UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Education Outreach

The UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center (MCC) provides outreach to students and educators, including their MCC Jr. Speed Mentoring program. This initiative connects cancer researchers with K-12 classes via Zoom to provide educational tutorials and foster interest in STEM careers and cancer research. While the center expresses a long-term goal to provide internships for high school students, the provided information does not describe a program called 'OPTIMUS' or any other specific high school research internship program currently accepting applications.