UCLA-wide Opportunities
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Future deserving Bruins are out there, let's work together to bring them in.
As a DGSOM staff member, faculty member, or trainee you have many touch points with talented and deserving future Bruins, leaders, and world-changers. Learn about local opportunities and help get them involved.
ROAD TO RESIDENCY
An annual conference is hosted by UCLA GME and DGSOM OIE Offices for all med student training years with talks, panels, workshops, and mock interviews.
DGSOM FIRST-GEN
Trainees, staff and faculty who are first in their families to attend college are linked together in families, with regular events, networking, and advocacy.
UCLA BIG-LIL SIB
Mentorship program between residents and UCLA MS1s, sponsored by DGSOM Student Affairs Office of Well-Being, with the goal to foster relationships.
Additional Student Opportunities
Find opportunities that span all of UCLA, not just in the David Geffen School of Medicine. It's never too early to get young minds thinking about a future in STEM.
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Minority Association of Pre-Medical /Health Students (MAPS)
SNMA student group’s mentorship program for undergraduates.
Contact SNMA leadership: ucladrew.snma@gmail.com
UCLA Re-Application Program (RAP)
- 11-month post-bac designed to assist promising students from disadvantaged backgrounds who were previously unsuccessful in gaining admission into a US Medical school.
Visit site: medschool.ucla.edu/education/pre-health-opportunities/ucla-re-application-program
UCLA/DREW Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP)
6-week summer enrichment program targeting educationally and financially disadvantaged community college students while also accepting a number of 4-year college students.
Visit site: medschool.ucla.edu/education/pre-health-opportunities/ucla-summer-health-professions-education-program
UCLA Pre-medical Enrichment Program (PREP)
PREP is a 6-week intensive summer program that provides pre-med students with the means to strengthen their ability and readiness to study medicine. Full participation in the PREP program allows participants to enhance their chances of being accepted to medical school and succeeding once there. PREP is designed to support students who have experienced social, economic, or educational disadvantages in their journey to medical education.
Visit site: medschool.ucla.edu/education/pre-health-opportunities/ucla-pre-medical-enrichment-program
UCLA Undergraduate Academic Advancement Program (AAP)
To create and administer innovative academic programs for first generation, low-income and students who have been historically underrepresented in higher education.
Visit site: aap.ucla.edu/about-aap/overview/
UCLA Undergraduate Academic Advancement Program: HIGH AIMS
Provides academic, career and mentoring support to AAP students who are interested in gaining admission to health profession school. It is also designed to provide them with effective strategies to be successful in gateway science courses. It is a cohort program that will admit and support students for two years. Students must be in their first or second undergraduate year. Students will be required to participate in internships, research, Saturday Career seminars, program meetings, community service activities and workshops.
Visit site: aap.ucla.edu/programs/high-aims/
UCLA SCOPE
Encompasses multiple programs that focus on community service, outreach, education, and empowerment in Los Angeles communities; pipeline programs include:
- Pathways for Students Into Health Professions (PSHP): undergraduate training program geared for pre-health students and their pathway into the health field.
- Visit site: http://ucla-pshp.org/
- Contact: pshp@mednet.ucla.edu
- Youth Empowerment Program (YEP): Mentors Los Angeles youth at elementary schools.
- Visit site: http://www.uclascope.org/youth-empowerment-program
- Contact: yep.scope@gmail.com
CDU Saturday Science Academy
Prepares underrepresented preschool through 12th-grade students for careers in Science and health care through an engaging curriculum and hands-on STEM activities K12 students involved in STEM projects.
Contact: Eileen Forbes-Hill, Program Director
Visit site: https://www.cdrewu.edu/community/pipeline/ssa
Young Black Scholars
Comprehensive college preparatory program for African American and other minority high school students. More than 30 workshops, programs, seminars, and conferences throughout the academic school year Workshops and one-on-one activities help scholars and parents prepare for college admissions and selection.
