Coding for Medicine for High School

Coding for Medicine is completing its tenth year in 2024. This time, we decided to build something that will help a large part of our audience.

Over the years, we are fortunate to meet many smart and curious students from around the world, who were all eager to learn this new science of genomics and bioinformatics. Every summer after the course, many excited students (and their parents) ask us about continuing to explore this fascinating subject all year-long. Those learning to code from our introductory module want to practice coding skills with puzzles from biology, whereas those joining the intermediate module are usually interested in research-type problems.

We finally have an answer for you. For all of our students and others, we built a year-long learning module.

Here is how it works

At the beginning of every month, you will receive two problems. One of them is a single-concept problem, whereas the other one is a research-type problem. Details on those two categories are given below.

We will post both problems in text and video forms at the beginning of the month and post the solutions at the end of the month. You can work on the questions during the month, and if you need help, we will help using the classroom chat. Moreover, we will arrange two zoom meetings with all students together to help you with the questions.

Single-concept problem: The single-concept exercise is for those, who like to learn coding by solving puzzles related to biology. It is primarily intended for students taking the introductory module.

Research-type problem: The research-type problem is more complex and helps you learn a topic in medicine/biology/genomics by writing code and analyzing data. This is intended for those completing the intermediate module.

Beginning month: Our problems for the later months may rely on the concepts covered in the earlier months. Therefore, your starting month will be assigned as the month when you join and you will receive questions/solutions every month based on when you join.

Who we built this for

We have several audiences in mind.

Students from our Introductory Module - First, many students learn coding for the first time through our introductory module, but they do not get any practice after those two short weeks of classes are over. This year-long program will help them sharpen their skills, but will not be a big burden during the school year. This way, when they join the intermediate module the following summer, they will be better prepared.

Students from our Intermediate Module -

Coding for Medicine Clubs - Our awesome students started a number of coding for medicine clubs around the country, and they are looking for topics they like to work on. These problems can be inspirations on what to discuss.

Biology Teachers

College Students