A $2.2 million federal grant will help Michigan State University’s (MSU) College of Human Medicine engage students in the medical field before they reach college.
The federal Health Resources and Services Administration funded the three-year grant, which will pay for the creation of the Health Professions Achievement Pathway Alliance. The alliance will help engage elementary and high school students who are interested in medicine in health and science related activities before they decide to continue their education.
Specific programs will target middle and high school students, pre-health professions students enrolled in Michigan colleges and universities, post baccalaureate pre-medical students and disadvantaged students who are enrolled in MSU’s College of Human Medicine.
Alliance members include MSU’s colleges of Human Medicine and Natural Science, the Lansing School District, the Ingham Intermediate School District and three community-based organizations: the Black Child and Family Institute, the Cristo Rey Community Center and the Greater Lansing African American Health Institute.
Source: MSU
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