Contact: Dr. Charles Flippen (CFlippen@mednet.ucla.edu) to support the annual YBS Medical Summit for high school students at Geffen Hall
Visit site: https://www.100bmla.net/young-black-scholars
Long Beach Polytechnic High School Program
Students with an interest in biomedical research enroll in a semester-long, for-credit honors program in which they receive instruction in experimental design, patient safety and ethics; and mentored research at one of the CTSI medical-research sites—either UCLA, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center or the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. High school seniors taking honors courses or advanced placement courses are eligible to enroll. The program accepts 10-17 students each year. The course is 21 weeks long, six hours per week consisting of activities at LB Poly and activities at one of the three medical centers. Activities at LB Poly include journal club, seminars, and biomedical ethics discussions. The course concludes with student presentations of each project at a poster presentation which is held at Cedars-Sinai.
Mentors Empowering and Nurturing Through Education (M.E.N.T.E.)
The goal is to increase the number of underrepresented low-income high school students applying and enrolling into a four/ two-year university/college while helping them become well-rounded conscientious members of their community.
Visit site: https://communitypartnerships.ucla.edu/project/mente/
Latinas Guiding Latinas
A non-Profit organization designed to provide K-12 students from the East Los Angeles and El Monte area with additional resources to develop their prospects for higher education. Driven by the motto, “Education is the key…Unity is our strength,” we are determined to enhance college readiness, academic success, and personal growth for our mentees.
Visit site: https://communitypartnerships.ucla.edu/project/latinas-guiding-latinas/
UCLA MED PEP
Medical preparation and education pipeline program designed to support low-income Latino and other URM students through their community college experience and transition to four-year universities and health professional programs. The program’s components include personal, academic, and leadership development; conference and research participation; and peer mentoring support Run by the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture (CESLAC) at UCLA Health, a leading research center in California provides reliable data on Latino health.
Visit site: https://www.uclahealth.org/ceslac/medpep
CDU Community Health Youth Advocates
Community Health Youth Advocates (CHYA), provided by Pipeline Programs at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, is a multilayered academic program designed for high school students. Our scholars are educated on the healthcare landscape, exposed to local and global health disparities, and empowered to pave their own path toward a degree and career in the healthcare field. Students who complete all components of the program receive a $1,000 stipend.
Contact: anthonyreyes@cdrewu.edu
Visit site: https://www.cdrewu.edu/community/cdu-pathways-and-school-partnership-programs/community-health-youth-advocates-chya/
CDU Los Angeles Pediatric Society (LAPS) Eve and Gene Black Summer Medical Career Program
The Los Angeles Pediatric Society (LAPS) established the Eve and Gene Black Summer Medical Career Program in 1969 with the purpose to encourage high school students to choose careers in the health professions. Self-described as a medical mentor program, students are selected to work under the supervision of a health care educator/medical facility coordinator at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital. Participants shadow various medical professionals (nurse, nutritionist, pharmacist, lab technician, physician, and/or medical specialist, etc.) who together provide a range of patient care services.
Contact: anthonyreyes@cdrewu.edu
Visit site: https://www.cdrewu.edu/community/cdu-pathways-and-school-partnership-programs/los-angeles-pediatric-society/
UCLA Pre-Med Summer Scholar Program
One-week educational program (not in-residence) for high school students Medical guest speakers, hospital tours, Anesthesiologist round table, Pathology tour, IM resident forum, EM MD Q&A, Visit School of Dentistry, Bran mapping robotics, CPR training $1000 fee for the 6-day experience.
Visit site: https://www.uclahealth.org/volunteer/pre-med-summer-scholar-westwood
CDU Pathways and School Partnership Programs
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science provides unique academic programs to expand the educational capacity of underrepresented youth to ensure their long-term success, health, and well-being. CDU currently offers Pre-K to 12th grade student’s pathway to careers in medicine, science, research and health through our various CDU Pathways Programs
Contact: anthonyreyes@cdrewu.edu
Visit site: https://www.cdrewu.edu/community/cdu-pathways-and-school-partnership-programs/
CDU Opportunity Scholars Public Health Academy
10th-12th grade students interested in improving community health through public health professions Develop skills to prepare them for higher education and build networks within health professions. The paid 4-week summer program, internship, mentorship, tutoring, mental health course curriculum, SAT Preparation, and college preparation courses.
Contact: alexiscabarga@cdrewu.edu
Turner-UCLA Allied Health Internship
Provide learning opportunities for high school students in finding out more about careers in the entry-level, allied health professions One week-long summer internship program for students from under-resourced communities who express interest in learning about health care career opportunities Offer a range of shadowing opportunities from entry-level, clinical and administrative positions.
