Welcome
The goal of the Health Professions Recruitment & Exposure Program (HPREP) is to reduce barriers to higher education and to empower high school students from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue careers in science and medicine. Through longitudinal mentorship, we hope to strengthen the pipeline from high school to college, and subsequently medical school, with the ultimate goal of increasing the number of clinically excellent, culturally competent, and socially conscious physicians.
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Providing the next generation of health care providers
with the tools to succeed
Throughout our country low-income students make up the majority, yet they are still less likely to graduate from high school compared to their higher income counterparts. Factors that promote this gap include:
- Under resourced education system
- Low socioeconomic status
- Parent’s level of education
- Violence and drug-ridden neighborhood
- Systemic racism