By JENNIFER NOBLIT

ThisWeek Community News Wednesday January 30, 2013 3:54 PM

Dublin students next year will get a chance to investigate gene therapy, cellular biology and other biomedical subjects through a new academy.

Dublin City Schools' Biomedical Research Academy will kick off next fall, offering credits in Advanced Placement Biology, body systems, medical interventions, introduction to biomedical research, 3D art and technical writing.

"There's been a big movement in science education to incorporate more (science, technology, engineering and math)-based learning. So Dublin, as usual, is trying to stay on the cutting edge of these kinds of programs," said Roger Rabold, who will teach the year-long academy.

The district asked Rabold to design the academy that is open to all Dublin high school students and will be taught at Scioto High School for three periods in the afternoon.

The academy is one of four available to students next fall and is funded by a STEM grant from Race to the Top, said Eydie Schilling executive director of learning and teaching.

"We're doing a lot of planning to get the academies ready," Schilling said.

"The STEM grant will support the Biomedical Research Academy, the Environmental Academy, Engineering Academy and Business Academy."

Rabold won't be the only one to educate the new academy, though.

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Dublin's Biomedical Research Academy begins in fall

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