Event Details

Archer’s annual Student STEM Symposium is an opportunity for female Los Angeles high school students who have completed independent or small group projects in STEM to present their findings in front of their peers, science educators, industry professionals, and interested parties. 

We invite any Upper School female students or teams of female students who have completed independent research to present at the event (see details below). Any interested parties are invited to attend; this includes but is not limited to peers, family, teachers, and STEM professionals. 

Presenters and attendees will have an opportunity to network, exchange ideas, and learn about advanced STEM research.

The event will include a poster session and formal presentations from female students in Archer’s Honors Research in Science Program and other Los Angeles area high schools, a keynote address, and the presentation of awards, including the Archer RISE Award. 

We are extremely excited to announce our keynote speaker for the symposium, Dr. Christina Harris.

 

Dr. Christina Harris was appointed Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer for Cedars-Sinai Health System in July 2022. In this strategic leadership position, Dr. Harris guides Cedars-Sinai's ongoing efforts to advance health equity by addressing health disparities in clinical care, supporting equity-centered research and education and fostering meaningful partnerships across the organization and communities throughout Los Angeles. She attended the University of Southern California for college and completed her medical degree at Harvard Medical School. She then went on to complete an Internal Medicine residency at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. 

Dr. Harris is currently a Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Prior to joining Cedars-Sinai, she was on faculty at the Greater Los Angeles VA where she was an associate program director in the UCLA Internal Medicine Residency Program and the Associate Vice Chair of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for the UCLA Department of Medicine. Dr. Harris has published and lectured locally and nationally on issues related to racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia and clinical medicine. Clinically, she is general internist and has spent the last 16 years providing primary care to patients across a variety of settings, including a federal qualified health center, academic medical centers, and the VA.