shows children cultures of infectious diseases on Take Your Child to Work Day.
 

The Clinical Center participated in the 25th annual Take Your Child to Work Day at NIH April 25. Staff were invited to bring their school-age children (grades 1 – 12) for a day of discovery and exploration. More than 3,900 students registered to participate and 120 activities were provided on campus. The next event is set for April 23, 2020.

Two children look at an MRI scan, with the scanner behind them
Alina Quach (far left) and Margaret Mahoney (far right) describe the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine to several children on Take your Child to Work Day.
 
Blood Bank activity on Take your Child to Work Day
Colleen Bowman (in white coat) and Sierra Brown (right, in white coat) from the NIH Blood Bank show several children products extracted from blood.