Fostering science and science careers.

responses to environment/economy issues, increased financial support for science education, an internationally competitive workforce, and maintenance of an adequate healthcare applicant pool. The discipline of physiology, by its integrative nature, is in a unique position to partner with the precollege classroom teacher in bringing excitement and sustained interest in science to students at all levels. We span subject areas from basic structure/function to more modern molecular biology. There is no better hook than the relationship of normal physiology to the diseased state. I am forever amazed at the number of basic physiological concepts that can be introduced under the guise of a very familiar clinical disorder. For years, various personnel within our medical center had been engaged in individual outreach efforts. We sold the university on the advantages of establishing an Outreach Center for Sci-