Contact: communityengagement@mednet.ucla.edu
Visit site: https://www.uclahealth.org/communityengagement/turner-ucla-program
Allied Healthcare Careers Programs
UCLA Community Engagement team in partnership with UCLA Health Talent Acquisition to give presentations to high school students in underrepresented areas program offers education on career pathways in the healthcare fields to students across various high schools in Los Angeles County E.g. medical assistant, phlebotomy and EMT, to those that require higher level training such as occupational therapy, child life and social work.
Visit site: https://www.uclahealth.org/communityengagement/allied-health-program
Family Medicine Bridging the Gap UCLA Pipeline Project
Mid Valley Comprehensive Health Center Family med residents go to high school classrooms monthly ~160 9th graders at Robert Fulton College Preparatory School in Van Nuys and Van Nuys High School (medical careers magnet program) Residents teach students about primary care and family medicine while helping them build leadership skills and plan for college. The program aims to increase the number of minority students who become family physicians and give back to their communities.
Visit site: gouclafamilymed.org/family-medicine-bridging-gap/
Program director: Yohualli B Anaya, MD, MPH
UCLA Physician Shadow Students
Unique 1-year longitudinal program at UCLA Medical Center for 6 URM high school students from Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Health Services Academy High School Sponsored by the Dept of Medicine and facilitated by the Medicine Chief Residents. Starts with a 3-day orientation during which the high school students are exposed to a variety of healthcare professions and tour the UCLA college, medical school, and hospital campuses.
Contact: CurrentChiefs@mednet.ucla.edu
UCLA Partnership for Progress Program (P4P)
King/Drew Medical Magnet High School Medical, Nursing or Dental student paired with high school student 5 sessions, monthly on Saturdays.
- Meet your mentee
- Project Santa Claus: Mentor-mentee volunteer
- Applying to college and SAT prep. Free books
- Clinical skills workshop
- Community service presentation
- Coordinators: Opemipo Akerele, Nabil Munshi, Erika Mae Bernardino
The BRUIN Experiment
The Bruin Experiment was established in 2014 by UCLA undergraduate students. Our mission is to cultivate scientific curiosity in middle school students of the Los Angeles Unified School District, and further, to inspire our mentees to begin thinking about college. We recruit mentors during the fall quarter through an application and interview process, and we spend winter and spring quarters with our mentees at site in preparation for the annual TBE science fair. Our organization also emphasizes building a community between mentors through social events and weekly meetings.
Visit site: https://www.thebruinexperiment.com/
Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/thebruinexperiment/
UCLA SCOPE
Encompasses multiple programs that focus on community service, outreach, education, and empowerment in Los Angeles communities; pipeline programs include: Youth Empowerment Program (YEP): Mentors Los Angeles youth at elementary schools
Visit site: http://www.uclascope.org/youth-empowerment-program
Contact: yep.scope@gmail.com
Pathways for Students Into Health Professions (PSHP): undergraduate training program geared toward pre-health students and their pathway into the health field
Visit site: http://ucla-pshp.org/
Contact: pshp@mednet.ucla.edu
The Glendale Learning Program (GLP)
Empowers students at Woodrow Wilson Middle School through tutoring and mentorship. The goal is to not only inspire students to gain the confidence to succeed academically but also to cultivate a lifelong love for learning. It is the program’s wish that its students are inspired to pursue higher education, and are knowledgeable of the career paths it can lead to.
Visit site: http://fwsm-orl-in-fail.it.ucla.edu/studentorg/36/
WYSE (Women and Youth Supporting Each Other)
Provides the resources and support necessary to empower young women to make confident and informed life decisions and community change. At two middle school sites, WYSE mentee-mentor pairs create long-lasting bonds of trust, respect, and friendship. The program is not only curriculum-based, but includes topics such as mental health, puberty, feminism, and identity, Mentors teach from personal experience and through field trips throughout the year.
Visit site: https://uclawyse.wordpress.com/
Casa Heiwa & Angelina Mentorship Program (CHAMPs)
Provides tutoring and mentorship for youth residents of the Echo Park community. The goal is to provide exposure to new opportunities and encourage their mentees to pursue secondary education.
Visit site: https://champsatucla.wixsite.com/champsatucla
